good dirt

After a real heartbreaking forfeit last Tuesday (by the other team!), we were really fortunate to have enough players (plus some) for tonight's games.









It was the first day of the womens' church league tournament. We had a 6:30 game, followed by a 7:30 game for sure, whether we won or lost. The tournament is double-elimination with a losers' bracket. So, if you lose twice, you're out. :(

I guess I'm waiting for something to happen here. Not sure. Like my new blue shorts? I got them today and yes, I know they don't look great with the green shirts. I just wanted to try them out.












The nice thing about early games is that we have lots of fans. The 8:30 and 9:30 games are usually pretty quiet as far as the cheering section goes. Chadd made sure to high-five us all after both good and bad innings as we came in to the bench.

We had a really good first up, but fell apart as the game progressed. They got two (yes, 2) grand slams in the game. Oops. Renee played left field tonight. We had a lot of players shifted as we tried to fill holes left by the rest of our teammates going on vacation. The nerve . . . :)






Ryan had my camera and got a lot of good pictures of us playing. They're mostly of me, so I hope you don't mind. A lot of their players hit really hard grounders my direction. I even managed to catch a few!





Me batting. I couldn't find a bat tonight that I liked. Unfortunately, when teammates leave, their equipment does too.


This is me backtracking to catch a pop-up. You can see how dry the field is by the little clouds of dirt that come up with every step.












Becky brought Olivia and Gabby to the game since they didn't get to see one last week.






I told them before I left the school this afternoon that I was going to the DMV to change my name on my drivers license. Olivia exclaimed, "To Jifer?!?" I said, "No." To which she replied, "To darebase?" Gotta love that girl.







After our 7-20 loss by the run rule (slaughter rule) we headed up to field 12 (because everyone knows losers walk) which is nicknamed "the one with the tracks." The guys routinely hit the railroad tracks with their home runs. Not us. Nikie had some good hits in both games.

My first at-bat was my best one of the night. I don't remember exactly what happened, but when I got to Chadd at 3rd base, he hesitated and waved me home. I knew when he hesitated that I might be in trouble at home. They had just warned us to go easy on their catcher (#23) because she's pregnant. Ignoring that and wanting to save my bacon, I slid and knocked their pitcher over, effectively knocking the ball out of her hand. Hee hee. Ryan caught the action.

Another at-bat later. I popped the ball WAY up to the left fielder. Oh well, I got 2 more RBIs after the HR. We won 16-5!

We met Nikie, Chadd, Renee, and Carson at Taco Bell afterward and showed them the Alaska pictures. Their a/c froze us out though and we all went home.

Next game: Mon., July 7 @ 8:30p