Still in the SWING of Things

Brandon's fall softball season started last week. He's playing on a men's team (the same team he played with this summer) as well as a co-ed team. I'll start with the men's team, as there isn't much to say about them. They are HORRIBLE. They lost every single game of the summer and are headed that way for this fall. I take that back - they did win their last game of the summer - because the other team had to forfeit. But, assuming no teams forfeit this fall, they will probably finish dead last. Below is a picture of Brandon's reaction when a ball was hit to left field. He looks totally into his team, don't you agree?
Wrigley, on the other hand, is still a huge fan of softball. She barks every time Brandon gets up to bat. It's pretty cute!Now, the co-ed team is a different story.

They are actually pretty good. They run-ruled the team this past week!

The only problem with this team is the slightly, nope - intensely, crazy people that are "coaching" this team. Somewhere along the line, they were not informed that this is a coed slow-pitched softball team and NOT the USA Olympic team. While I appreciate their enthusiasm for coaching coed slow-pitch softball, the 5 pre-season practices they held were a little insane. Don't get me wrong - practicing relay plays to the plate is an important part of softball (but NORMAL softball...NOT coed slow pitch softball). I was surprised they didn't go over bunt coverage....

I've included an excerpt from the last email Brandon received from the "coaches". I don't think I could come up with material this good....

Hey Everyone,

What a way to start the season by beating last year's league champs! Even though we had a slow start in both games it was encouraging to see the team come together and fight back for the win.

Defensively, we had a great first week. I noticed a couple of areas that could be improved upon such as communication in the outfield, hitting the cut-off, and making throws to first (hint hint shortstop). Offensively, we had some clutch hits that allowed us to win both games but overall we need to improve our hitting as a team. We need to make sure we swing at good pitches and just relax at the plate.

I mean, COME ON!!!!! They're crazy! Gives me a good laugh each week though.... And FYI, they even have a computer program for each player's batting stats....and they use it. I would have added a picture of the stats on here, but B is off on a business trip and I don't know how to screen shot. I will say that Brandon is leading the team in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, and RBI's. He's leading in doubles and triples....and even hit an in-the-park legit home run this past game. Oooohhhhh yeaaahhhhhh.....atta babe! (He's come a long way from sitting the bench last summer!)