Monday, June 19, 2006

Game Ball & Krispy Kremes


So this is Malachi's first ever "Game Ball," and the box in the background contains what's left of the Krispy Kremes we bought afterwards. We've long had this standing offer - hit a home run, and you get Krispy Kremes. Now, he didn't hit a home run tonight (although he came close), but he DID hit a triple, and then subsequently drew an intentional walk. Where he really contributed though, was with his pitching.

This was their first game of the Little League Tourney (well, second actually - they were good enough this year that their first game was a bye). After two pitchers in a mere one and a half innings, we were already down 5 to 2, and there were two runners on when the coach put Malachi into pitch. He gave up two runs early, bringing the score to 7 to 2, and then he settled down and pitched the next five and a half innings to close out the game. He's never pitched more than three innings before ever.

Final score? 11 to 7. We won, and it was a HUGE comeback. After the game, the coach gave him the game ball (something I've only seen him do once or twice in the previous three years). Since we figured that this was something to be celebrated, we took a vote and swung by Krispy Kremes on the way home. Micah and Rebekah said that it was a tough pill to swallow, but they were willing to do it for their big brother. :-)

All told, Malachi is really beginning to look like a baseball player, and I'm extremely proud. He's worked really hard this season, and he had one heck of a game tonight. Next stop, Wednesday night...

2 Comments:

At 10:23 PM, June 19, 2006, Blogger Lucky Wolf said...

hey, i just bumped into this blog.
just want to say congrads to Malachi.

 
At 10:27 PM, June 19, 2006, Blogger Pilgrim in Progress said...

Hey, thanks! I'll pass it along! :-)

 

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