Travel Baseball

[Skram]

On 6/3/2024 at 8:43 AM, Adam said:

And that Tires show was great

Agreed, Shane Gillis is awesome.

[Adam]

My son's LL team won their District TOC on Saturday. It was a very emotional week. His best friend (since birth) and teammate (a very good player) was diagnosed with Stage III cancer just before the tournament started. He had kidney pain was originally diagnosed with a laceration. When they went in to check it out they found a honeydew sized tumor. 

The boys rallied around their friend and his family and amazed everyone. 

As luck would have it, it was Ethan's turn on the bump for the final game. He went 5.1 before hitting his pitch limit and got the W following an unlikely rally in the Top of the 6th. 

 

Edited June 10 by Adam

[Blarg]

Congrats on the season. Tragic news for your son's friend. All I can say is USC Keck Cancer Center does amazing work and I trust them. If they want any referrals PM me.

[James]

Congrats @Adam. It takes great parents for kids to rally around each other like they did. Well done. 

[Adam]

After the game and the celebration Ethan found his mom on the field and broke down in tears. We are all still processing what a remarkable week it was. 

[T.G.]

Clearly, Travel ball revealed the characters of those boys.  Good job in rallying around their friend and coming through with a victory.   Prayers and best wishes to the boy's battle with cancer.

[Adam]

The dude is crushing in All Stars. 7-9, 2 BBs, 4 R, 4 RBI

[AngelsLongBall]

On 6/3/2024 at 8:40 AM, Adam said:

You would center it around Cooperstown. That is the big 12U destination. They have 64 team tournaments every weekend June-August. It's the focus of everything from when these kids are 10. 

My son's teammates all went last year.  We were too busy running from the fire in Lahaina.  Gnarly stories from there; one husband/wife essentially fought the whole time, the single Moms went out looking to get some strange, coaches stuck babysitting the kids in the cabin every night, and half the team got norovirus IIRC.  They didn't have enough pitching and got smoked

[AngelsLongBall]

13 minutes ago, Adam said:

The dude is crushing in All Stars. 7-9, 2 BBs, 4 R, 4 RBI

Is 1.700 OPS good?  I think that's good

[Adam]

2 hours ago, AngelsLongBall said:

They didn't have enough pitching and got smoked

That is what happens to most teams. Shit, most teams don't have enough pitching for a 4 game local tournament. To play 7-10 games in a week is impossible for most teams