Zayden's Baseball Season

Zayden had a wonderful 2024 spring baseball season.  We made a hard (hard for mom!) decision to move Zayden up from machine pitch to kid pitch to keep him with his school (grade) peers and it turned out to be a wonderful decision for him.  Zayden held his own and surpassed our expectations both in the game and as a teammate and friend.

April 22nd - a late night game to start off the season.

Zayden played the team his cousin, Rogan, is on.

April 25th - crushing it at catcher in Eddyville.

And trying his hand at pitching.

Slugger...

Getting outs behind the plate!!

April 29th 

Catching - he doesn't let much get by him.

Isn't the sky beautiful?

May 1st

Zayden took his turn sitting on the bench, but also played a lot of pitcher, catcher, and occasionally 1st base and shortstop.  Positions where he's forced to pay attention work very well for his brain.

May 8th

A little collection of the game....coming in, pitching, batting, an out at 1st....and my favorite - pointing way out to the outfield where he wants his ball to soar to.

This particular inning was a great one for Zayden on the mound.  He shut down an inning.

May 15th

Grandma and Papa came to watch!

And treated to ice cream!

May 20th

May 22nd

On the mound...

Played against some buddies on this night and snagged a picture with one of them.  Same #s!

May 30th

Xavier was a big asset to Zayden's team this season.  He gave pointers, made sure they were ready to go out, helped them warm up, and offered encouragement.  He really took the disappointment of his own season getting canceled and turned it into the best thing he could (and he signed up to play church sb for the summer).

June 3rd

June 5th

June 10th

A tough and exciting battle in our single elimination tournament and our team ultimately came up short, but what a season!!

So proud of you, buddy.  Zayden was offered a position on the All-Stars team - quite an accomplishment as one of the youngest players in his league.  Because of vacation and church camp plans he would have missed a lot of the action, so we decided to give his spot to another kiddo who would be able to serve the team better.  Regardless, a great season of hustle!