Zayden's All Stars Baseball Season {Minors}

At the end of regular season, Zayden was asked to play on the minors All-Stars team.  This was a different kind of fun & learning experience for him.  He loved playing higher level ball.  He was mostly unknown by the coaches (who had a lot of the other players on a traveling team) so he had to work hard to prove his skill.  He learned what it looks like to stand against peer pressure, and didn't have anyone he knew very well on the team, so he had to be an extrovert.  He did a good job, we all learned a lot, and we're proud of how he performed both on the field and off.  He kept a good attitude, showed good sportsmanship, and worked as hard as he could.

There were two weeks of practice and four scheduled games. 

Game 1 on June 30th was a win.  Zayden was top of the batting line up and started the team off with a home run.

Game 2 on July 1st was a win.

flipping the coin...

He had to walk a lot this game.

Game 3 on July 3rd was a win and he had both set of grandparents there to watch.

Game 4 on July 7th, unfortunately was a loss, so we did not advance to state.  It was a disappointment, the umping was rough, and it was frustrating, but I was pleased with how Zayden handled himself.

A culmination of game videos...

It was exciting for Zayden to get to be a part of this and overall it was a worthy experience.  It gave us lots of talking points and we saw him mature a lot.