Summer = Baseball in the Martin house and Jacob couldn't wait to get out on that field. This season he was on the Colorado Rockies and while he wasn't thrilled about being in a purple jersey he got over that quickly and took to the mound with gusto! That's right, this season the kids pitched which made for more exciting (and much longer) games. This was a BIG DEAL to Jacob as he's been looking forward to pitching for years. Jacob was a natural on the mound and couldn't get enough. He just loved it. It was really fun watching him out there!
To make the season even more fun, Cousin Tyler was in the league on the Tampa Bay Rays! We played against them for our very first game. A lot of my family members showed up for the Pagonis-Martin vs. Walkoe-Neyt face off. We even organized a little bet....the losing team had to buy Dairy Queen for the rest of the family! We lost, we bought. I love this picture. Cute sluggers!
Tyler catching and Jacob at bat. Two cousins on the field together.
Tom was head coach of the team and I just have to say how proud I am of him. He's a great baseball coach and it's his favorite sport to head up. The kids and parents all love him and Jacob enjoys having his dad out there with him. Like father, like son....they both love baseball and it shows!
Spectator Nicholas. All of my kids were real troopers as they were on the sidelines for almost all of the games. They spent most of the time running around with their friends or playing on the playground.
To celebrate the season, Tom and his assistant coaches took the kids for ice cream! To sum it all up very simply...Jacob had another a great season! He's looking forward to doing competitive ball next spring.
