Category Archives: Baseball

Christian’s Last Regular Season Game

We’re getting down to the end of the season. All that is left is the tournament, and honestly, I’m a little sad to see it end. I wish Ocean Springs was like Pascagoula. We played ball there until we were almost twenty. In Ocean Springs, they only have league until age 12. After that, if...

Jackson at His Last Two Games

The Astros have really struggled this year.  Jackson brings his game face and  hopes for the best, but so far, it just hasn’t happened. He’s taking the losses much easier these days. Used to, he’d lose it if he got out, so at least we have moved past that. After a hard loss, he’ll be...

Lazy Baseball Photographer

I took all of these pictures through the fence, sitting in my favorite ratty lawn chair, and I’m completely okay with that. Hope you are, too. Jackson still has a mean game face…Unfortunately it completely goes out the window the second he’s about to swing. He doesn’t need it by then anyway.Oh wait, foul ball....

Opening Day 2012

Opening Ceremonies are usually a long and painful process, but this year they seemed to fly by. Maybe it’s because it’s Christian’s last year of league, or maybe they didn’t talk quite as much, who knows. Garrett did the players’ pledge. We were in the dugout waiting patiently for pictures.Christian waited for Daddy to have...

All-Stars Complete

It was truly painful to watch at times, and I can imagine it was even more painful to play, but it’s over and we’ll refer to it as a very interesting character-building experience. How does that sound? I’m a little worried he’ll never step foot on a baseball field again. The good part is that...