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Well, the game back on Saturday the 8th was definitely a low point for me. I was sick, lost my voice, had the little issue at the game, just finished a rough week at work, etc… but this past Saturday was much better. Work has been just as bad or worse, my cold got worse, but my voice and the game went much better. The kids really seemed to try harder and they performed better. I had one of my assistant coaches set the fielding positions this time. Somewhat surprisingly he picked Grayson to play shortstop. I say surprisingly because Grayson doesn’t have a real strong arm, but he does field ground balls well. During the course of the game there were at least 5 balls hit to him. Not a single one got past him. He made 2 unassisted outs. And he nearly threw out 2 runners at first despite his slow throws. The highlight of all the plays for me was the hardest hit ball of the day. It bounced high, he stayed with it and bounced right off his chest. He immediately picked it up and held on to it as I yelled for him to do so. No outs… but it was played as perfectly as any 6 year old could. He had done it right.

But I guess that goes along with other highlight of the day and that’s the compliments I got on Grayson’s play. The most meaningful was from one of the coaches from the other team who commented after several plays, “looks like your shortstop there is a pretty good player.” I was probably glowing when I responded, “thanks, he happens to be my son.” And then later, one of our assistants recommended that Grayson be awarded a pin (I give out pins for good performance) for his play in the field.

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