Popular Post Parr8hed Posted July 1, 2019 Popular Post Share #1 Posted July 1, 2019 Rolled out of work on Friday. Coolers iced down, camper loaded up. Worked from 4:45 am until 4:30 pm. Got to the fairgrounds at around 6:30. Set up the camper, popped a cold one and walked across the parking lot to the softball fields and watched the daughter play two pool play games. Went 1-1 in pool play. Beat a team that whooped us last year. And they were horrible sports. This made me feel accomplished. Lost to the top seeded team in the tourney but it was a strategic loss. Didn't play small ball, didn't throw junk pitches, and used our other pitcher a bit. Played a tight game. This made me feel optimistic. Walked back to camper and drank beer with coaches until 2:00 am. This made me feel relaxed. Sat got up late, made breakfast and Drove G to Cincy for his crit. G lead out the holeshot and stretched them out from the gun. He got into a 4 person break for the first 3 to 4 laps with the fastest kids. One was a girl that was extremely fast. I told him to hold her wheel and work with her and nobody else. After lap 4 G and the girl (pre-planned) attacked on a hill and dropped the other 2 riders. This made me happy, but nervous. I hoped he's be able to hold her pace. They worked together for 2 laps until she rode away from him. There were 4 laps to go. This made me extremely nervous as the other 2 boys were chasing. G held on and actually put time into them finishing on the solo break for his first big crit win! This made me so stinking proud! (I told him nice win, but you still got beat by a girl). Went back to the tourney to catch the night games. We won first bracket games and then got the remainder cancelled by a storm. This made me angry. Sunday the girls were up early and played all day. They faced the team that beat them in pool play. This made me nervous. Coach unloaded both barrels on them. Full-on pitching, baserunning and small ball. We defeated them by 1 run, sending them to the loser bracket. This made me very happy. They won loser bracket championship to make it to final game to face us. They had momentum and got up on us. This made me very anxious. But our girls dug in, lead by Emmy's strong pitching and came back to win the USFA state championship by 3 runs! This was 10:30 at night! I finally got home around 1:00 and to bed around 2:00 am. Back at work today. this makes me feel exhausted, but so very proud. These rugrats of mine are pretty awesome. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted July 1, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 1, 2019 13 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: One was a girl that was extremely fast. I told him to hold her wheel G will learn that the view is better this way 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted July 1, 2019 Share #3 Posted July 1, 2019 GREAT story and great results! Only flaw? No photos of the podium and the trophy presentation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Parr8hed Posted July 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share #4 Posted July 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: GREAT story and great results! Only flaw? No photos of the podium and the trophy presentation. Podium 4 man break solo break gratuitous breakfast pics both teams me and the kids 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted July 1, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 1, 2019 20 minutes ago, Parr8hed said: thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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