The Outcome Was Not The One We Wanted

If you've been following this radio serial, you know my 14U team went to Championship Game last Friday evening amidst the rolling hills of Blairstown NJ. I didn't post the outcome however. We lost, 10-0.

Played poorly as a team, and I did my best to get one player (actually YSSS) thrown out on a DP after he led of 2nd inning with a single and steal of 2B. So there's that. Overall not our best effort. Were boys tight? Maybe. Was the other team superior? Maybe. Did we play the worst we have for months? Absolutely.

So after the game, boys all got 2nd place trophy (out of 19 teams). Pretty nice actually. Then it was time to say goodbyes. Now, these people all live in town and I'm sure I'll run into them from time to time; however, both OSSS and YSSS go to a different HS than most, so moving in a different circle is de rigueur.

So with some tears, I said goodbye to the boys I've coached in baseball for the last 7 years on this team (9 if you include when I was the drill-sargeant in T-Ball!). Trey, Joe, Nate, Justin, Chris (who goes to same HS as OSSS), Nick (who will be at same HS as YSSS) and Ryan (aka YSSS). It was an honor being your coach.