Avery In Baseball

Avery was in Little League baseball for the first time this year. It was a good season for him. He definitely needs work on his fielding skills, or maybe it's more his attention that needs work... But he was a good hitter. His swing was unorthodox and we worked on that a lot, but he had the timing down better that everyone else, so he was pretty good for getting on base. All around, baseball has been better than soccer or basketball for him so we're excited for him to keep up with it.






Strike! Second game, still learning, but this was impressive that the catcher caught the ball since that was rather unusual throughout that level of the league.


Foul! But he made contact.


And then Avery had his first go as a catcher. At first he thought that would be cool, until he got the gear on and realized he hated all the gear.


Plus, moments like this didn't inspire joy in the position either.


So after that he really leaned back.


There it goes! High five Avery!


Around to third!


Another hit!






I can't figure out how Avery hit this, it looks in a weird position.


But he did!


Look Dad, I'm on third!


This was a rare sight, so Avery was always SO excited to actually make it home. Just the way the line up was Avery would often get on base, but rarely make it around the bases to home plate.


A brief pause to appreciate a hot third base coach...


Foul!




That's a hit!








Hit!


Ah, that ball's coming right at me!


This one is in though.


A pause for Carson to have his picture taken with his light saber go-gurt.


Picture day


Nice hit!


Avery was not super on top of fielding (attention problems) so it was always good to see him actually go after the ball!


Mom! Take a picture, I did it!




Don't swing at those high ones! That's better!




Not happy about having to be catcher again.


Hit... and they made the play, sad Avery.




And on his last game Avery enjoyed getting hit by the kid pitcher (kids pitched the last two innings in the last half of the season) TWO times. He thought that was a convenient way to get on base. Silly kid.


Avery missed the last game of the season for his Aunt Megan's wedding, but we were able to make it late to the pizza party after the game for him to get his trophy and say goodbye to everyone.