The Lake Steven Little League does several fundraisers throughout the year to help supplement the cost to play. One of those fundraisers this year was a ticket sale for Aquasox tickets. The person who sold the most tickets got to throw out the first pitch at an Aquasox game.
Due to an incredible friend who bought a lot of tickets for his company, Andrew was the top seller and won the right to throw out the first pitch.
We have been practicing quite a bit to make sure that Andrew would be able to throw the ball well enough to make it across the plate. He went out there and winged the ball good! It crossed the plate with ease and even looked like it could have been a strike.
It took us a long time to convince Andrew that he wasn't throwing out the first pitch of the game itself. He asked Eric what he was supposed to do if the batter hit the ball. It took us awhile to get him to understand the difference between a ceremonial first pitch and the start of the game.
The player that caught was very nice and signed the ball for Andrew. His name is Tim Griffin and we are crossing our fingers that he makes it to the big leagues. Hey! That ball might be worth something someday!
Right after the ceremonial first pitches there was a different group of players that got to run out on the field and stand with the players for the national anthem. They offered to let not only Andrew but Zane as well go out. So nice!
The boys wanted to stick together so they both headed to stand with the catcher for the singing of the anthem.
The game was great and a whole lot of fun. The Aquasox even won 2-0 and since it was fireworks Friday we stayed for the after game festivities. Zane and Andrew both were thrilled with the event and told Eric that it was the best day ever. Sounds about right to me.
Due to an incredible friend who bought a lot of tickets for his company, Andrew was the top seller and won the right to throw out the first pitch.
We have been practicing quite a bit to make sure that Andrew would be able to throw the ball well enough to make it across the plate. He went out there and winged the ball good! It crossed the plate with ease and even looked like it could have been a strike.
It took us a long time to convince Andrew that he wasn't throwing out the first pitch of the game itself. He asked Eric what he was supposed to do if the batter hit the ball. It took us awhile to get him to understand the difference between a ceremonial first pitch and the start of the game.
The player that caught was very nice and signed the ball for Andrew. His name is Tim Griffin and we are crossing our fingers that he makes it to the big leagues. Hey! That ball might be worth something someday!
Right after the ceremonial first pitches there was a different group of players that got to run out on the field and stand with the players for the national anthem. They offered to let not only Andrew but Zane as well go out. So nice!
The boys wanted to stick together so they both headed to stand with the catcher for the singing of the anthem.
The game was great and a whole lot of fun. The Aquasox even won 2-0 and since it was fireworks Friday we stayed for the after game festivities. Zane and Andrew both were thrilled with the event and told Eric that it was the best day ever. Sounds about right to me.
2 comments:
Sad I missed it. Your dad would have been so happy about that!
I accidently gave Booker a raspberry Iced Tea at Alfy's for dinner not realizing that it has caffeine. He crashed by 7. And his attitude was less then desirable. Lesson learned.
Major bummer about the iced tea. And you are right. My dad would have been over the moon =]
Post a Comment