Dodgers: Spring Tball

Another tball season has come to an end for this guy, and man, it is so fun to watch him play. His team won all of their dozen or so games...except when they played those pesky Rangers. They lost both regular season games to them and also lost again in the championship game. Nico didn't mind too much though; he was just excited to have a trophy and have fun playing baseball with his friends!

Despite being generally competitive at home, it was always cool (and a good reminder for myself) to hear him innocently ask at the end of the game if they won or not, and then, despite the answer, he would quickly divert his attention to the post game snacks. We teamed up with his buddy, Logan, with the intent of keeping him with one of his friends who was also a good player too. David was initially intending on being just a dad this season, but Mike talked him into being his assistant. (As if it really took much talking into for the guy that has devoted over half of his life to baseball, ha!)

I'm so amazed at how far Nico came this season. While he started out pretty hesitant to even play catch with a real baseball and would sometimes jump out of the way, he ended the season as a standout infielder and frequently threw out runners at 1st from pitcher, shortstop, and 3rd. He's got a great arm that generated "ooohs" and "aaaahs" from the stands. He also smacked it to the outfield a majority of the time. He gained so much confidence in just a short amount of time. I am so proud to be Nico's mom.

I don't really even ask him about it, but I know that David is having a blast coaching his own son.

 

Nico frequently had some extra fans in the stands. My parents made it to at least half of the games to cheer him on.

 

 

His Great Granny Phyll came out for a game!

 

 

Dave and Cindy caught a good one too, as mentioned in an earlier section.

 

A post game dinner @ El Rey.

His biggest fan of all, though, was this little one. She was just an angel at the games and sat there quietly for nearly every single one! As long as she had some shade and a never ending supply of snacks, she was good! At times, it almost looked like she was paying attention to the game.

Nico played a variety of positions and was excited when he got to wear the catchers gear. He is really into putting on all of his hockey gear at home and having a tough sports look.

On almost all of the teams we played, Nico got to play against a buddy or two. Here's Jake.

Logan, Nico, and Holden enjoying their post game snack.

Two tball seasons... two championship games. We'll take it!