It was a fun weekend of baseball in Quincy, Illinois. While the team did not win the tournament, they did place second and they played some great baseball.
There were some great highlights on the weekend, including John getting out of a pickle. On what was clearly a double, but maybe could have been a triple, John was rounding second almost halfway to third when his coach stopped him to return to second. The throw would have been close and a double was good enough. Sometimes, things do not work out quite the way you want and John slipped on the turf when trying to stop. What happened after was a pickle, but John remained calm and just went back and forth until one of the kids made a mistake. The Stars practice pickles relentlessly, and John is always a runner. This was proof that practice pays off. Best of all, my stepdad, Aunt Tammy, and Uncle Art were there to see it. Way to go, kiddo!
