My 10-year old stole home yesterday. It was truly amazing to see him play aggressively. He was on third and his coach told him to lead off. He was a few feet away from the base and he was just staring down the catcher. The catcher was holding the ball and he was also probably about 2 feet away from home.
What happened next was a complete blur. I believe the catcher threw the ball to the pitcher and he was getting ready to walk away when my son decided to run for it. The pitcher threw the ball back to the catcher so that he could tag him with the ball. My son slid and everyone was on the ground at one point when the ump called him out. One of the ump called it safe because the catcher apparently dropped the ball.
Everyone cheered and it got everyone excited about playing. They got 5 people home because they were energized by that!
What was more exciting for me is that my child is learning how to play the game. He was thinking smart and he knew that he could make it. Perhaps it was all luck, but those few minutes made us all feel pretty special – like we could actually win (we were against the number one team in Minor A).
He is coming to his own.
He was the talk of the school today and that little stunt was heard all over my daughter’s school as well (middle school).
Wished he played like that all the time …
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