The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Ballpark buddies

Throughout the season we were so lucky to have some ballpark buddies for Samantha on our teams! She spent a lot of time getting dirty around the field and loving every second of it! The endless trips to the concession stand didn’t hurt either. I’m gonna go broke on $3 ring pops!!

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She had Leslie Hails on Maxwell’s team and I can’t believe I didn’t get one pic of them all season! They were always too busy running around! On Spencer’s team she had both Pearson and Caroline. Love these sweet girls!

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We spent a lot of days and nights at the field and I love that everyone can find someway to entertain themselves…even if that is by photobombing!

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A fun season for all – players and spectators! Now it’s on to summer ball…we’re ready!

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Make it a great weekend!

4th Grade Champs!

The Rays got to play in the finals last Friday night and they came to play!! The team looked great and played some of their best baseball of the season. I have to think it was in large part to the awesome decorations the moms got up! 🙂

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Maxwell made the catch of the season during the game. Seriously! It was awesome. One of the other moms said it should be on Top 10 Plays on Sportscenter! I agree! Video here. Check out the balance….

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Caught that ball like it was no big deal! Go Maxwell!!

The Rays won the game and earned that trophy!

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Go Rays Go!

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Coach Baker, Coach Welden, Marshall, Slate, Gray, Maxwell Graham, Coach Little, Coach Neuendorf
Beck, Drew, Charlie, Will, Joseph

I’m so proud of this kid.

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Struggle, perseverance, victory, defeat – learning it all on the ballfield! These are the days.

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Congrats to the Rays on a championship season!

Go Rays!

Maxwell had a fantastic team with one of my favorite coaches in his grade, Coach Welden. By this age, you know most of the boys still playing baseball pretty well and the coaches are able to draft the teams pretty evenly. Maxwell had some great players and good friends on his team – can’t beat that! He played second base all season and had some great stops and catches.

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He hit a bit of a slump mid-season and literally didn’t swing at a pitch for 2 (3?) games. Didn’t even swing. Sometimes it worked in his favor and he got walked, but he also struck out more than he should. We got him a few lessons with a hitting coach, got his confidence back up, and soon enough he was driving the ball again! Kid pitch is a very different ballgame and I think it just got in his head a little. He worked it out though and came back better than ever! I’m so proud of him.

They went into the tournament 5th place out of 6 teams but fought through to the finals! They almost had a shut out in the semi-finals! It was a great game and I sure do love to watch him play!

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Final game recap tomorrow! Go Rays!

Spencer the baller

Some of the parents on the team took some good pictures at some of the games and shared them. Love these action shots!!

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Go Spencer Go!

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I love this kid and I love to watch him play!

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Go Yankees!

Go Yankees!

That’s a wrap on a fantastic spring baseball season. Just like in the fall, Spencer was on the Yankees. He had a great coach in Coach Caley and some fun teammates. He rotated between pitcher and outfield most of the time and was lead off batter for the season.

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Such a fun team!

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My ballpark babies!

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The Yankees won in a nail biter in the first round of the tournament to make it to the semi-finals but couldn’t come up with the win to make it to the finals. They finished a fantastic season with 3rd place in the tournament – pretty good!!

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I sure do love watching Spencer play. He’s got the hustle, he’s got the heart, and he can smack that ball! He’s playing summer ball so the fun isn’t stopping for him quite yet! Go Yankees!