Started Meghan’s softball tournament in Etowah early yesterday morning. The schedule we were told was that her team would play their first game at 10:30. If they won that, they would play again at 1pm; if they lost the first game, they would play again at 3pm. And that would be it. No mention of playing any other games. Apparently, communication is not a strong point.

Poor Meg. On her very first up to bat, the pitcher threw a wild ball and it slammed Meghan right in the side, hard. The umpire asked her if she wanted to leave to the field instead of taking the base, to which, while in pain, Meghan answered yes. Then, she was taken off the roster for the rest of the game! Apparently that is the rule. If you leave the field, you are out for the rest of the game (this was in the 2nd inning!). Now, please note here that the umpire did not tell her this would be the case if she left the field! After much fuss on my part (mama bear running wild!), she was allowed back in after that inning. Anyway, her team lost that first game In between, we went out to Hendersonville to visit my sister and her family, then back to the ball park. Played the second game and won, 11-0! Behold, because we won, they had yet another game at 7:30pm! Yikes. Long day for these kids and cold last night on the field and none of us were prepared for that. Behold, again, we won the 7:30 game and we’re now going back this afternoon for a 2:00 game. If we lose that, we’re done. If we win, the girls have ONE more game at 3:30pm.

Maybe I’m a very confused person (and that is quite possible. hehehehe) but I always thought tournaments and playoffs came at the end of the season? These teams have had 2 weeks of practice and one week of games, and now this weekend long tournament. Just seems backwards to me.

I’m interested to see what happens today at the game(s). After Meghan got hit in the mouth on Friday night, I was pretty upset with the coaches for not allowing her to have a helmet on during warmups(She’s been the team’s catcher, sharing occasionally with another girl) and I made that clear. Probably not too nicely. Then after the fiasco with her being almost pulled from the first game yesterday after getting hit and asked if she wanted to leave the field, without being told the consesquences, I was upset and again, as that mama bear, I made it it a tad clear. Well, since that second incident, Meghan has not been put back in the catcher’s position and instead has been in the outfield. During the second game yesterday, I thought maybe they were just allowing her a little breather and a chance to chill. But when we went back for the 7:30pm game, she was not allowed to catch again. I told her to tell her coach she wanted to catch and that she was ready again. She came back and told me that he told her no because he needed someone fast in that position! EXCUSE ME? Are you serious? She has been catcher for 2 years. She rocks. Nothing like this has ever been brought up before. And honestly, Meghan and the other catcher are on equal grounds on their catching abilities. And now all of a sudden she isn’t catching. And he actually had the audacity to say what he did to her?????? I did not blow last night although lord knows, I surely wanted to explode. I will see what happens today. If she is still pulled from that position, then I will go ‘nicely’ talk to the coach. If I pissed him off then he should deal with me and not take it out on her. And he certainly should never have said what he did to her. How about, why don’t you take a game or two out to recover from your hits and get more comfortable with the ball? Or something like that. Even James, our oldest son, who goes head to head with Meghan constantly, when he heard what the coach did and said, was ready to raise Kane!
We’ll see what the day brings.

Anyway, enough about that. Here’s to the Scorchers winning the tournament today and bringing home the championship!!!!!

We’re in full swing (no pun intended) now of the 2009 baseball & softball season for the triplets! The boy’s team won their first game last night, 3-2! And Meghan’s softball team won their first game tonight, 6-4! Meghan was up to bat twice and got 2 hits and 2 runs! Go Meghan. Tomorrow they all have games, so we’ll be off and running in many directions, but having fun cheering them all on. Frankie, our four year old, really wants to play next year, so I guess we’ll have to figure out a way to clone ourselves! Ah well, it’s fun and they enjoy playing. That’s what it’s all about.