Losing by 1 sucks...

Griffin played in an indoor hitting league these past few weeks. What started out as a way to get some extra at bats soon turned into a week to week friendly competition. Griffin, Sam and Jeremy all played together this past fall on my team and went into the hitting league as a team of three. The object is to hit ten hits per inning and get the most points by the end of the game. Each part of the tunnel is different points ranging from 0 if you hit the ceiling and 5 if you hit the machine. The first game Griffin and his team out hit their opponents 199 to 174. In addition, Griffin had the weekly high of 90 for the 9U division. Each week the kids battled back and forth. Going into Week 5 Griffin was 12 points behind the overall leader. At the end of week 5 Griffin was back on top for the overall points in his division.

Last night was his 6th and final game. I was unable to be there and Griffin said they won but overall did not do as well as in weeks past. He said they only got in 5 innings which meant he missed an entire 10 pitches. This morning I checked and saw they did indeed win their match up and Sam Watkins (From Brunswick LL) had the top overall score. I found out later that Griffin lost the top points position by 1 point. Think about this...one more inning would have done the trick. It sucks to lose by 1.

Teaghan dancing with Santa.

Teaghan's First Snow...

Well really it's not her first, but it was the first time she could go out and play by herself. She had fun.

Snow December 4 2009

It's not a baby?

Introducing...

My Son's Little League has opened it's own blog.  It will be a great way for us to post pictures, news and information about the league.  Four County Little League is Mount Airy's home for Little League Baseball.  Little League is the world's largest youth sport organization.  FCLL is proud to represent Mount Airy and Maryland.  If you want to know more about the Little League and youth baseball in Mt. Airy, MD, click on their website.  If you want visit and subscribe to the blog, visit by clicking here.  Hope you enjoy FCLL's blog.


Have a great day.

Choosing Thomas

This video is not easy to watch. But I felt the need to post. It is amazing and will make you cry. It will make you think about your own children. It will make you think of all the unborn children. It will just plain make you think.

Griffin goes to the Little League World Series

Well...Sort of...

Griffin and I spent Friday, August 21, 2009, in Williamsport, PA. We went with Pat & Charlie Ronan. Charlie plays in the majors division for Four County Little League. On the drive up there, it did not look good as the rain started to fall. When we arrived we found a great parking space in someone's back yard. $5.00 all day...you can't beat that. As we arrived at Volunteer Stadium the tarp was being pulled off. Griffin said, "It looks like they will start the game soon". But it was not to be. A few minutes later the tarp went back on the field. After about an hour rain delay, the tarp came off, the field was dressed again and the Mid-Atlantic team took the field. It was so exciting to be there for the first game. We watched a total of 4 games (or at least part of 4 games). In addition to all that, we found time to eat kettle corn, buy hats and shirts and take in the rich history of this great event. 2.6 million young people play in Little League making it the worlds largest youth sports organization. It is hard to understand the magnitude until you visit Williamsport, PA and take it all in.