Christian Real Estate Professionals

Reminiscing A Softball Saturated Saturday...!!!

It was about a 40 minute drive from our home to the recreational area in Leesport, Pa., where Schuyllkill Valley Girls Softball Association would host a 10U (age 10 and under) girls softball tournament...!!!  

It was a double elimination tournament beginning at 9 AM, and so you lose two games, and you're out...!!!  

And so, the discussion in the car between my 8 year old daughter Emily and me on the way to this early morning sporting event revolved around self confidence, having fun, playing hard, and reminders that there are probably plenty of teams worse than ours, who, up until this point, hadn't won a game yet...  

Heck, regardless, it would be a great Daddy/Daughter bonding event, and we'd probably be back home by 1 or 2 PM...  

In true form, our team (The Thunder), lost the first game even though they showed brief flashes of brilliance...one more loss and we could head home and have some Saturday fun...  

Well, we got a little lucky, and pulled the second game out in the last inning...our first win of the season...  

Now the girls got a little taste of success, and you could tell by their facial expressions and general behavior that they liked this feeling...!!!  

Long story short, they proceed to win the next two games...each game showing greater skills, enthusiasm, self confidence and team spirit...!  

We end up finishing third in the tournament, and barely made it home in time to watch the Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird pull off an upset of immense historic proportions...  

And so did The Thunder...!!!

 

 

13 comments • Fran 'The Title Man' Gaspari Title Insurance-PA & NJ • May 03 2009 08:32PM