Last Sunday fall ball came to an end with a double-header. It was also one of the best days of the season for Connor.
First, there was this photo. The whole team is swarming Connor and congratulating him (mostly by slapping their hands on top of his white helmet, but also one team member trying to pick him up). You see, Connor got his very first in-the-park homerun. It was a solid line drive down the right field line. The right fielder (a girl, Connor is quick to point out) couldn't get close to it in time to knock it down. And it rolled all the way to the fence. And he ran all the way around the bases, sliding into home just as the ball came in. The catcher dropped it, and he ended up sliding through home and pushing the catcher and the ball out of the way.
Best. Day. Ever. Or so Connor told us.
And we were also pretty impressed with another first. Connor has been playing shortstop the last half of the season. And while he's pretty good at knocking balls down and keeping them in the infield, his ability to catch a fly ball has been pretty non-existent.
Until Sunday. A ball was hit just outside of the infield, between second base and center field. The kid ran back to it, continued backing up and extended his arm pretty far out to make an impressive catch.
Nothing like waiting until the end of the season for a few of those critical firsts. First homerun. First fly ball catch.
Connor wants to know how long until Spring again.
And the twins say it's a really, really long time, thank you very much.
The last group of baseball photos for the season are here.
