victorious

Sorry to say sports fans, but no pictures to share of my Sharks in action. The weather was absolutely horrid and the only camera that would have worked in those conditions was an underwater camera. Not to worry, game on Tuesday against Amsterdam that I might be able to get some shots of.

As for our team, we did quite well against Antwerp. The first inning was rather rocky as the kids were playing together as a team for the first time and it took a bit to figure out how to play defense. We gave up a few in the top of the first but rallied in the bottom to take the lead. Our defense started to shine in the torrential rain and put up two scoreless innings while tacking on some more to buffer our lead. Time was called (one hour time limit) and both teams headed back into the dressing room to dry off and Antwerp headed back home.

Final score - not exactly sure. It turns out that Dutch umpires do things a little differently than in the US. I was asked what the score was after the game and shrugged my shoulders - "I dunno, didn't you keep track?" He replied with, "In Holland the home coach keeps track of the score." Nice to know this AFTER the game is over...

In any case, the score isn't important. The kids had fun (on both teams) and there were no injuries - that's what really matters. And besides, I'll keep track of the score when we play them in the tournament in early May.

Coach X