game days

"Put me in coach, I'm ready to play--today!"

The warm up. I tried to keep these pictures in some kind of order--it's basically a collage from 3 different games. We made it to the Championship again this year, but we got beat--it was a real heart breaker in the bottom of the 7th. It was a great day of baseball, though. We were at the ballpark almost all day, Sunday, for the double-header. I really enjoyed it.
Danny on second. He loves it there--it's his favorite position.
He started on 3rd for the Championship game.

on deck--He really had some great hits during the play offs!
Danny's #8.
Yay!
Aaron's pretty much happy with whatever's going on at the ballpark as long as he has a drink...
...and a snack! He loves to watch Danny play. He gets right up on the fence when Danny's at bat and yells.

He stays pretty busy at the games. He plays in the sand right outside the dugout--
Gets into the boys' stuff--

Whew--what a dirt ball!
Helps Daddy keep score--

Flirts with the girls. He really likes Meghan--she throws catch with him and laughs a lot!

It was too hot to play on Sunday--with the heat index it was 115. And we played 2 games. I don't know how the boys did it, but they played awesome. They stayed cool with wet rags and lots of water and gatorade. I was hot just sitting in the shade. Aaron had 3 popsicles. The comissioner was worried about it being so hot. He asked me one time if Aaron had on sunscreen. I said, "Yes--but he's so dirty I don't think the sun can get through anyway." It really was a fun day.
Here's Danny getting his trophy--I heard him joking with the team that the trophy was smaller than he was used to--he's used to being in 1st. He's funny.
the 2008 Suffolk Yankees