You might call them boys but we call them GIANTS

While we were gone on vacation, Joel's baseball team - the Giants - played 3 games in our year-end tournament.  They lost the first game, which put them in the consolation bracket.  They won the next 2 games, which put them in the semi-final game tonight.  One of the player's grandmothers pitched to Joel in the batting cage to help him warm up, since he had been gone so long....yep we had a great team.

It was a nail-biter folks, but they played like champions.  Bottom of the 4th - final inning - we were up by 2 (19-17) and we quickly got two outs.  Unfortunately, the Brewers came back and won by one.  It was the best-played game of the year and the boys had a lot to be proud of.

The Giants were a team that didn't exist after the first draft this spring, but the league decided that the teams were too big.  Our coach wasn't signed on to coach originally, but stepped up when two more teams were added and was fabulous.  Here he is at the end of the game telling them how proud he was of them and how hard they played all season and that he hoped they all played again next year.  He let everyone who wanted to pitch try it during games.  He let kids play all different kinds of positions and it was such a change from Newburgh-cut-throat baseball (no offense Indiana).

Here is our favorite Giant with his cheering squad.  Ken is in Minneapolis for work and ironically was invited to a Twins game at the same time our Giants played tonight.  He told everyone he would much prefer to see the Giants - and he meant it 100%.