Week 10: Busy!
Trip Start
May 26, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 01, 2008
Munich,
Germany
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
It all started on Monday when I ran practice for the second team all by myself. It was kind of fun, but it really doesn't feel like my team, so I felt a little out of place. I was by myself because the head coach had to study for school and Missy had already made plans with a friend who was visiting. Overall, it went well and the girls seemed to enjoy themselves.
Tuesday's practice with the under 15 team was fun because the other two coaches and I actually got to play with them. We did their warm up games with them and even played toss ball against them. We only won by one run, as it turns out. One of the girls was very proud of it and told us, "Hey. We almost beat you!" Of course, it was three against about 9, but they still hit it wherever we weren't
Busy English Garden 2
. It was fun. My practice with the 1st team after wasn't as fun, but oh well!On Wednesday, both Ryan and I had the day off. We spent a few hours that day in the English Garden, and enjoyed a beautiful day (with no rain finally!). That night we went out with our friend Cary (Ryan's friend from school and fireworks) for his birthday. We ate at a "Mexican" food place, and though they can't compete with southern California, it was still pretty good. We had fajitas, and they were delicioso. After that, we went to an Irish bar, because Cary wanted a Guinness to celebrate. It was just the three of us, but it was a fun night.
Thursday wasn't very eventful. All I did was go to practice, and that wasn't all that exciting either. Friday was a long day though. We had to leave Friday afternoon to drive up for our Saturday games. We played a team near Cologne, in Wesseling. Their team name was "Vermins," which really bothered me. First of all, who would want to name their team after something that's considered disgusting? And more importantly, vermins is not a word. vermin is already plural without the s. But that wasn't what annoyed me the most on Saturday...
After about 7.5 hours, we finally made it to our hotel at about midnight
Cary & Ryan ordering their Guinness'
. Then of course we were all starving, so we ate at the only thing that was open... McDonald's. That was a bad start for my stomach. Let's just say that I did not eat well this weekend. The rooms were nice though, and we slept well in preparation for our first two games in the best of five series.I won't talk about the games much. But the first one was definitely a story. We were up 12-5 going into the final inning-- that's one run away from the run rule. By the time we finally got two outs, it was 12-8. We ended up losing the game on a single. There were so many errors, the girl got all the way home and the bases were cleared. Then we won the next game 10-0 in 5 innings with Missy pitching. Soooo... we should have won two games and now we have to win two more at our field in two weeks. We should be able to do it, but with 10 errors in one game... we have to pick it up.
Needless to say, I was a little grumpy on the drive home Saturday night. Then I found out at about midnight that I was supposed to work the Haar baseball camp... the following day... at 8:30am. This made me very grumpy because it wasn't the first time that they have forgotten to tell us things in advance of more than a day. So, I got home at about 2am and had to leave my apartment 5 hours later.
Funny sign in an Irish pub
Even though I was still grumpy about being informed so late again, my bad mood faded away when the camp started. There were about 150 kids at the camp, and they were divided into 12 teams. With two teams at each station, we rotated through everyone by lunch time. I worked the bunt station as usual, and it was actually pretty fun. The really tiny kids are the best. They had no idea what bunting was, since they have only played tee ball... but it was really cute to watch them try. Later in the afternoon, they all played three games against different teams. Some of the kids (and coaches) were a little too competitive I thought, but overall they seemed to really enjoy the camp. The camp continued the following day, but I'll tell you about that in the next blog! I hope you enjoyed the random pictures too (Mom). There should be a couple more next week. Miss you all!
