The Wild at the Tigers

Today we drove to Detroit for a Tigers game with the rest of the Wild players and their families. We were the "Team of the Game" so we had a few special perks. The team was supposed to go down on the field before the game for a photo opp, however, due to the rainy weather they had to take their picture by the dugout. They were still announced after the first inning and the boys were shown up on the score board. At the end of the game, all the kids at the game were able to run the bases. The game was delayed about 1.5 hours due to the weather but we enjoyed the game once it started. The rainy weather fit in with the rest of the Wild season - we had a lot of wet weekends. The boys had fun exploring the stadium, threw some pitches in the cage, and had their picture taken with Paws.

Pre-game.  Watching the rain.

The Younger Brother Crew

On the scoreboard.  Will is in the upper right corner

Exploring the stadium - the team is above the 5 and 2 on the brick wall.

There they go!

Will is approaching 2nd.  Alex just passed 1st.

Will rounding 3rd.  Alex rounded 2nd.

Will is on the 3rd base line.

Will crossing home plate

Here comes Alex!

Down by the field.  

Cottage Fun

The boys went up to the cottage for the day with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Mara and Uncle Ken. They had a fun day full of baseball on the porch, fishing, tubing, and dinner at Bud's.  Lucky boys!

End of All Stars

The WPLL 9U All Stars had quite a run. They played their fourth game in four days on Saturday morning against the South Portage "B" team. They ended up mercying them after four innings with a score of 16-6. They had Sunday off and then were back at it Monday night when they played the South Portage "A" team. We kept it close for most of the game and even tied it up 10-10 after three innings before finally losing 14-10. The kids played really well and were so fun to watch.

Saturday warm-ups

Alex is such a good fan

Will at Bat

Saturday Victory 

Monday night - William heading home

Alex's Crew

Great Season!

Exciting All Star Win

The WPLL 9U All Stars had an exciting win last night. They were down 8-0 in the top of the fourth and came back to win 10-8. We play again Saturday morning!

WPLL All Stars

William and Phil had their first West Portage All Star game on Wednesday night. It was a beautiful night for baseball. The boys played well and beat Alamo 8-3. Unfortunately, they lost their game on Thursday night to Gull Lake but play again on Friday against Northwood.

The team!