Tourney weekend – Big Beezy and Lil Peezy

P and B wrapped up basketball camp on Friday by 4 pm, and then we picked them up after getting a boba together. (dave got home early to head out to the tourney).

I quickly asked my mom to bring Brandon to his basketball practice at 730 pm. Peyton’s game was at 640 pm, so it was going to overlap. Brandon was at the same gym as his basketball camp, so he was going to be there the majority of his day. Three of us drove down to the game. We got beaten by a team that resides just north of us. Peyton pitched a bit, and then hit an RBI single.

Hit #2 of the tourney:

She did not melt down even though she had a full day of camp and a long game, so I told her she could sleep with us. She was more than excited! We drove back to Brandon and my mom, who also had the girls. We waited for Brandon to finish up at 9 pm, and then we headed to eat dinner, my mom’s fave – Mexican food.

We had a late night, as the kids showered up after that, and fortunately, we had a later game on Saturday. In the morning, I practice piano with Peyton , and when she was done, Dave took Peyton to get fruit, while I worked with Brandon on math. We did more errands, and then Dave went to the end of the season party with Brandon. It was going to be near 100 degrees, and I was equipment manager for Peyton, carrying the wagon with all the gear. We arrived on time, and I had to cart the stuff back and forth across the field. No one felt sorry for Dave as he was at the pool. We were playing the tourney hosts, so we knew we were up for trouble.

Peyton’s first at bat, she was called to bunt. She read her sign appropriately and then this happened:

Dave wanted to know why she was bunting, when she can hit, but I’m glad she listened to her coach.
She did not pitch the first Saturday game, which is less stressful for me. She played at short stop the entire game. The team lost again, in a bad way.
Here’s her second at bat, reached on base by an error on the first baseman.

I drove home with the gear in between games to consolidate with Brandon and Dave. We turned around and went right back to the game after refilling water. When he got back to the field, the manager told Dave about the perfectly placed bunt that she laid down. My parents were coming to this game, but she was not pitching. At first.
She had this double:

She did come into the game and stopped the bleeding, but it was still not enough to pull out the win.

We said good night to my parents, then they headed home, while we headed to the Jaillon’s going away party. They’re leaving for VA later this summer, so they were hosting a taco party. They knew that we would be late, but we would not miss it!

Brandon walked in, saw his friend, and they headed out to shoot hoops in the front of the house. He didn’t even eat! Peyton was close to me just to say hi, and then presented V with a gift, a photo album that we started, and two board books which she signed.

We chatted and hung out with the parents and other friends we knew from school before leaving when the kids had gotten all wet. Like a soppy mess. It was warned that there would be water play, but we had not planned for them to engage.

We had a 940 am game today, so we headed out early with a stop for coffee and breakfast.
Here’s their warmup cheer, with P right in the middle! She’s found her voice among her peers.

We were not expected to win the first game, but we gave them a run for their money. K started pitching, but soon after the first inning, Peyton came in, and pitched over three innings. We were the visiting team, and once we had the lead, we had to hold them. We held them at 8-5 to advance to the semi finals. We seem to always win the first game on Sunday because we show up to play!

The second game was against the team we lost to on Friday. It was definitely a beatable team, but Friday had been a long day for most of the girls, and the other team got the best of us. We had gone to lunch in between games, and we saw the other team at the same place. I took Peyton to the restroom after we ordered and saw a coach huddled around the bathroom with 6 girls. I asked if he was talking strategy or if they were in line. He sheepishly responded, “Strategy” and moved to the side while Peyton and I headed in. Before I had turned the corner, I caught a bit of him telling the girls that they need to “catch those girls offguard.” I think he was referring to base stealing, so Dave told our manager what I’d heard. It’s like having a spy secret mission.

Peyton ground out her first at-bat, but then hit:

She got another RBI.

One thing we were seeing was that a lot of other girls pound their bats into the plate. Most of the girls who do not hit well do this, for possibly intimidation factor. Dave can’t stand it, as it is not good for the plate. He told Peyton not to do it, as she sometimes was show-boating and flipping her bat around. Well, she sure listened

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She was told to just tap the plate lightly to make sure she could cover the outside of the base with her bat.

That same at bat:

We capped off this game, again, holding them as visitor, with great plays! One girl, who has struggled at the plate all season long, hit a legitimate triple, down the line, and as she was coming around third, the coach sent her for a homerun. Her dad, the HS principal, who was keeping score, was BEAMING with pride!

I, too, felt so proud of her since she’s struggled and really gets down on herself. She is the one who, when Peyton hit a homerun, went up to Dave, tapped him on the shoulder, and said, “You must be very proud of Peyton for hitting that ball.” She’s really the sweetest kid out there.

Now, the game ended, and the kids had about 30 minutes to regroup before the finals. Only, the Yins were coming back in town, and we told them yesterday we’d be available to get them. Well, they were coming in at 4 pm, and it was just before 3 pm. I grabbed Brandon and the gear, and we headed home. Dave was going to find a ride for he and Peyton. I came home, grabbed their keys, and headed to their house. I parked our car there, and drove the minivan out to the airport. Brandon was happy to be in the AC and away from the field. He was a trooper, taking care of the little boys at the restaurant, eating with them, and helping them in the restroom with handwashing and managing the line. I was watching him from far away, as he tried to keep the boys (5 of them) quiet and going one at a time.

We got to the airport a bit early, as Brandon was giving me a play by play since he was looking at my game app. Luckily, he’s the kid that doesn’t get sick. He was also navigating me to the airport. We parked in the cell phone lot so that I could watch with him, but I was worried about killing the battery on the car, so we sweated it out in the sun without AC. We didn’t have to wait too long, and soon they were ready. We drove back over to get them, and I asked if they could drop us off at the field. They were shocked that I left a championship game to come get them. I told them we were not expected to win any games today, so we were planning to just come home and get their car at some point. They high-tailed it to the field, and when we arrived, they all decided to come in and check things out. I was embarrassed to have them come in to see the end of the game. But by now, since we were down 0-6, and it was now over 100 degrees on the field, the coach called the game in defeat. We arrived to the school and caught the tail end of the award ceremony. They congratulated P and saw some friends they had on other teams. C saw them and her mom headed her over to badger Ryan about basketball coaching. Ryan was very reserved about how he answered, since he didn’t want to definitely commit to anything.

Dave and P then had their ride home, though she wanted to go with us, but Dave convinced her to go with him, while we took a bucket off of Dave’s hands so he wouldn’t have to bring so much back by himself. He did still have Peyton’s bag. Brandon wanted to go with me (which never happens), but of course, we were with the girls. We rode back, and then went to get our car, while Dave and Peyton beat us home. We all showered up, peyton practiced piano (she can’t break her streak!) and then went out for food. (I joked she would be the only teammate that had to go home and practice piano, though one girl missed all of yesterday’s games because of Japanese school. Peyton said if she misses, she has homework. I asked Peyton which she would do. She told me, “I’d take the homework.” We also stopped to get some more fruit and groceries before calling it a night. We have five more days before we do it all over again 🙂

Here are the pics:

Friday’s pre game warm up