Follow that ball!

Donovan had his first T-ball session Thursday night. He did pretty well with what they were taught this time. They worked on fielding the ball with their gloves - both thrown to them and rolled to them - and throwing the ball back to the coach. They practiced running the bases, and then each kid got a turn to hit the ball off the tee. They had nine kids, so the teachers took three kids in to hit, and put the other six in the field. The fielders were supposed to get the ball and throw it back to the teacher, while the batter got to run the bases. Whenever the ball was hit, the fielders chased it - all of them! We started calling it "herd the children!" A few of the kids forgot to drop the bat, so they carried it with them around the bases. Donovan was one of those - he had the bat as he rounded first. He saw the ball on the ground in front of him, so he took another hack at it! Now, if only they allowed that in the majors!