Since we were the only visiting team, we were given a bye for the Friday night game. On Saturday morning, we won our first game. If you know anything with double elim tourneys, this can put you waiting for a LONG time. Our next game was a couple of hours away (maybe more, time got kind of mixed up)
As double elim tourneys go, we didn't play our next game for SEVERAL hours.We lost the next game (in several extra innings) which sent us to losers bracket. We were able to keep the kids hydrated and had them eat lunch. We played about 6:30 or so, but the game before ours was in MANY extra innings so the kids didn't really get to eat dinner because we didn't know how much longer it would be.
At any rate, we played and won pretty quickly.We immediately had to play the same team we had lost to earlier. Right away it started off titchy when our girls ran on a pop fly which resulted in the other team getting a triple play. The umpire couldn't make up his mind on whether the 3rd out was out. Now we knew she was out...but the ump put her on, took her off, put her on, took her off. (Naturally the little catcher was the next batter. I put on and took off her chest protector THREE times!) This made the game extremely tense. It was getting REALLY late. We were in extra innings. I think it was 9:30. Now keep in mind, we knew that if we won, we'd have to play again. Our girls- ages 4-7- gave the day EVERYTHING they had. No tears, no dinner, (til about 10:00) but they played tough as nails! It was very much a 'Facing the Giants' kind of moment when we had to play another inning! We finally lost when our sweet little GiGi (not her real name) fell down on her way to first base.
Did our girls care that they had the 2nd place trophy and medal? Heck no. We had a ton of fun, the girls learned a lot, and it was raising money for a good cause. I would not have been any prouder if they had brought home first place. Love these girlies. Looking forward to All-Stars!
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