This week I decided to switch things up and attend a baseball practice. As I sit down on the bleachers at the field I watch the players start to warm up and get ready for practice on this hot, humid day. My cousin Addie is sitting next to me in the shade playing on her iPad. I asked her what she was playing and she answered "Minecraft."
No one else is in the stands with us since this is just a practice and the season hasn't started yet so I decide to watch the players and observe what they are doing.
A group of about 6 boys start the practice off with batting at the plate. A pitcher throws the ball to the catcher while the boy up to bat practices his swing. My dad yells "Alright Louis, your up! Lets go" As the batter, Louis stands at the plate waiting for the pitch all of a sudden BAM! The pitcher releases the ball ad Louis gets a strike on the first pitch. Quickly the next two pitches fly by and Louis strikes out and has to move to the back of the line.
My cousin Addie starts poking me in the shoulder and starts to beg me to watch a funny part of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with her, so I oblige and watch the silly cartoon and laugh with her because she thinks that it is so funny
In the middle of the outfield a large group of boys start to do pop flys, grounders and everything in between. My dad starts to jog over to them and starts to shout at which boy is supposed to go where and to do what. A boy names Travis gets put into the front of the line and my dad's assistant coach hits him a ground ball. Travis lines up to where the ball is headed and catches it nicely while trawling it back to another kid that is standing next to the assistant coach.
Addie starts telling me that she is thirsty and that she wants to go inside the clubhouse to go get something to drink. I signal my dad over to tell him where we are going and we head off to the direction of the clubhouse.
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