
Fall Ball 2015
Fall Ball started last week.
As usual I have been pestering my coach to let me Pitch.
I haven’t gotten a hit yet, I struck out a few times and got walked. I don’t know why I’m having trouble hitting. My parents think the kid pitchers pitch fast & I’m not used to hitting fast balls. At batting practice my coach pitches to us and he doesn’t pitch very fast. I hit every single ball at practice, now I just need to hit at my games. I have tipped a few. I know once I hit one then I will start becoming a hitter. It’s just getting that first hit that seems hardest. I wish the kids would pitch to us at practice so I can get a feel of hitting off of them. For some reason the coaches never let the kids pitch to us at practice. Well anyway, the good new is the other day only a few kids showed up for practice so I asked my coach if I could pitch to him. I wanted him to see how good I pitch so maybe he would take a chance on me. My dad says, the coach probably isn’t to motivated to let me pitch at a game because I am not a good hitter right now. But I know I can pitch & I am a good catcher as well.
I figured at this empty practice was my chance to let my coach see my pitching. I did a great job, he was very impressed. He said, “Wow, I think we have a New Pitcher!” Then he let me Play Catcher for him. I did great at that too. He said, “Sky, your a great Catcher, you need to be catching too.”
Finally, he is not just judging me on my terrible hitting.
Guess what? I was Starting Pitcher in my game last night. I pitched 2 innings of No Hitters!!
Oh, Yea!!! It felt Amazing!!
My brother says, “Who needs to hit, when you can Pitch!”
He was sooo happy for me. I had a smile from ear to ear. It doesn’t take much to make me feel happy and proud of myself. I don’t do great at a lot of things & try not to feel bad about them, or let myself get down about them, but when I do 1 thing good it feels better than 10 things I did bad!
I can’t explain the feeling, it’s like one good thing I can do washes away the 10 things I can’t do or that I’m not good at.
Even though I didn’t get a hit that game, I Pitched 2 innings with No hitters!
That makes me feel on top of the world!
Well, gotta go.. I’m never gonna give up on practicing my hitting & pestering my coach to put me in to Pitch.
Like Marky says, “if you don’t ask, you might not get a chance.” So I’m gonna keep asking..
So glad to hear you are not giving up!
Way to go!!
Congratulations!! Pitching is great, always involved and not waiting in the field for something to happen. I see that you have red kicks on in the first picture and then white while you are pitching, looking good pal.
Its just a matter of time before you start crushing that ball.
keep up the hitting practice.
You really do Pitch great, and are a very good catcher.