Yes, you heard me right! BASEBALL!! We were super excited when we found out that our boys were going to be able to still play baseball during our time on this side of the world! Each of our boys love the game of baseball, and all are very athletic, so we needed this outlet for them! American football is also here but it is not as established as the baseball program. They are playing for teams that are part of the Dubai Little League. Joshua and Denver are both on teams that were able to form in Abu Dhabi (which is where we live), which means that they will also be able to practice in Abu Dhabi! Clay on the other hand is the only boy on the Senior level teams that is from Abu Dhabi so he will have to practice in Dubai with his assigned team....bummer BUT we are playing baseball, so we will make it work!!! Woo Hoo!! The team names are Astros (Denver), Yankees (Joshua), and Rangers (Clay)...funny how two of our boys ended up on Texas MLB named teams! All of their games will take place on Friday afternoons and Saturday's at some point in the day in Dubai. Opening day is November 22....the ironic thing is that when we were still in the states, Clint was always gone opening day.... He was either overseas or out of town for some type of work, and now we are overseas and opening day Clint will be in Florida...LOL! Stop the madness!!
Although it stinks that Clint will not be here for opening day, he will be here for the rest of their games. Clay will play his games on Friday's so he will be attending an umpire clinic on November 15th so that he can call games for the younger teams on Saturday's. He will be able to make a little money by umpiring the games. He is currently helping at Joshua's and Denver's team's practices, so he is going to be able to gain community service hours by doing that. Community service always looks good on those scholarship and college applications!
At this time, they all three will be the catcher for their respective teams. Joshua hasn't caught behind the plate in a few years, so last night and then again this evening he suited up and knocked the dust off the ole' catcher's mitt! He didn't do too bad...a little rusty but he still has it! Denver will most likely do some catching and some pitching!! Yes, pitching! At the skills assessment for Denver's age group, they had all kids pitch, just to see who had the potential to pitch and who did not. Well we have never even seen Denver pitch...EVER! We weren't expecting much... The coach was behind the plate catching for each kid, and he wasn't wearing any type of protection. Denver stepped up... AND zinged the ball straight over the plate!! I heard the ball hit the mitt and my eyes got really big! I looked at Clint and his face/eyes mirrored mine! We were both like...WHAT!!! The coach stood up after that first pitch and said "hold on", he turned around and put the umpire mask on..LOL!
All of the boys attended a training camp that was taught by a team of volunteers from the Cincinatti Reds and Team Rhino Sports. They really were given a lot of great tips and instruction.... At the same time the Anderson boys were turning heads and making coaches take notice! They were asking about who they were, where were they from, and how long have they played.... We are looking forward to a good season of baseball...November through April! BUSY BUSY BUSY!! I will keep you posted here and on Facebook!
Although it stinks that Clint will not be here for opening day, he will be here for the rest of their games. Clay will play his games on Friday's so he will be attending an umpire clinic on November 15th so that he can call games for the younger teams on Saturday's. He will be able to make a little money by umpiring the games. He is currently helping at Joshua's and Denver's team's practices, so he is going to be able to gain community service hours by doing that. Community service always looks good on those scholarship and college applications!
At this time, they all three will be the catcher for their respective teams. Joshua hasn't caught behind the plate in a few years, so last night and then again this evening he suited up and knocked the dust off the ole' catcher's mitt! He didn't do too bad...a little rusty but he still has it! Denver will most likely do some catching and some pitching!! Yes, pitching! At the skills assessment for Denver's age group, they had all kids pitch, just to see who had the potential to pitch and who did not. Well we have never even seen Denver pitch...EVER! We weren't expecting much... The coach was behind the plate catching for each kid, and he wasn't wearing any type of protection. Denver stepped up... AND zinged the ball straight over the plate!! I heard the ball hit the mitt and my eyes got really big! I looked at Clint and his face/eyes mirrored mine! We were both like...WHAT!!! The coach stood up after that first pitch and said "hold on", he turned around and put the umpire mask on..LOL!
All of the boys attended a training camp that was taught by a team of volunteers from the Cincinatti Reds and Team Rhino Sports. They really were given a lot of great tips and instruction.... At the same time the Anderson boys were turning heads and making coaches take notice! They were asking about who they were, where were they from, and how long have they played.... We are looking forward to a good season of baseball...November through April! BUSY BUSY BUSY!! I will keep you posted here and on Facebook!
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