Great game!
Jun 3
That was a great game last night against the Ellisville Cardinals, handing them their first league loss! That brings our league record to 2-1-2…right in the thick of things at the top of the division.
Our defense was really solid last night, along with our pitching, and our bats finally woke up! 7 of our 8 runs were scored on RBI hits, and that’s what I’m excited to see! We put a LOT of balls in play last night, and for the first time all season we had ZERO strikeouts looking. And for that (coupled with Chance’s double to the fence) we got to see Coach Brian throw down 50 pushups 
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Jun 10, 2008 @ 15:01:14
I ready for another 50. Bring it on boys!!
Jun 10, 2008 @ 15:10:21
BTW – For all the parents who might have been wondering what the deal was… If you hadn’t noticed, we have been struggling with called third strikes. We had 7 in one 5 inning game in Fenton. There’s only 15 outs in a 5 inning Game!
So I made a deal with the boys a couple of games back. Everytime they had a called third strike, they owed me a team lap.
That got their attention well enough, but we still had 3 key ones in tough situations. A ball put into play probably scores a run and wins rather than ties! So I raised the stakes and decided to throw a little carrot in with the stick.
For each “legitimate” extra base hit, they earn back one of their laps. If they get more extra base hits than called strikeouts, then I owe them a set of 50 push-ups per the difference!
I was ECSTATIC to do 50 after last game! However I was a little nervouse about the idea of 100!