We had our first Little League All Star game last night.
We lost 9-1
It was all going very well. My son was the starting pitcher. He struck out their first 3, then finished the second inning with 3 strikouts as well. All in all he went 4-1/3 innings with 8 strikouts and only allowed 1 run. Sounds good right?
Wrong.
After he came off the mound (pitch count rules) it all fell apart rather quickly. We were tied, 1-1. The next pitcher didn't do well, neither did the next, or the next, or the next. Yes, in 1-2/3 innings we used 4 different pitchers and allowed 8 more runs.
There was some drama after the game with one of the players mom's. She was upset that her kid got subbed out after only 2 innings. Maybe if he'd have even tried to catch the routine pop up only 2 steps behind him at first base instead of just standing there not even trying. There's more to the story with that kid. All the talent in the world - just lazy.
So we're in the losers bracket. 1 more loss and we're done.
