Game 1 didn't go according to plan. Luckily the all-stars are a double elimination tournament and they get one more chance. Joey pitched one inning but they had to take him out because no one was making plays and they needed to keep his pitch count down so they could start him on Monday's game. So tomorrow he will be the starting pitcher and I'm hoping the team comes to play. For just starting pitching he is doing very well. He definately got the Castillo natural talent because he only threw about 2 or 3 balls for the 20+ pitches he threw yesterday, he struck one kid out and then threw more strikes but the other team was starting to hit on him and with the infield and outfield unable to help him make outs it went south really quick.
Hopefully tomorrow I'll have better news, but until then..........
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Baseball Season is Over......Kinda......
Glad baseball season is over, thank goodness, maybe I can get some weekends back now. I don't know if Mark is going to play next year, he keeps saying he doesn't but I think it was mainly because his team sucked. SUCKED!!!!!! But I know he likes to play so we'll see since most of him teammates will be moving up to juniors (13+) so they'll get new players next year, however Joey is pretty good, the coaches were saying he has a really good arm for being so young and was better and had a better attitude than some of the 12 year olds on the team (they moved him up, he should've played on the minors - 9 and 10 year olds, but they put him with 11-12 year olds) and toward the end of the season he kept bugging the coaches to pitch and they let him pitch and although he didn't have the mechanics down 100% he did good, he closed out an inning and and in the next game they let him pitch and he struck one kid out and caught a line drive at his face, but I think that was more out of self preservation than trying to make the out, but better lucky than good. The coaches said if I worked with him then there's no reason why he can't pitch next year for the majors, that he has the arm and can put heat on the ball, that he just needs to be worked with. So, during the off season, I'll probably work with the boys at basketball and I'm also going to get a pitching net that he can pitch to so he can practice his pitching. He already has weighted baseballs so he can strengthen his arm so he'll work with those too.
For Joseph baseball isn't over because he made all-stars, 10 year olds playing in the majors automatically make minor all stars which is what he would've been on if he would've played in the minors. He's excited, I'll need to work with him on the weekends to practice so that he can get a good spot and hold it. He has the enthusiasm and natural talent that the Castillo's have so I'm sure he'll do well.
As for Megan and I, same thing as always; work and doing stuff with the kids. Next year I'll be on the little league board so I'll be more involved, I volunteered to be treasurer and told the president that I would work with him to build a budget. I think I kinda overwhelmed him because I started talking about taking inventory and making profit/loss statements and generating revenue. He was talking about how the snack bar breaks even or makes enough to cover shortfalls and I told him that there's no reason why that can't generate revenue if things are worked properly and income is generated regularly. I told him that I would work on making sure that the league stays in the black which I guess has been a problem over the past few years. With my accounting background and business sense I should have no problem giving some prestige back to the league and maybe even one day being president myself. With Dillon barely in T-ball, I'll probably be with the league for the next 6-7 years.
Ok, as always, I don't write for months and then write two months worth of stuff into one post so I'll stop for now and try to write more later.
For Joseph baseball isn't over because he made all-stars, 10 year olds playing in the majors automatically make minor all stars which is what he would've been on if he would've played in the minors. He's excited, I'll need to work with him on the weekends to practice so that he can get a good spot and hold it. He has the enthusiasm and natural talent that the Castillo's have so I'm sure he'll do well.
As for Megan and I, same thing as always; work and doing stuff with the kids. Next year I'll be on the little league board so I'll be more involved, I volunteered to be treasurer and told the president that I would work with him to build a budget. I think I kinda overwhelmed him because I started talking about taking inventory and making profit/loss statements and generating revenue. He was talking about how the snack bar breaks even or makes enough to cover shortfalls and I told him that there's no reason why that can't generate revenue if things are worked properly and income is generated regularly. I told him that I would work on making sure that the league stays in the black which I guess has been a problem over the past few years. With my accounting background and business sense I should have no problem giving some prestige back to the league and maybe even one day being president myself. With Dillon barely in T-ball, I'll probably be with the league for the next 6-7 years.
Ok, as always, I don't write for months and then write two months worth of stuff into one post so I'll stop for now and try to write more later.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Tour de Castillo
Wow guys what a trip one for th ages I will remmber this the rest of my life too do what we did was the best Time thank you Mark for the gift your the best I cant wait too see the pictures Ray & Hector you guys were very much missed we will do this again so guys we all dont have the time but we have too make the time Love you guys oh what a trip one for the ages bye for now see you all soon
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