End of Fall Baseball

Another Tigers season has drawn to a close and now we sit and stare at each other wondering what we should be doing (not really).  The Tigers did well, had a lot of rain outs which made it a longer Fall season than anticipated but they played hard when they were permitted to play.  Fall season ended with a record of 14-7-1, not too shabby.  Since I didn't post at the end of Spring/Summer the record at the end of that season was 34-25-1.  So, to help you out with the math that means between February 2013 and November 2013 the Tigers played 82 games or about half of a major-league season.  No wonder we're all tired.  Of course, that's only games and doesn't count the practices, lessons, and other baseball-related events of the last few months.

The Tigers ended this season with a charity tournament in Grand Prairie known as Santa Cop.  The tournament collects toys from all of the players to donate to needy kids.  They also collected money for other programs.  Of course everyone was more than willing to help out and they had a trailer full of donations.  The Tigers won both of their "pool" games and were seeded #4 going into elimination day.  They then played 4 games on Sunday, giving all of the parents a heart attack during the 1st game when they were down 6-1 and came back to win it on a Bomber winning walk-off double!!  They made it all the way to the championship but came up short there and had to settle for second place.  They played hard all day and were hitting the ball like crazy!  Here is a picture of the boys taking a break before the last two games:

In case you can't guess, they are all looking at one of the boy's phones playing a game.

Here is a picture of the team with their 2nd place rings.

Here is a picture of the boy with his coach, yes he is taller than his coach!  But, they make a great pair.

Way to go Tigers and congratulations on another great season!

On another note and subject of a future blog post - this is the last picture of the boy and this coach you will likely see....  we already miss you Eddie!