Baseball – Page 4 – M. Sullivan Photography

May 17, 2012May 17, 2012 M. Sullivan Photography Baseball, Family, Photos, Sports

Opening Night

Guest post by Mike…

On a beautiful, sunny evening the 2012 ELL Red Sox took the field against the league favorite Diamondbacks. For the first time is his young baseball career, Sebastian was given the nod as starting pitcher. With butterflies in many stomachs, the Red Sox gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning with a couple of walks and some fielding errors. However, Sebastian relaxed and entered a zone recording 3 strikeouts to finish the inning. He pitched the next two innings allowing no runs and recording 4 more strikeouts before his pitch count reached near maximum per league rules. A solid first start. Way to go Sebastian!

On the batting side, the Red Sox were a bit overwhelmed by the best pitcher in the league…a 12 year old that can throw over 60 mph. He breezed through our line up the first two rounds before Sebastian broke up his no hitter with a solid double to right center.

In the end the Diamondbacks were a bit too much, but the Red Sox battled hard and the season is young.

September 30, 2011September 30, 2011 M. Sullivan Photography Baseball, Family, Flag Football, Photos, Sports

Fall Baseball, Flag Football, Swimming Like A Fish & Furry Friends

We have had a full schedule of sports this fall. Sebastian will be finishing up the last of his UMD fall baseball clinics this weekend. Flag football runs through October and Sophia has been working on her swimming skills at the YMCA pool. We had a perfect day for Sebastian’s baseball scrimmage this past Sunday. Warm and sunny – it couldn’t have been a nicer day.

Sophia stayed busy during Sebastian’s game with her new hula hoop (and wearing my sunglasses).

Sebastian finished the day with a flag football practice. Then on Monday he headed back to the field and played a flag football game. It was an awesome night for football and we had a bonus with Mike filling in as coach.

I did catch some of the action, but was a bit distracted by this…

Sophia didn’t actually see any of the game. One of the opposing team’s parents brought their new puppy to the game. Sophia was too busying playing with this little gal to care what was happening on the field. She cuddled her, pet her and wrapped her up in our blanket to keep warm.

Sophia eventually gave her back to the owners when we had to leave. She is convinced that Daphne needs a friend and that we should get a boxer puppy too. Umm, yeah…that’s not going to happen any time soon. Sorry Sophia.

p.s. Mike did a great job coaching and Sebastian’s team won the game, holding the other team to only one touchdown. Officially this is only a rec league and they don’t keep track of scores, but Mike and Sebastian always keep track. They can’t help it.

July 30, 2011 M. Sullivan Photography Baseball, MCP Project 52, Photos, Sports

MCP Project 52 ~ Week 30

Week 30 Theme ~ A Letter of the Alphabet

Sebastian had a long baseball season. He just finished this past Wednesday by pitching during a playoff game. He did an awesome job as a 10 year old pitching against kids that were up to two years older than him. He had only pitched once during the regular season, but looked very confident on the mound. I think Mike and I were more nervous than he was. We are looking forward to next season and seeing him more frequently on the pitcher’s mound.