Diamondbacks first game of the season (mosquito, that is)

Rayden had his first game of the season on Monday against Beaumont (they used to stomp us bad every game last year). It was soooo exciting! The kids were so great. Last year was the first year they started pitching to each other and what a gong show that was! Of course that is to be expected. And with our very short season (8 weeks), they just seem to get the hang of it when all of a sudden, it's over.
This year our mosquito team is mostly all second year mosquitos. The pitching is fantastic!! I couldn't believe how well both teams were pitching.
At 8:14 our team was up 9-8. The umpire cannot allow another inning to start after 8:15 and because they were behind, the other team wanted to continue. We ended up tied 12-12! Which is amazing because last year we got slaughtered by this town every game. Our kids were ecstatic! Mark was ecstatic! What a great start to the season!
Here are a few of Rayden. I have posted all the pictures on my Smugmug site under a password protected gallery for the parents of the players to see. I have emailed the parents the link but if you are one of the Mosquito parents and did not get it, email me and I will send it to you.

On deck:



First at bat:





Second baseman: