Baseball June 7 at 9:30 and awards ceremony

Dear Parents of Machine Pitch A's,

It has been a wonderful season for our children. Nobody, not even Coach John, imagined that our A's would play so well or win so many games. Saturday, 7 June, after the game, our team will receive the First Place Trophy and our girls and boys will receive Gold Medals. I know that Saturday is formally a work day, but I hope that you will all find a way to be at the game and see your child so honored.

Our final game will be against the Red Sox. We can lose this game and still be Champions, but I hope that every player will be well-rested and ready to play a good game. The Red Sox have been working hard. They are a much better team than when we played them earlier this season, and we owe it to them to play our best.

I do hope that your will urge your children to be good sports. They were very fortunate to be chosen to play on a remarkable team, and they should be gracious and kind to those who were less fortunate. We want to develop both athletic ability and character in our children. Becoming Undefeated Machine Pitch Champions will be a bad thing if it spoils their character.

Scheduling conflicts have required us to move the Team Barbeque to Saturday 14 June, at 3:00 p.m. at Rosinka. More details to follow.
See you at the game!

Todd Kerns
P.S. Steven Solnik's photos posted here are truly remarkable. For example, scroll down to the 11th and 12th images. Nick Hansen had his body placed such that he not only caught the ball, but kept the base runner from reaching the base. I don't know if Nick meant to do this or not, but it was perfect. In the 9th image, Emma has mastered the art of running through at first base. And in the 4th image, when Sean jumps to catch the fly ball that ended the game, note the joy in the background. The shots of Daniel at 1st require no additional comment, just a cover letter to the photo editor at Sports Illustrated. You may double-click to get larger images.