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| The winners with the Championship trophy |
One of the things that Brian has enjoyed for many years is playing softball. He played before his mission, during his mission and ever since we have been married, he has played ball for one team or another. The team that he currently plays on is the Extra Baggers. This team has been together for about 10 years now and although people have come and gone, there are many team members from the original team: Kyle, Rusty, Casey, Jim, Mike, Josh and Brian.
The team use to play on the City of Mesa league but for about the last 2 years have been playing at the Big League Dreams (BLD) fields. The biggest advantage to these fields are the fields themselves. All our replicas of real baseball fields such as Wrigley field, Chase field and so on. At the end of a season, they have a championship game. Last season, they were in the finals and although they didn't think they would go very far, they ended up winning it all. It was crazy how it all played out - forfeit from their opponent in the 2nd to the last game leaving them in the final championship game, behind for 8 innings and then rallying to bring it all home in the last inning. Totally great game and so much fun to watch. The boys and their friends were there to cheer on Brian and the team which made it even more fun and special.
We are off this weekend (Memorial Day) for our annual Showlow trip for softball tournaments. This too has been a tradition in our family that we all look forward to for the past 10 years. Wish them luck!
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| Brian, Kyle and Rusty watching from the dugout |
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| Peyton enjoying her first churro |
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| The boys and their friends came to watch/support Brian |
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| Batter up |
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| Isn't he cute! |
