Hit Ball, Run Bases

Through his friend Michelle, Josh discovered the wonder that is T-ball.  After seeing how much joy he had playing with her set, we had to get him his own.  He grasped the concept of hitting the ball off the tee and "running" the bases pretty quickly.

Soon that's how he wanted to spend all his time outside and if allowed would be outside to "hit ball, run bases" for at least 2-3 hours a day.  With all that practice, he went from just barely knocking the ball off the tee like in the video above, to whacking the ball a good one to two hundred feet without even hitting the tee.  I took this video about three weeks after the first one.

While his hitting is fun to watch, what Scott and I love most is his "field stance".  He'll spread his legs so wide in an attempt to squat down to catch the ball, that he has pretty much no balance left and will fall over if he tries to reach for the ball. 

We reinforced his baseball love by taking him to a few Dragons and Red's games over the course of the summer and each time we were amazed by how much of the game he actually wanted to watch.  The last Reds game we went to, he sat with rapt attention through at least seven innings and now he will tell you if you are "safe" or "out" and will talk about foul balls and home runs.

Since this is my blog and I can brag if I want to, we are constantly amazed by how far he continues to hit the ball and his overall dedication to "practicing".  Given how much he enjoys it, we keep encouraging it and who knows maybe we'll have a major league home run hitter on our hands.