Summer Wrap Up

The Diamondbacks finished the year with a first round loss in the playoffs.  It was a close game but walks did us in as they usually do with any professional or amateur team.  It was a good year.  I think we overachieved, which is a good thing.

Griffey was selected as one of two players to represent the Diamondbacks at the All Star game. This is a direct result of the hard work he put in over the last year.  At the ASG, Griffey pitched 2 innings.  He threw alot of strikes but gave up a few runs due to his defense making a big error with 2 outs.  His team won an exciting game as Christian of the DBacks scored the winning run on a wild pitch.

This year, the boys decided to try out for the Hilliard Travel team.  I was kind of torn because I knew Griffey had a decent chance of making one of the three Hilliard teams while Brady was not quite there skill wise.  A couple of weeks after try outs, I received a call from the coach of the Hilliard Colts Blue.  The Blue coach was also Griffey's All Star team coach.  The coach called to let me know that Griffey had made his team.  While I was very happy, I was kind of sad for Brady.  That night, congratulating Griffey and breaking the bad news to Brady was like breaking up with a girlfriend.  To my surprise, Brady was genuinely happy for his brother.  I cant tell you how happy that made me feel.

Although both boys are going to play Fall Ball, Griffey is also going to practice with the 2016 Colts and Brady is going to play flag football for the first time.  It's going to be a busy, yet exciting Fall!