Josh's first baseball game

Josh is playing his first season of little league this year. He is in a coach-pitch league, playing for the Mudhens. Also known as, the Bad News Bears.

The league has a four-run rule per inning; after four runs, a team's at-bat ends no matter how many outs there are.

Josh's team made only two outs the whole game. Josh made both of them.

Josh started the game at first base:



After two innings, he switched with the coach's son and played catcher for the next two innings:







He had never played catcher and never even put on the gear before, but he was fearless and did a great job.

Josh's team scored two runs (the other team scored many more). Josh batted in one of the runs:











and then scored the other run himself.



That's right, he made their only two outs, and he was responsible for both of their runs. Most importantly, he didn't care that they lost (or more accurately, got routed). He just cared that he had a really great time playing in his first ever baseball game. We are very proud of him, both for his skill and for his sportsmanship.