Kai plays baseball on a farm team which means the players are 9 and 10 years old. As a 10 year old, he's had a good year and seems to be really enjoying the season. I am a great fan and go to as many games as I can. This week's game was unique.
Kai got a decent hit and headed for first base. He made it and settled in to steal the rest of his way home which is often what they do. The next youngster up also had a hit and Kai headed for second. As he rounded it, his coach waved him on and he ran for third. The third baseman planted himself on the base line in Kai's way, and Kai tried to barrel his way through. Both of them went down, and there was no ball in sight. Kai's coach is yelling at him to get up and go for third base but Kai can't. In his excitement and I'm sure desire to please his coach who is also yelling, the other player has grabbed hold of Kai's legs and won't let go. I think he was hoping he could get the ball from somewhere before Kai could make it to the base. Kai starts crawling toward third base, dragging the other boy with him briefly. Finally the other player lets go, and Kai climbs up on third base. By this time, Kai is a bit emotional himself and having some trouble breathing. The umpire declares that Kai gets home since it was interference, and he comes in with a run and having an asthma attack. His dad always carries his inhaler and he's soon back to par but has a burn on his arm and elbow from trying to crawl to third base.
What excitement! The other coach protests the call, of course, and yet after it was all over, Kai's run stands. I think the adrenalin level remained high for the rest of the game as eventually Kai's coach was thrown out of the game for yelling at one of the umps for not making calls. He was probably right but you're not supposed to yell at the teenage umps. Kai's team eventually did win the game.
Kai has three games this week and I am hoping they'll all be a bit calmer.
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