Wrapping up Evan's First Season on the Padres

This was Evan's first season on the Padres baseball team.  We moved him up an age group to be able to play on our neighborhood team and therefore, this season was modified coach pitch.  They each got 3 tries to hit off the coaches pitch and if they missed, then they got to hit off the tee.  The beginning of the season was a bit of a struggle.  He wasn't used to hitting off the pitch.  I worked with him some though and by the end he was doing much better hitting off the pitch!  I'm super proud of his progress there.  He is still a bit afraid of the ball, in terms of fielding/catching, so we've got some work to do in that department.  Baseball isn't his favorite sport, but we'd like him to stick with it for at least 1 more season before deciding it's not for him.  His team has decided to move from single A to AA.  That means it's going to get a bit more competitive.  They will have 2 games a week and some tournaments.  He's going to be a busy guy doing this with soccer too!

Evan is #20

Playing catcher. . he's got the stance down!