Tournament results

I know most of you are waiting to hear how we did in Stuttgart. It was a very hard weekend. The boys played fantastic. But we won't be going on to Poland. They lost the first game 6-2. They held them off until the top of the 8th inning. Both games were at least 3 hours long. That's a lot of baseball.

The second game was really intense in lots of ways. It started off that they didn't want to let Caleb and the two other Spangdahlem boys play (it's a long story). So the game was played under protest. The Ramstein parents and coaches were so great to us. They said they were a team and those three boys were part of it and they would either play with them or not at all. The game was an incredibly great game. We would be ahead, then it would be tied, it went back and forth. Then they scored 5 on us one inning, but the next inning we came back within two runs. Everyone thought we would come back.

It was sad that the reason why the games were so intense was mostly because the other team's coach is such a jerk. We have dealt with him before and even one family who used to live at Stuttgart and is now at Ramstein said so. They just tried to find any and every reason to not let some of our kids play. That was one reason why the game today was played under protest. I told Caleb if we were here, I would not have let him play for that man. I'm sorry, but when you as a coach call your players "freakin retards" there is a problem. One of the moms from the other team told us that he does that. I'm sorry, but it just wouldn't be worth it to me. I've always told Caleb that I would rather him lose honestly than win dishonestly.

So, our season comes to an end. But he played well and is REALLY looking forward to playing high school ball in the States for Seeger next year, the same school his cousin Ryan played for. I will still try to get a picture of his team posted. But until then, Sarah is waiting to go for a walk. Blessings to all!