Signs of Spring

We hit the batting cage for an hour this morning, picked up more baseball gear at the store, ran an infield practice and finished up on the pitching mound for both boys. Sam was really hammering the ball in the cage. His only issue is he gets over confident and swings for the moon at times. Dylan lacks confidence at the plate but by the third set of pitches, he was getting some aluminum on the ball. He is still a little behind the pitch but the machine was throwing them at 45mph. Only one or two pitchers in the league will throw it that fast.

They were both pitching rather well today as well. Dylan has a good motion and again, if he relaxes and throws with confidence, he's right on. Sam throws like he is built. When he puts his weight into it, it comes hard. The kid is a brick house. He also has a natural right to left slide to it. His biggest problem is that he gets lazy and doesn't follow all the steps to a good pitch after a while. He may be a great one inning closer. Dylan can be a two inning starter or middle reliever.

The first flowers are coming up and both baseball and soccer teams are formed next week. We do have a free week without any practices this week, then it's back to weekday practices and weekend games till mid June.