So Trevors All-star team did it again! Three time Western Mass State Champions. And then... it all fell apart. And by All.... I mean all. Well... mostly Trevor. Ya, the red headed temper got the best of him again. Or low blood sugar.. or just plain crankiness. Or brut competitiveness... I just couldn't tell ya. But anyway.... needless to say, he got called out on a run to first (when he felt he was clearly safe) and pretty much melted down.And by melted down... I mean full on temper tantrum in which the words.. I suck, I should quit, I can't hit all were uttered, and not quietly. So... his coaches, God bless them and their patience benched him for the next game and had me remove him from the hotel that night and take him with me to my parents house in Maine.
I have to say that even with my embarrassment as a mother, I was proud of my cub. He took his punishment like a man. Cheering on his team. Shagging foul balls, and warming up the pitchers and outfielders.
The team lost and were eliminated in the second game. They were upset. There were tears. AGAIN.
But in this house there was a valuable lesson learned. A life lesson. One that I hope will stay with him for the rest of his life and baseball career. He feels he let his team down. He feels that they might have had a better chance to win if he was playing and he knows it was his fault he was not allowed to play.
He has learned that being a player isnt easy but being a coach is always harder.
We are grateful for his coaching staff and that though he is just a part of a team.... if a win was quite possibly forfeited by HIS actions... the coaches did their best to teach him a lesson he will need to remember his whole life long.
We are now past baseball season, and taking the season off from Football ( all the young ones anyway.) Heres to some down time!!!
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