We went to Nampa, Idaho this weekend and played in the Diamond Bandits Tournament. We were the only team from Utah in the 14 and under division. There are a few Idaho teams who don't really like us but then there are a few who really like us. The ones who like us are the teams who wanted to see us beat the Diamond Bandits. The teams who don't like us are the Diamond Bandits (because we beat them last year for the championship in Boise) and Chaos. The Chaos team does not like us because we executed a play that was the play of all plays. The bases were loaded... Cierra is on 3rd and McCall is up to bat. Her coach gives her the sign to do a surprise bunt (Phil calls it the "suicide bunt"). McCall bunts the ball and Cierra comes running into home plowing into the catcher. The catcher ends up dropping the ball and pushes Cierra back. While all this is going on another player comes in and scores. McCall has no idea what has gone on. All she knew was that her coach was telling her to go to 2. After McCall came in and scored she asked me, "What happened when I bunted?" So I had to tell her what kind of "chaos" she created for the Chaos. That play pretty much helped the Pirates win the game against Chaos.
On the last day of the tournament the Pirates had to play the Diamond Bandits and they ended up losing to them which put us in the losers bracket. The Pirates played against the Golden Gloves and beat them which put them in the Championship game against the Diamond Bandits. Since the Pirates had lost one game and the Diamond Bandits were undefeated they would have to beat the Diamond Bandits twice in order to win the Championship. If that were the case, we were looking at a very late night 6 hour drive home which means we would arrive home very early Monday morning. The Pirates ended up losing the first championship game so they took 2nd place. This wasn't too bad because none of the parents were looking forward to the drive home if we ended up having to play 2 games. We left Nampa at 6:00 p.m. and arrived home at 11: 45.
Dawson just loved our hotel room at the Holiday Inn Express. We walked into the room and Dawson absolutely went bonkers over the 2 flat screen TVs and the couch and chair set up. He says, "I can't wait to tell my friends at school about this room. It is sweet!"
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