Luke's A Dodger

We signed Luke and Blake up for Baseball this year. Ever since Luke saw the movie Sand Lot, he has said Baseball is his favorite sport. Last spring, we thought we were going to have a job offer in Salt Lake, and would not be around for the Baseball season in Cedar City. So we did not sign Luke up for the season. It would have been his first season without a tee, with live pitching. I ended up not starting a job until late September, and Luke ended up not getting to play.

Luke was put on the Dodgers this year. I told Luke that the Dodgers are my favorite baseball team. He frowned, then said I thought BYU was your favorite team Dad. I laughed, then said...the Dodgers are my favorite Professional team. BYU is my favorite college team though.

Luke's first game, he realized that the pitchers were not that good. He figured out that all he had to do was not swing, and they would walk him. He thought getting walked and being on base was the best thing ever. He got to steel every base, and loved it. Then came Saturday with the machine pitch. The Machine throws a strike every time. Luke still thought his strategy was sound against the machine. He just stood there strikeout after strikeout. After the first game I had to let him know that the machine was throwing strikes and he had to swing. We practiced a couple hits with the wiffle ball, and were off to the next game a couple hours later. This time he took his swings and got a couple hits. The excitement on his face as he hit the ball and ran to first base, was a lot of fun to watch.