Luke's ComboBall

Luke plays ComboBall every Tuesday night.  ComboBall is where the kids get three pitches off the pitching machine and if they don't hit the ball they get a chance off the tee.  There are also a couple of minor other rule differences from tee ball (like you can get out on the base paths), but otherwise, it's pretty similar.

Luke subbed last year for one of Kieran's games when K was sick and he hit the ball off the pitching machine all three at bats (he could have struck out at that level...but didn't), so I didn't think this summer would be much of a problem.

But watching him play a game and one practice, he was struggling hitting the ball off the machine.  I hustled back from a class in St. Peter to catch the game, saw him bat in the bottom of the first and he ended up needing the tee.  He also needed the tee in the second inning....but...

That changed in the 3rd.  (sorry for the distant, pixelated iPhone pictures)  Here he is getting ready...

I accidentally cropped the ball out of this picture, but it's gone...

It was a ground ball to somewhere...who cares where...he hit it off the machine and you could tell he felt much better about himself....

By the time he got to third base he was pretty happy (of course he was also by his close buddy Lincoln from the other team)...