Baseball Clinic with the St. Paul Saints

Kieran and Luke had the opportunity today to participate at a baseball clinic put on by members of the St. Paul Saints at their home field, CHS Field.  They had both done the same clinic the same weekend in July last year and had been on the field, but I had never been there - it's nice stadium.

They both got into the same group, which was nice - plus you could see them talking to each other and having a good time.  Each group rotated through 4-5 different stations working on fielding, batting and pitching.  Both boys said they enjoyed the batting (this station was out of sight in the batting cages behind the dugouts) and the pitching stations the best.

Here's some pictures....

Luke getting ready to field the pop fly

Here comes Kieran's pop fly 

And a good, hard throw back to the infield

Luke getting ready for the ground ball (Kieran's right behind him)

Kieran's turn for the ground ball

It is a nice stadium, with good looks of the St. Paul skyline and even the capital, if you're in the right spot...

Pitching practice was fun.  First they started with the mechanics of the windup.  Kieran is in the lower left and Luke is in the upper right, close to the kid wearing the blue shirt....

First they paused to balance on one leg

Then they finished the practice throw

Then each kid got some time to pitch to the catchers...

Luke firing a pitch

And Kieran too...of course Kieran says his were better

We had to start the day off with a group picture...the boys were excited...