Myrtle Beach - Cal Ripken Tourney

It is not a secret - TJ is a very lucky young man. This year, we joined his travel baseball team for a week in Myrtle Beach so they could play in the Cal Ripken 12U baseball tourney. The competition was strong. There were teams from as far away as Puerto Rico, Michigan, New Jersey and Texas and everywhere in between. The boys played hard despite the record heat (103 in the shade). They played on turf fields which added an extra 20 degrees to the sun! Needless to say, we went through lots of suncreen, G2s and water! They won 4 of their 5 pool play games and earned the #4 seed. They kept winning and made it the semi-final game. They lost to a team that had an undefeated season and run-ruled every team they faced in the tourney - except us. We lost 4-1 but with our heads held high!!! Other teams were complimenting our boys on their play. It was a fabulous way to end the season! Todd has all the stats but TJ hit the ball the best he has all season and bounced one off the top of the fence. However is bounced the wrong direction - back onto the field. So close to a home run.