The Miracle

It's been a rough year for Parker's baseball team in 2009. Prior to yesterday, they had 1 win and 19 losses. Even the one win would have turned into a loss, except they were saved by darkness and the score reverted back to the previous inning.

So, if you had predicted what happened yesterday, then I would be interested in getting some financial advice from you. Parker's team had a double-header (game at 9:00 followed by another game at 12:00). Game 1 was against the first place team (which, ironically, is the only team they had already beaten this year). After falling behind 7-2, they came back to tie the game at 7 and went to extra innings. Being the home team, they needed just one run to win. See what happens in the clip below... (You may want to turn your sound down ... Jen screams pretty loud!)



Everybody was so excited -- they beat the first place team and this time, nobody could blame it on darkness! So imagine our surprise when, after falling behind 10-2 in the 2nd game, they stormed back to get within 11-9 in the 5th inning. Then, they scored 8 runs in the 6th inning to go up 17-11 and held the other team scoreless in the bottom of the 6th inning.

Two wins in one day?? After winning one game all year?? The kids and their families were on cloud nine all day. Strangely, despite all the losses, the kids have had great attitudes and I'm pretty confident all they will remember from this season is May 30th. Unless, of course, they win the end of year tournament. Don't tell them they can't do it, because they believe...

(Jen here ... Travis is getting all choked up typing this ... we won't call it crying, OK? I love my husband!!)