Victory!!

He had waited so long. He had played so well. He had been patient and gracious in defeat. But the time was finally ours on Saturday morning. Josh's baseball team, The Indians, finally got that elusive first victory!!!

1-12 just looks so much better than 0-13. And while we all know that winning isn't everything, and that you can still have pride in how played no matter what the final score declared, man, it just felt so good to win!Josh fielded the ball well and had some excellent plays on first.But the big story was his hitting.After a solid base hit at his first at bat, he popped up and got out on his second. All the pressure was on when get got to the plate for the third, and final, time of the game. Top of the sixth (last inning), 3-2 for the Indians, runners on 1st and 2nd, two outs and Josh up to bat. He swung hard at the first pitch and crushed it deep into the outfield. The runner that had been at first scored, the runner on 2nd scored and Josh advanced to third. There was a wild throw to third and Josh was waved to head home. He SCORED! His first in the park home run ever. The score read 6-2. My heart was racing. I speed dialed Rich to give him the update. I was one proud Mama.

Soon we were at the bottom of the sixth and our little team just needed to hold the Braves. Three outs- that's all we needed. They got two outs quickly, then we watched in horror as our lead begin to slip away after a few errors in the field. 6-3. 6-4. 6-5. The Braves had runners on 1st and 2nd. We just needed one more out. I was giving Rich play by play on the phone. The next little batter was near the end of their line up. He swung and missed at the first three pitches. He tipped off the fourth. My stomach was in knots. Then the fifth and final pitch. He missed. And while I should have been a little bit sad for the poor fella, I was ecstatic that Josh finally got was he had been missing all year. A win.Success!Celebrating with the brothers.The Indians. Win-less no more.Jay Acosta, assistant coach and team pitcher, gave the ball to our head coach Tim Smith. You could see how relieved and excited he was for the boys.Go Indians! Great job Josh!!!