2016 - Many Baseball First

2016 was a great year of baseball for my boys!  There were many exciting first experiences related to baseball.  It started with our first trip to Spring Training in Scottsdale, Arizona to see our favourite baseball team, the San Francisco Giants.  They were pretty happy about getting many autographs from current and ex-players like Brandon Belt, Will Clark, Javier Lopez, Sergio Romo, Cory Gearrin, and Matt Cain as well as watching a few games.

Buster Posey

Brandon Belt autograph.

Will Clark autograph.

We also ran the Giants race in Scottsdale and got 2 medals after the race for the first time!  We loved the additional medal called the "Three Bagger" that had all 3 World Series Pendant on it (2010, 2012, 2014) for running the Giants race in San Francisco and San Jose in 2015.

Another first was my boys playing baseball in Canada.  They have played for many years in California.  While on their Canadian teams, they had their first baseball parade on 41st Avenue.

My older son had his first job as an umpire and his team won first place in their division.



My younger son also pitched for the first time and got his first MVP medal during a tournament game.