Corwin had another not so good baseball game, although it wasn’t as bad as the last one. The team started out well, with 4 runs in the first inning. However, I think they only scored one more run the rest of the game, while the other team had at least 3 5-run innings. Overall, the fielding just wasn’t working. Balls would go through three different kids on the way to the outfield. At one point the pitcher caught a low grounder and we thought “easy out!”. However, the pitcher turned and looked at the first baseman for a while, not throwing, while the batter made it to first. At least Corwin’s errors weren’t that egregious and he did get a triple on his first at bat (but a strike out and a throw out at first the next two at bats).
I’ve been trying to get Corwin to do a bit better at catching, but look at this shot of him practicing before the game. He is willing to do a lot of contortion to avoid actually having to move. I suppose that’s part of what “hustle” is about. It’s not completely hopeless, Corwin does sometimes make very nice catches with good form. I just need to convince him to do that more often.