Willard Bees

Jensen's baseball coach decided to put together a competition team for the 2013 season.  Jensen was asked to be a part of the team! 

They named themselves the Willard Bees. This was right before his first game.  Unfortunately, it got rained out!  He was able to play his second game later in the day, though.

The Team

Jensen was one of the youngest players on the team.  He was playing up a year.

Jensen was sort of a ball magnet.  He got hit a lot.  In the very first practice game, he even got hit right in the eye.  He was a little nervous to get back out there, but the coach started giving out candy bars to the kids when they got hit by the pitcher, so he was okay with getting hit after that!

This was his last game where he got hit, by really hard pitches, each time he was up to bat.  He had bruises the whole season!

Jensen has never been a fast runner, but he definitely improved during the season.  He got the award of "Smiles" at the end of the year.  He did not like striking out or making mistakes and got emotional when he did. But he always went back out with a smile the next time.

I didn't volunteer to scorekeep for the Willard Little League, but I got volunteered to be in charge of it anyway!  When Jens' team heard I knew how to keep score, I got volunteered for that job, too.  Needless to say Ally and I spent almost every game score keeping.  It's the best seat in the house, but stressful at times.  Especially because I don't know all the rules!!!

Anyway, we had so much fun watching his team play this year.  They might not have had a winning season (they lost every game), but it takes a lot of guts to keep getting out there even when you know you probably won't win.  Can't wait for next season!