First Pitch

We went to our first Nashville Sounds game of the year yesterday.  The game started at 2:05 pm and it was HOT.  I think it got up to 88 F with very little breeze.  We are not used to that kind of heat yet!

When we arrived at the ballpark we picked up the boys' Kids Club packets.  With the Kids Club, each child gets tickets to 5 Sunday games, a t-shirt, water bottle, and string backpack for $15.

Brian and I then get a 10 pack of tickets for us to share for $100.  So it ends up only being $26 a game for all of us to go (plus parking and food, of course).

Just inside the gate there was a table set up for autographs.  Since we just got the boys shirts, we decided to get them signed by Ozzie and two pitchers (Alfredo Figaro and Kyle Heckathorn).

Our main reason for going to the game on Sunday was I got a call earlier in the week saying Carter had been picked to do the first pitch of the game!!!  Every Sunday, a member of the Kids Club and a member of the military both get to throw the first pitch (there are only 10 home Sunday games a season and a lot of kids in the Kids Club so Carter was pretty lucky to get picked).

In addition to getting picked, we got free parking and four free tickets to the game.

Carter was a little nervous about throwing the first pitch.  We practiced in the morning and that helped some.  But we had to stand on the field for about 15 minutes before the game and Carter would barely talk.

Ozzie came over to say hi to us.

Eventually one of the promo team girls walked Carter out to the mound.

Getting ready to throw ...

 I got a video of the pitch ...

It was an AWESOME throw!  Carter usually throws the ball pretty short but that works perfect for his age because it's hard for kids to catch a ball in the air still - they are much better with one that comes bouncing to them.  This pitch though made it really far!  And it was straight!  Go, Carter!

Ozzie and the catcher returned the balls to Carter and his fellow first pitcher.

Finally a real smile!!!

During the game Ozzie finally made it back by us.

So we got him to sign the ball Carter pitched.

Carter is super proud of his ball and can't wait to show it to his friends.  We are so proud of him too for being so brave and pitching the ball in front of so many people.  I would have been really nervous!

We stayed until the end of the 6th inning because I could no longer stand the heat.  We got to the game almost an hour before game time and even though we had moved to shady seats, I was feeling pretty horrible (silly baby!).  Maybe next time we will get there closer to game time and stay to the end when the kids get to run the bases!