Sports
This happens this same weekend every year...Jack's summer and winter sports collide.
It is the playoff weekend for baseball, a sport Jack has played all summer at a very non-competitive level. This is also the weekend of Jack's first tournament in hockey, a sport Jack plays more competitively through the fall/winter and he's their goalie! We're lucky it's a local tournament so often we can fit it all in (poor tired Jack) but when 2 games are at exactly the same time, it's a tough call. We weigh all the factors in making our decision: which would Jack rather play? (often he can't decide). Will this game eliminate the team from further games? Will the team suffer without him? He started baseball and I always think should finish it with his team, but Jason feels that hockey is way more expensive and at a more competitive level and that his team counts on him more as their goalie. So last night the decision was made that he would miss baseball to go to his first tournament hockey game. His baseball team was not short players so although they would miss him, it wouldn't be detrimental. I was at a wedding so couldn't be there for the game...turns out the other goalie for our team played the whole game!! They take turns and I had assumed it was Jack's turn in net!! Next time I will ask!! Oh well, this morning Jack played an awesome game in net, their team won 4-2 and we're off to a baseball game followed by a...oh no, will it be hockey or baseball? They're at the same time this afternoon!
It is the playoff weekend for baseball, a sport Jack has played all summer at a very non-competitive level. This is also the weekend of Jack's first tournament in hockey, a sport Jack plays more competitively through the fall/winter and he's their goalie! We're lucky it's a local tournament so often we can fit it all in (poor tired Jack) but when 2 games are at exactly the same time, it's a tough call. We weigh all the factors in making our decision: which would Jack rather play? (often he can't decide). Will this game eliminate the team from further games? Will the team suffer without him? He started baseball and I always think should finish it with his team, but Jason feels that hockey is way more expensive and at a more competitive level and that his team counts on him more as their goalie. So last night the decision was made that he would miss baseball to go to his first tournament hockey game. His baseball team was not short players so although they would miss him, it wouldn't be detrimental. I was at a wedding so couldn't be there for the game...turns out the other goalie for our team played the whole game!! They take turns and I had assumed it was Jack's turn in net!! Next time I will ask!! Oh well, this morning Jack played an awesome game in net, their team won 4-2 and we're off to a baseball game followed by a...oh no, will it be hockey or baseball? They're at the same time this afternoon!
posted by St. Louis Family at 9:35 AM
3 Comments:
Geez- and I thought the pressure would be having three different kids to sort out timetables- not ONE! Aren't there other kids in that position? Good on him, though, and he will for sure need some sort of reward after it all!!
Hockey's probably a good call, if he's the goalie. Positions are more flexible in baseball, unless he's the pitcher. Sucks to miss the playoffs, though...
His baseball team ended up being eliminated after the game he played so we didn't have to decide...good thing we were at hockey though, the other goalie was injured and Jack will have to play the next few games!
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