One day a kid named Ian woke up to a surprise. His mom and dad told him he made a traveling team for baseball! His team played 4 tournaments and they won 2!
That meant they would make the state tournament.
In the state tournament, they were the 7th out of 8 teams.
In the first round, they played a team who they lost to earlier in the season, but this time they won! They awaited the winner of the 6 and 3 game and the 3 seed won, who was Ian’s rival. Ian’s team beat them by 10 runs and went on to the finals. In those 2 games Ian was 8 for 8 with 3 doubles and a triple with 5 RBI’s in that span.
In the final was the best team in the league, with only 2 losses but one of those came against Ian’s team. In the first inning Ian hit a Grand Slam, His 1st ever grand slam and 1st HR in this tournament. Ian made a diving catch in center field and threw a guy out tagging up at home plate. Ian came up to bat with runners on 2nd and 3rd and blasted a double into left field. In the top of the 6th inning, Ian pitched faster than he ever pitched and got 3 straight strikeouts. In the bottom, Ian came up with one of the best pitchers in the country with the bases loaded and 2 outs down 3 runs and hit a bullet. It went far. It looked like an off the wall triple. A tie game and winning run on 3rd! But suddenly, it went over the fence. Over. Game over. Tournament over. Season over.
And we won. In Ian’s mind. He skipped to first base, threw his bat as high and as far as his home run. As he touched home plate, fans stormed the field.
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