Or don't, because it's fall ball, and they don't do any of that, they just play their games.
That's just as well for me. Start the games up and let's play already!
Calen's team, since all Fall Ball teams are minor league teams, is the Tin Caps.
The Tin Caps?! What the hell, exactly, is a tin cap? The logo, of all things, is an apple, or a tomato, or something, with a metal pot on it's head. I'm so confused.
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| What's going on here? |
Upon researching and reading the "Why TinCaps" page on the minor league's team website (yes, there's an entire page here dedicated to why they picked the TinCaps), it's referring to Johnny Appleseed, and his infamous metal pot that he wears on his head.
Okay, I guess I'll accept that.
Fun fact #1: Johnny Appleseed is the name we gave a yearling buck that lives under an apple tree across the street from us. We find him there literally every night.
Fun fact #2: The Fort Worth TinCaps were founded in 2009, the year Calen was born.
I guess it's meant to be. But I can't get over the green and red color combo. What is this, Christmas?!
Anyways, it was opening day today, and Calen's game landed right in the heat of the 95 degree day. YUCK.
He started at catcher and absolutely rocked it. No passed balls (one or two completely wild uncatchable pitches), no stolen bases off him and he put a runner at third into an epic, several minutes-long pickle, in which he and the third baseman single handedly (without any backup) went back and forth on this runner, over and over, until the third baseman finally unfortunately overthrew Calen, who went literally diving on his belly to reach the ball and snag a tag (late). It was a killer play, even though it didn't turn out the way they wanted it.
In the end, the TinCaps were down by 7, but fought and came back to win it with a walkoff walk, 10-9 final score.
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| Pumping his fist after an out. Love it. |
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