2009 Teddy Bear Tournament - Lil Lefty - Sunday Final

How do you determine a true winner? Lil Lefty's team made it to the 4 team elimination round in the 2009 Teddy Bear Tournament. The entire team was up late last night...swimming and eating pizza. At her age, I believe these activities are important. We got home around 11:30pm, woke up at 7:30am and return to the field about 8:45am. After spending the day under a tree yesterday with the team and parents, the nickname "Mad Man" is gaining some momentum.

Lil' Lefty started the first game against Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is older, and a good team. We were hoping to not get "mercied". Lil' Lefty pitched 4 innings. She pitched well, but did not have her best "stuff". Don't tell her, but I have seen her pitch better. She was pulled after 4 innings and did not like it. We lost 12-7 in a well played game. With a few less errors we could have won (bases loaded and a ground ball to second that went through the wickets and allowed three runs to score).

Lil' Lefty started the next game against the Oakville Angels, who had beaten our Tigers in the Saturday pool play. Lil' Lefty pitched all seven innings in an 8 - 3 victory to earn a Bronze medal. Congrats Lil' Lefty!!! She also hit well all tournament and most importantly against the good pitching in the elimination round. She pitched 11 good innings on Sunday.

Oh, a "True Winner" is someone who is able to do just enough to get the "win" when they may not have their best skills.