Legacy 10U Fall Ball Season Finale

James hit an inside the parker on the left side in his championship game in the Fall Pony 10U season. He led off the game by getting on top of a pitch

and bounced it up the middle that the shortstop almost but didn't quite stop with his face (and I was happy for both James and him)

and it rolled past the centerfielder

and went with the slope all the way to the wall,

But then the umpire came walking out, and I had worried he would call interference on me and take my son's home run because I had just evacuated the very spot where the ball came to rest...

But fortunately he just came out for a look and said nothing and a split second later my son crossed the plate

and then his teammates came out to mob him...

and for good measure he drove a pitch into left field his second time up for a single...

The team lost, but when a 10U team plays a team that is (or looks like) a 12U team, there's not much you can do.

After the game, the umpire came up to us to let us know he talked to James during the game. He told him that he needs to not be so cocky, as he's still learning and doesn't know much. James is a darn good ball player, he told us, but needs to be teachable to improve.