congrats to the WarCats. I posted this in another thread and thought I'd share here since it was specific to the Windmill tournament:
Got a chance to play the 10U Warcats this weekend in Vandalia.
I just wanted to say how much of a pleasure it was to watch your team and coaches work during the game. The positive energy and encouragement each player received was, frankly, a breath of fresh air!
We (Cincy Static) fell to the Warcats 3-1 in pool play. We shook hands and then my wife came up to me to say that one of the parents came up to her to say that they thought our catcher, my DD, was a joy to watch behind the plate during the game. My DD struck out as the tying run at the plate on Saturday to end the game. No shame in that as the Warcat pitcher was lights out! But my DD has been in a funk for six weeks and she was very dejected after the game. We had our team huddle on the field and our coach laid a tirade on our kids. After the speech I turned around to see two Warcat coaches standing in the dugout watching and then they called "hey, 21, come here for a second"...Both coaches stuck around to tell my DD how awesome she did behind the plate and told her to never give up catching and to keep working"
I just want to publicly thank the Warcats for that experience as a dad. It meant a lot to my daughter and to my wife. I was left speechless.
Thank you and best of luck, Warcats!
-Al
10U Static Assistant
