For the sake of this being my online recollection of the Owen family life, I must back up to Mason's 2012 baseball season. In Alabama, they have middle school baseball teams but because we arrived at the end of February, tryouts had already taken place and being on the team was not an option for Mason. So he had to wait around for Sylcauga Rec league to start up which was in May. He was put on the Marlins team and knew several of his teammates from school.
I will confess that this season was a huge challenge for us. As great of a pitcher as Mason is, they never gave him a chance to pitch until the 7th (out of 9 games total) game! He pitched an awesome game and showed them what he had. He started every game in center field and did great job. They had an ending tournament and he pitched another game but they took him out when we had a nice lead and then we lost lead and got beaten. Up until then, we were tied with another team as 1st place for the season.
The season seemed very short but during this time, he was also trying out for basketball and practicing basketball, trying out for the high school baseball team, and doing football workouts! Some days he had all 4 things going, one right after the other!
Mason is one tough kiddo but he sure misses the comradorey of his Bayfield teams. It was the same group of boys on his football, baseball, and basketball team. Here it's different kids on each team. It will take a little getting use to. I am so proud of how he's transitioned here (against his will) without the rebellious attitude that he could have had. We're hoping one day he'll forgive us and embrace being a Sylacauga Aggie!
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