Jonathan's Journey: Tournament, Tacos & Trophy!

All I have to say right now is wow, what an amazing weekend.

My teammates Dan & Tony drove up to Dallas with me on Friday night, we went out to a few of the bars but tried not to get too drunk so we could play ball the next day. Dan & Tony were pretty successful at staying semi-sober, I on the other hand got a little tipsy!

We got a little crazy in the hotel lobby when we got back from the bars...

Now first of all, let me tell you that the Shady Ladies kicked ass in the Dallas Voice Driller's preseason tournament. Our 1st game was really close, we played a team that was made up of half of the 2008 Gay World Series champs, the Dallas Woody's Wrecking Crew. We had a pretty good lead most of the game, then we made some errors and they caught up a little bit, then we had an awesome rally which included an amazing triple by yours truly that scored 2 runs. That was my highlight of the day.

The next 2 games were against a really good team, made up of mostly players from the Dallas Voice Drillers but with some other pickup players as well. They called themselves the Pink Tacos!

The first game against them was pretty tough. The wind was blowing extremely hard to right field so most of us had to learn how to hit opposite field so the wind wouldn't catch the ball. Our only "straight" teammate Weston gave me some pointers and I had a solid base hit from using his advise. Thanks Weston!

The second game with the Pink Tacos was pretty close as well, Jason and I were so hyped up that I don't even remember much besides getting another opposite field base hit and making as much noise as possible.

We won all three games we played and walked away with the 1st place trophy in our 1st out of town tournament. I am so proud of everyone and it's an experience I'll never forget. I can't wait until we get to play in the Austin & Dallas tournaments and then the Gay World Series in Milwaukee!