Briseno Family Adventures: Rookies visit the Big Leaguers

At the beginning of April we brought Drew to Little League Day at the Oakland A's game.

(We're Canyon Creek Little League)

Of our team of 8 Yankee players - only two made it to the game. Drew and his friend from class (he went to TK with him last year as well). We took BART and then got right into line for the chalk walk/parade - where you get to walk around the bases.

Last year they were very strict about who could get on the field - I was banished to the stands - but this year they were much more lax, which was great! I and the other player's Dad were both able to walk the stadium without any issue.

Here we are going down the tunnel into center field... the start of the "parade".

Our Rookies pretending to be in the Bigs. Our Little League Division is known as the Rookies.

L-R: Drew, Ben

The boys and their Manager

L-R: Drew, Dave, Ben

The A's played the Mariners... here they are warming up.

Drew was begging players for a ball...

Well one of these players ended up throwing a ball to him, and then some punk ass (excuse me) older kid took the ball right out of Drew's glove and ran off! Drew chased it down, got on top of it, had it in his glove and the brat went into his glove and pulled it out. He sat there a minute as if going - hmmm what do I do. I went up behind him and yelled at the kid telling him Drew had that fair and square - he should give it back. You can't steal from younger kids (mind you this kid was maybe 10 or 11)... well the little shit ran off! (pardon me again, but I'm still mad about it).

Dave felt much worse than Drew who got over it in a few minutes. One of the people who were walking in front of us saw the whole thing and felt terrible for Drew so she gave him a little squishy ball she must've picked up at some giveaway. Drew was fine. It actually took a few days for Dave to calm down.

Here are the boys as we're nearing the end of the "parade".