This has been Connell's first year playing t-ball. So far his team is 9-4-1 with two games left in the season. He plays for the Angels at Municipal Park. It is amazing how much he has progressed since the first game. When we got to the first practice game, one of the Team Mom's asked Connell, "now what is it I'm supposed to call you?" Ben and I looked at each other trying to figure it out--con, connie, thinking of nicknames that we call Connell, but nothing came to mind. That's when Connell replied, "rootbeer" The Mom replied back oh yeah and from that day on, everyone on the team, their parents, grandparents and anyone else at the game has called Connell Rootbeer. Often there are chants from the stands when Connell gets up to bat, "hit it hard rootbeer, run rootbeer." and so on. So you might be wondering, why rootbeer? So are Ben and I and maybe one day we will figure it out but for now, he's rootbeer and he probably will be for life.
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