July 26, 2013
On Tuesday, July 23rd we did what all parents know is eventually coming, but dread all the same. We put our 15 year old son into the car with his coach and two other players to make a 24 hour track across the country in order to play in the NABF 16U National Championship baseball tournament in Michigan.
Matthew is not your normal, ordinary 15 year old kid. He is far advanced both mentally, emotionally and physically than his age implies. He has a love for, as well as a dedication to baseball that he developed at a very young age. He has worked very hard over the past three or four years to accomplish his goal to play baseball on into college and into the professional ranks. His drive and accomplished abilities have gotten him noticed and moved up to an elite group of 16U players that have proven to be very formidable on a National level and have earned their place in the NABF National a championship tournament.
After having not missed a single baseball game that he has played in over the past three years, it was incredibly difficult to let him go off that far without traveling along with him, but financial difficulties have caused us to not be able to make the trip, so it would have been heart breaking for him to be denied this opportunity.
We excitedly sat in front of our I-Pad yesterday and watched a live, play by play Game-Changer display as Matthew and the Allen Baseball Club won their opening game at the NABF World Series against Team Cincinnati by a score of 3 to 1 very disappointed that we weren't able to be there to share in his excitement while also coming to the realization that there will be many more bittersweet experiences to endure throughout his baseball career, however long it may last.
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