This morning Jonah read the complete article in the paper on the victory that the Oregon Ducks baseball team had over Vanderbilt yesterday. Tonight when I got home from work, he got a game going between the Ducks and the “Detroit Lakes,” a team name taken from a t-shirt I have from the 50th anniversary of a mountain town, Detroit, here in Oregon.
So, tonight it was the Ducks vs. The Lakes. The first image below is from our recent trip to PK Park to watch a game and the rest are of Jonah practicing the ancient art of beat writing, following a game. After that, his story, unedited. Enjoy!
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Ducks v. Lakes at PK Park
The Ducks were having a great night here at PK Park on Monday night. Jimmie Sherfy struck out 1 batter in the 1st.
Well, Scott Hineman scored a Run though! & there was this crazy play where Billy Kidonksky (for Detroit lakes) said “I got it I got it I got it!” but he did not get the ball, it hit Ryon Healy in the helmet and Healy was safe at 1st.
Now in the 2nd Inning Jeff Cole (the 3rd baseman) was up & he gave up a HOME RUN!!!!!!!
In the 3rd Inning the catcher Vikopolop Saweret got ready to tag Hineman but he slid right under the tag
Now in the 4th Brett Thomas gave up another HOME RUN!!!!!!!
Hey Jonah, You’ve got the nack of writing post-game stories!! Not everybody can do that. You even pick up the way things happen, Healy being safe at first, two homers, and even a slide-under-the-ball “safe” by missing the tag. There was a baseball writer by the name of Red Barber. He used to use names of players just like you do.
Keep it up. I really like to read your writing.
Love,
Grandad
Holy smokes! Quite impressive, definitely beats some fifth grade writing I’ve seen! Mike Lupica better watch out, he’s got some stiff competition! Hope all is well!!!