Baseball, Slovenia style

The field.

Drake at 3rd.

Baseball in February... Slovenia style.  Both of the boys play on a baseball team here in LJ...Team Long Bridge.  They are having a great time with many local children sharing their passion for the game and teaching them how to holler and "look like"  American baseball players.  Would you believe there aren't Slovene baseball words...they shout, "out, strike, foul, etc".  It makes it easier for us to follow, especially when some of the indoor rules are a little different. 

Luke at bat.

When we heard the team practiced through the winter we wondered what that would be like....then we heard they actually had tournaments in the winter.  We soon came to discover that the tournaments were held inside basketball gyms.  While the "field" is smaller and they play with a rubber core baseball, the boys still have a great time.  Bases get taped to the floor and it is coach pitch.  Luke normally plays second base and Drake usually plays first or third base.  On a day like today, we were all glad that we were indoors.  If you look closely at the gym picture, you will see snow falling in the trees.  It fell all day and didn't get much above 22 degrees.  Definitely not baseball weather. 

The "dugout"