Maybe next year...

The Bad News Bears finished up their season last night in a tough tournament loss. It was close for awhile, but then again, all games start out tied, don't they?

Carter has been begging all year to pitch. He did early on in the season, but since then, Coach has kept the better pitchers in. I won't say the "best" pitchers in because we didn't really have anyone of that caliber on the team.

Last night, in a weak moment (and I appreciate that, Daddy), Coach said Carter could pitch. But he did indicate that as soon as Carter walked two runners, then he was done. Carter did end up walking two, but in between them, he struck someone out, so he was OK with that brief performance.

On offense, Carter finally had two rips. He was beat to the plate on one but did make it on (and eventually around the bases) with the second one. In both cases, he had an RBI, but that wasn't quite enough. They ended up losing 13-6.

Maybe next year, Bears. I know if -- and that's huge if -- Jimmy Buttermaker decides to coach again, he'll be drafting pitchers!