We are the Champions!

Owen's Rattlers baseball team won the 9U league championship game on Saturday by a score of 1-0, bringing their 2009 season to an impressive 9-1 finish. Owen started the game on the hill and pitched four scoreless innings before leaving the mound at his pitch count limit. With the game still knotted at zero in the bottom of the last inning, Owen hit a walk-off double to secure the first-place trophy for the team! Awesome, OJO!

Try locating that strike zone, buddy! Owen developed a reputation throughout the season not only for his skill and talent, but also for his passionate and vocal play in every game, all the time. He was king of 9-year-old mind games and just about drove everyone crazy with stuff like weird stances, crazy dugout chants, mean scowls from the mound, very loud glove thumping, constant chatter with every first base coach he met, psyching out the opposing pitcher from the on-deck circle, and marshalling the other infielders as though he were a general at war. He is still Owen, after all. BUT, he never argued a call all season and at the end of the championship game, the ump told Owen they were best friends! Now that's a storybook ending to a great season!