Anythigng Goes

Gwinnett County Special Populations
This is Montes first ever experience with organized sports! We are on the "Anything Goes" league that the Gwinnett County Special Populations does for these kids. It is really anything there are basically no rules: each kid bats til they hit and after three misses they get a Tee if they want one and each kid runs all the bases, there are no outs and no score! It is perfect for Monte Man! They have a team of typical children that have volunteered their time out on the field the whole game helping the kids telling them when and where to run and teaching them the ins and outs or the game.

So it was the most hilarious thing I have seen in quite a while... Monte hits the ball (with the help of the coach) and runs through the field from home plate to third base to pick up the ball that he hit....and why not? No one else is trying to get it and it needs to be picked up, right? so with the help of mommy yelling to come to first base ( not that he knows what first base is but mommy is pointing to the white square) he begins to run himself to first base with the ball in his hand that he hit and everyone else is thinking ok this is just normal... that is the first time monte is up to bat! He then proceeds to give the ball back to the other teams coach, who says great job to him, and stands at first base, READY TO RUN AFTER THE NEXT BALL HIT (pictured above). I call for someone to help Monte from the older kids league (typical team) who have volunteered their free time after their game to help direct the special populations team (this breaks my heart BTW). Now he has a runner, a kid to show him how to play, necessary because whatever mom says to do is automatically wrong and he deliberately decides to do the opposite! Oh this is good stuff! I couldnt make this up if I tried! And Monte makes it all the way around the bases while his other teammates proceed to do the exact same thing Monte did with their own twist! Three innings and game over...we all won! Woo Hoo! Its a Success!
Make sure you turn down your volume when watching the videos... Mommy is yelling pretty loud :) 


In this video: Monte (in royal blue with his special personal helper girl in the pink) is running home to score the winning point...ok so there is no actual score and no one actually wins but in Monte's mind he won!


in this video: Monte man(in blue) is running the bases and when he gets to third base he decides to take a bow!