My son Christian Quijas is an awesome baseball pitcher. Sure most parents would claim the same but he is really good. He won the prestigious Blue Darter Award in 2005. An achievement bestowed on talented athletes in the Lee's Summit area.
His biggest test came on June 22,2007 at the State Baseball Tournament in Columbia, Mo.. This was just one day after finding out that his sister Kaylee had been diagnosed with Leukemia. This game was important and a win was needed. So the coaches decided to play Christian. He put his game face on, and approached the mound like he did every week. His pitches were high and wide. He had too much on his plate.
He did his best to concentrate and give his all but from the very first pitch you could tell he was somewhere else. I'm sure he was mentally sitting next to his sister in that hospital room. He never got it together. I'd like to write that he pitched his heart out like never before and got his win. But this day was just too tough. We lost by one run and it pretty much sealed our fate at the tournament.
I believe his coach pulled him after the 2nd inning. This was too much for any one especially an 11 year old little brother worried about his big sister.
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