Alex had his first practice for coaches pitch this evening. He is on the Reds this year. So far it looks a little like last year, where he likes batting, and he likes drawing pictures in the dirt. But what I was most concerned about was his batting because of his depth perception, which we're still not sure how good it is. But he did pretty well. He hit a couple of balls pitched from the coach without using the tee, and used the tee a couple of times. I think the rule is you get 3 swings to hit the ball, then they bring out the tee. But he seemed to be having fun. He wants to get a bat of his own, we'll have to see what we can do about that.