No Joy in Mudville
Baseball season is over. Jack’s team lost last night. They had a better than even chance of going all the way but it ended last night. I have to admit, I’m very proud of Jack. He came along way this season. Mostly in the batting department.
Jack’s left handed. He causes the kid pitchers to handle him differently. At the beginning of the season, he couldn’t hit off kid pitchers. His mom forced him to go to a baseball camp…he’d rather have stayed home and played PSP. But we saw results. A few games ago he hit a ball over the fence…but it was foul. It amazed me that my gangly little boy caused the other team to play him deep.
So, last night, the team made some crucial errors that put us down by 2 in the last inning. Jack got up, with 2 outs and a man on 2nd.
“It’s over” I heard our coach say. Their pitcher had struck out our best hitters. The guy on 2nd had walked and stole 2nd. Jack, at the beginning of the season, would have been the last out. Last night, he was 10 feet from hitting a home run. Unfortunately, it bounced over the fence, creating a ground rule double situation. If it had been a little shorter, Jack would have had a great chance of running all the way to cause a play at the plate. It didn’t happen though, and the next kid struck out. We lost by 1 point…but Jack did his job…and did it well. That’s all I can ask.
I hope he learned something from last night. He didn’t give up. The coach had…and most of us had…but he brought life back to us and did us proud. It’s a nice life lesson.
November 29th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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