The Electric

The last three years, I’ve been the captain of the OCLC cooperate challenge co-ed softball team. This is a dubious distinction given that the team hasn’t won a game in the close to 4 years I’ve been with the company.

Now this year I had hoped to pass captaincy to someone else. Except that person never did showed. So thanks to my locked up schedule (new job, family commitments plus trying to get a fence built) we never had a full practice with everyone showing up.

Because of this, I was expecting the worse.

So I must note that this year’s team was surprising in many different ways.

First, we had some new players join us for the first time who played really well given that they hadn’t been on a field in a few years.

Next, we scored more runs in the first inning of the 2nd game than the previous 4 teams did COMBINED.

Yet we still went “Two and a barbecue”

First game with Bysis was close except for one big inning that did us in.

The second game with CAS hurt in more ways than one. After a 10 run first, we only managed to put another 7 on the board. Next, CAS just kept chipping at us until they got a big inning of their own to tie the game. After the top of our order was held scoreless, CAS push across the winning run just before the skies opened up raining out the rest of the event.

I should also note that one of our women players had to come off the field due to the heat which was like being in a sauna. I’m praying she is able to bounce back and would be willing to play with us again.

My knee is sore and the Advil hasn’t hit yet so I’m heading to bed…

Yesterday might have been my worst game in a long long time.

0 for 3 and none of the balls were hit worth a flip plus I have had no real confidence at the plate all season. My days of just show up and rake the ball anyplace I want to take it appear to be over.

To add insult, I slip on a wet home plate while moving out from my muddy place behind the plate to field a throw for a force play at the plate.

We got the out and won the game yet my right knee feels like crap. My hope is that before the next game, I can make it out to the batting cage to some swings in.