Tagged out at home!
posted by Gavin | 9:25 PM
So I played softball tonight. It was fun. I tried too hard the first game, and then did great the second game when I relaxed. Too bad the first game was with my team and the second game was when I substituted for another team since Jen was still at the Astros' game.
I got to play third base today! I played it for a few games a couple of years ago, and really enjoyed it then. Of course, I had little idea of what to do this time since I didn't remember much. Thanks to some pointers from Matt and Nick, I did okay. I helped with an out in the first inning and later I overthrew first base when I probably should have just held the ball. My hitting sucked. The game ended and I wasn't tired at all, since I hadn't gotten on base and I hadn't run much since I was playing in-field. I was kinda bummed, I felt like I could have done better.
So when the team we just played needed two more for their next game, I said sure. They were nice people, said they saw me play 3rd and asked if I wanted to play shortstop. Well, they were very generous, but I didn't want to mislead them (or get frustrated trying a new position), so I declined and said I'd be best at outfield.
"How does left field sound, Gavin?" "Sure, Chris." As we jogged out to play the other sub, Donna, also from my team who had seen me drop several balls in the outfield the week before, mentioned to me that left field got a lot of fly balls. "I could use the practice," I said with much bravado. She also mentioned to me that we were playing against the only undefeated team in our league. (Gulp.)
My first at-bat went right to the pitcher, but I got hits the rest of the time. In the outfield we played alright, and then... fate struck. It was getting dark, and the ump noticed that some of the outfield lights weren't working. We couldn't play safely in the dark, so, he moved us to the other open field. Which is the co-ed rec field, with the fenceline much closer and the bases are a bit closer together. After playing in the competitive field, the co-ed field seemed tiny! But, it meant that we didn't have to run too far in the outfield. I caught 4 fly balls with some nice spotting by Donna, let one bounce off my glove, and then made an awesome play backing up third.
One guy was running from first to third and so I sprinted in from left field towards third... seconds later to see the ball overthrown past third and rolling along the left fence. In moments I was on the ball, just as the runner left third and ran for home. I scooped up the ball, fixed my feet, and hurled it perfectly to the pitcher who was able to make the tag a few feet in front of home! It was awesome! My best play of the season so far!
We ended up tying the other team, went into extra innings, and managed to beat them by one run! I caught the last out. I think playing on the smaller field helped us win, but hey, we'll take it. It was a lot of fun. I need to stop trying so hard when I play on my team and just relax a bit. Until next week!
I got to play third base today! I played it for a few games a couple of years ago, and really enjoyed it then. Of course, I had little idea of what to do this time since I didn't remember much. Thanks to some pointers from Matt and Nick, I did okay. I helped with an out in the first inning and later I overthrew first base when I probably should have just held the ball. My hitting sucked. The game ended and I wasn't tired at all, since I hadn't gotten on base and I hadn't run much since I was playing in-field. I was kinda bummed, I felt like I could have done better.
So when the team we just played needed two more for their next game, I said sure. They were nice people, said they saw me play 3rd and asked if I wanted to play shortstop. Well, they were very generous, but I didn't want to mislead them (or get frustrated trying a new position), so I declined and said I'd be best at outfield.
"How does left field sound, Gavin?" "Sure, Chris." As we jogged out to play the other sub, Donna, also from my team who had seen me drop several balls in the outfield the week before, mentioned to me that left field got a lot of fly balls. "I could use the practice," I said with much bravado. She also mentioned to me that we were playing against the only undefeated team in our league. (Gulp.)
My first at-bat went right to the pitcher, but I got hits the rest of the time. In the outfield we played alright, and then... fate struck. It was getting dark, and the ump noticed that some of the outfield lights weren't working. We couldn't play safely in the dark, so, he moved us to the other open field. Which is the co-ed rec field, with the fenceline much closer and the bases are a bit closer together. After playing in the competitive field, the co-ed field seemed tiny! But, it meant that we didn't have to run too far in the outfield. I caught 4 fly balls with some nice spotting by Donna, let one bounce off my glove, and then made an awesome play backing up third.
One guy was running from first to third and so I sprinted in from left field towards third... seconds later to see the ball overthrown past third and rolling along the left fence. In moments I was on the ball, just as the runner left third and ran for home. I scooped up the ball, fixed my feet, and hurled it perfectly to the pitcher who was able to make the tag a few feet in front of home! It was awesome! My best play of the season so far!
We ended up tying the other team, went into extra innings, and managed to beat them by one run! I caught the last out. I think playing on the smaller field helped us win, but hey, we'll take it. It was a lot of fun. I need to stop trying so hard when I play on my team and just relax a bit. Until next week!
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