Softball at 52 - Week 1

I think I'll try to post about our church league softball team each week. Probably depends on how well I play whether I follow thru with the idea, but so far so good. And since this is my blog, it's mainly gonna be how I played (never have been much of a team player).

Game 1 - Positive reinforcement from new team coach Justin Rhodes before game starts - "This is going to be ugly, we're gonna get drilled". We jump out to 8 - 0 lead in the first. We're thinking maybe we shouldn't have dropped down a league. We're up something like 16 - 5, thinking games over. Then we remember why we dropped a league, next thing you know it's 18 - 16, last inning wondering how we're gonna lose this one. they score. 18 - 17 1 out, runners at first and second, hard shot up the middle, Thorhill on his knees force out at second, finds someway to throw ball around guy coming from first, Double Play to end the game. We Win 18 - 17.

How I did:
1st ab - took a strike, foul tip, third strike whiff, missed by a foot. Thinking maybe it is time to quit.
2nd ab - Drilled a line drive to LC off shortstop glove for a double. First extra basehit in years.
3rd ab - Drilled another line drive down 3rd base line for a double. Team seems to find it funny that I've had to run hard on two ab's. Best ball I've hit in 3 or 4 years.
4th ab - Pitcher intentionally walks the guy in front of me to load the bases, move everyone way to the left. I'm thinking you're gonna be sorry you did that, but he isn't, easy fly to left center.

Played alright at first.

Game 2 - We're feelin good after the first win, new guys smash the ball. Team we're playing doesn't look like much. Wrong, good fielding good hitting team. We score 3 in first. lead the whole way in low scoring softball game. Leading 8 - 3, same late inning problems that we always seem to have, go into bottom of 7th up 9 - 7. Score 9 - 8, Runners 1st and 2nd, two outs, line drive to left, runner from second heading for home, relay from third to home, OUT! We Win 9 -8. Two games that we would have lost last year.

How I did:

1st ab - bloop single to left.
2nd ab - line drive single to left, runner scoring, throw goes home so I head for second , oops pitcher cuts off throw I'm dead, second baseman misses throw, I end up at third. teammates passing out from laughing hysterically.
3rd ab - another bloop single to left (I'll take it)

Played poorly at first. pop up between home first, miss it, would have probably bounced foul but hit my foot in fair territory, bobbled throw in seventh to allow run number 8 to get on base. guessed right on batter trying to go to right, moved over couple of steps when caleb pitched the ball, missed one hopper reflexes just a little to slow.

Good start to season 2 - 0.