9.11.2008

This is how it ends

So we went from playing the best game in our history last week to playing one of the worst last night. It was tough to watch -- which, unfortunately, was pretty much what I did ...

To make it worse, I awoke this morning to an excruciating cramp in my right leg ... And it's not going away.

We were in the playoffs as the No. 6 seed. Last week we knocked off the No. 3 seed. Last night, we were playing the No. 2 seed… Going in we had the momentum. We were still flying high from last week’s upset win. We were a cohesive unit and aiming for another one tonight …

And we looked really good taking a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning …

And then our momentum vanished …

I got my first at-bat in the second inning and flied out to center field. That was the only at-bat I’d get.

Coach pulled most of the starters after the third inning -- for reasons I’m still trying to figure out. Meanwhile, our center fielder continued to play, even after he’d injured his knee. And when we had three other pitchers ready to take the mound, we went with the one who threw eight innings last week -- and had a bad knee himself -- for seven innings tonight …

We lost the game 16-9.

And that’s the end of our season. We went 5-9 during the regular season and 1-1 in the playoffs …

If my calculations are correct, I batted .409 this season ... Yeah, I surprised myself when I came up with that number too. Ted Williams, watch out ...

Here's the rest of my season numbers: 9 hits (in 22 at-bats), 2 doubles, 5 walks, 4 runs scored, 2 RBIs, 2 stolen bases and 7 strikeouts.

Though, I only played in 10 of our 16 games ....

Here's a look back ...
a June 1
a June 28
a July 9
a July 13
a July 27
a Aug. 3
a Aug. 17
a Aug. 20
a Sept. 3

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