Bonn Capitals

Saturday the 14th of June we played the Bonn Capitals. Surprisingly they are in third place behind us but they are a distant third. We beat them pretty easily winning 9-2 in the first game and 14-1 in the second.

This day was just a really weird day for me however...things just didn't seem to go right. To start off the game my first At Bat, I hit a hard liner back at the pitcher who stuck his glove up and was able to knock the ball down then pick it up and throw me out at first. Normally I would be ok with that but I also broke my bat on the play. I hit it off the end of the bat and unfortunately, the barrel of the bat the flew off ended up flying farther than the ball that I hit!

Later on in the first game, a ball was hit over my head in left field and I had a decent jump on it. It really wasn't a problem to catch this ball however this was a sniper in the trees behind the face and he shot me in my foot! No for real, while running back, I stumbled on something and while I didn't fall, I didn't catch the ball either. You bet I was mad! After coming in, our third baseman, Jendrick, told me he was glad he got to see me make an error because he knows he'll never see it again.

Well, the very next inning i got a low liner in the left center gap. I had a great jump on it and was positive I was going to catch it. It was low so I tried to do a sliding catch, I've done it before so there should be no problem...unfortunately I some how misplayed it and missed it! 2 errors in one game! can you believe that!!!!!!!!!!!

The second game was even worse for me! I got beaned twice, hit the ball hard three times....and got on all three times. But only one was good for a hit. Two were errors. One in particular was upsetting because I drilled a ball deep down the right field line and for some reason, the right fielder was playing me right on the line! However I hit it over his head so he was not able to catch it...it went off his glove for an error! Then to top everything off, a ball was hit down the left field line in foul territory and I was on it. I was going to catch this one too! Unfortunately the stupid grounds keeper at Bonn didn't cut the branches handing over the field.

I'm on the ball and get to spot where it's going to land and I look up and it disappears in the trees. I know its going to come down however I didn't expect it to come down so hard, and to come down right at me! That freakin ball came down and just missed my chin and stung me in the chest!

This game can be so cruel sometimes!