One, done
Last night marked the end of an era for Giant Robot softball.
The combination of players from the broken-up B team and up-and-coming C team began spring-summer 2006 with high hopes. Experience, power, confidence, and friendship--it was a real dream team. We ripped off five wins to start the season and only lost twice more in the 12-game season. The final two wins were convincing--albeit versus lesser teams--and suggested that we were entering the tournament with momentum.
Not so. Last night, we fell behind by 5 in the first inning before coming back strong by doubling their runs in the third. Blows were traded, but in the end Giant Robot fell short by two runs.
I'm not going to bore you with details like walks, grounders, and donuts, but everyone was heavily depressed after the game. Heads were down, shoes were thrown, and I'm sure trash cans were brutalized.
What hurts most for me is not how the season ended (it was an exciting game), but that it had to end at all. Guys on the team are having surgery, starting families, and going away to school, and those are all things to be grateful for. But it just won't be the same.
The combination of players from the broken-up B team and up-and-coming C team began spring-summer 2006 with high hopes. Experience, power, confidence, and friendship--it was a real dream team. We ripped off five wins to start the season and only lost twice more in the 12-game season. The final two wins were convincing--albeit versus lesser teams--and suggested that we were entering the tournament with momentum.
Not so. Last night, we fell behind by 5 in the first inning before coming back strong by doubling their runs in the third. Blows were traded, but in the end Giant Robot fell short by two runs.
I'm not going to bore you with details like walks, grounders, and donuts, but everyone was heavily depressed after the game. Heads were down, shoes were thrown, and I'm sure trash cans were brutalized.
What hurts most for me is not how the season ended (it was an exciting game), but that it had to end at all. Guys on the team are having surgery, starting families, and going away to school, and those are all things to be grateful for. But it just won't be the same.
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11:20 AM
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