“Darn” I said to myself as I slowly jogged out to my spot in left field, swatting gnats and mosquitoes as I went. “If only he’d give me a chance!” I thought, “I know I can play catcher at the same level as anyone out here!” But there I was, warming up in the outfield with the center-fielder and hoping, just hoping, I’d get some action. “At least it’s a really nice evening for a game!” I thought as I turned to catch the breeze on my face. “Play ball” shouted the Umpire, as I got into a comfortable stance to watch another boring inning of “infield baseball”. Our pitcher and infield were good, too good, and thus as an outfielder I never got any action. The thing was, our team was the best in the league that year, and that was because our coach …show more content…
One instance in particular stands out though. I had asked if I was going to catch that night and the coach, to my surprise, said yes! I was written in for the sixth inning, which was second to last because we only played seven, and boy was I excited! Well, the 6th inning rolled around, and the game wasn’t going exactly in our favor, but I was confident that we would win. I got up and stretched and was about to start gearing up when coach called me over. “Hey Tyler, come over here a minute.” “yessir” I said as I jogged over to where he was leaning on the fence watching. “This game is a little too close for comfort and I think I’m going to put Brooks in to close.” He said. “He throws hard and fast, and they can get a little wild sometimes too.” He continued. “You think you can handle it?” “I’ll do my best, coach.” I said, but he didn’t seem to like that answer. After a long pause, in which I shifted uneasily a few times, he said: “I think I’m going to put Mason in for this one, and we’ll put you in next game.” “yessir” I said as I slowly trudged back to the bench. “Remind me that I owe you one!” he called back to me as I sat down, but I didn’t really hear him. I was to upset to care. Outfield once