Josh and I headed up to Morris yesterday (about a three hour drive) to watch Morris play our alma mater, CSS. We thought it would be a good game, St. Scholastica is always bragging about their baseball team. However we ended up feeling embarrased that we attended CSS. They played cheap ball.
One thing that really bothered me was the batter would often watch the pitches(both balls and strikes) go by. Two strikes and three balls later, with no swinging action the final pitch would come and before the ump even made the call the batter would be on their way to first base, assuming it was a ball. However on at least four different occasions it was actually a strike and the batter looked like an idiot making his way to first. I'm not sure if they were trying to trick the ump into making it a ball or what. But boy did they look stupid.
The other thing that bothered me was CSS #24, who's name will remain annoymous (since I don't know it anyways), came up to bat and on the second or third pitch stepped into the ball and got a walk. It was so obvious that he stepped into it, but the ump did nothing. Then on his second time at bat, he did it again. And on his way to first base the ump called him on it, and it ended up being a strike instead. It made him look like an idiot too.
Morris ended up losing all three games, but I thought they played better than CSS. They swung, and hit the ball many times. CSS just made good plays in the field. I was very dissapointed with the cheap baseball that was played.
However, my spirits were lifted at the bottom of the 7th (and last) inning when the coach said, we're gonna get some pinch hitters in. Thats when I saw Kendrick grab a bat and put on a helmet. He was fourth to bat. That meant that somone had to get on base. A feat that had not been accomplished too many times in the previous innings. However, the first batter managaed to get on base (he actually made it to second on crazy throw to first). The next two batters struck out. Kendrick steps up to the plate a couple of pitches are thrown, one comes right down the middle and SMACK! He sends it flying to left field. CSS was playing so shallow, quite an insult to Morris, and if that left fielder would have been playing a normal depth his ball would not have been caught. It was perfect placement. As it was, the left fielder had to make a little dive for his ball anyway.
I was really excited to see Kendrick play. And It was a beautifyl day to be outside, we all ended up with sunburned faces.
After the game Kendrick introduced us to the Pizza Ranch where we enjoyed as much Pizza as we could eat. It was a great day!
3 comments:
Yay for Pizza Ranch! There's one next door to the hotel you're staying in for my wedding! And yay for Kendrick making good contact! That's awesome!
just had to comment on the css baseball team - they had their first home game today i guess, so they were on the news. and i dont' remember the guys name, but he has set the school's record of getting hit by the pitch in one season. i think it's already up to like 17 or something. seriously, how the heck does that happen unless you don't get yer butt out of the way. dumb. and i guess they won 19-0. holy crap.
I read your blog. From time to time. More frequently when I'm in class and therefore bored. But write more. You can write about how awesome I am. That's a good topic. Or the wedding. I'm not sick of hearing about that yet.
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