Thursday, July 21, 2011

Baseball Recollections That You Can Enjoy And Cherish

By Dusty Mattingly


As a baseball player, you only a small window of time that you get to make your impact on the game. Before you next baseball practice, consider that at some point you are going to have to "retire". If your not in the small percentage of professionals, retirement is going to be sooner than later.

As we arrived early Friday night I had the chance to reminisce with my baseball buddies about our playing days. It was great to have a chance to kick back and relax on friends who shared the same passion as myself.

As the night went on we began talking baseball strategy for Sunday's game. We had high hopes of taking home a victory on Sunday, and fortunately for us, two of our teammates still played baseball professionally.

We took the field on Sunday and we picked up right where we left off. We spent more time heckling our own team then we did our opponents and everyone played there part in the win. At the end of the day it was Alumni Baseball 10, and the current baseball team 4.

After the game we gathered together for a barbecue and said our last goodbyes before we headed back to our respective lives. On my way home I couldn't help but think how much I missed what we had. I didn't realize it at the time, but we had something truly special that most people never get to experience.

Shortly after we took the field everything started to fall back into place. This meaning that we began jeering our own team more than our opponents! However at the end of the day, the Alumni had came away victorious outscoring our opponents 10-4. Although it may not have been the highlight of my career, it is certainly a moment I will never forget on the baseball field. I challenge you to do the same for the rest of yours!




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