I stopped watching last night when it was 12-1 and had no idea it was a 21-1 final until later on last night. It is just one game and as I said those runs don't carry over.
After my freshmen year at State, I was 19 and was asked by the recreation director in Jacksonville to coach a 13 and 14 year old junior league baseball team. He knew I had played on a couple of All Star teams, umpired once or twice for him, and had kept score for several years, so he knew I knew the game. The draft had already taken place and I had no choice on who was on the team because it was a brand new team. They did place who they thought was the best player trying out on my team and he was very good.
Early in the season we played the best team in the league. They beat us 23-1 in five innings. The umpire, a guy I had played with in regular season and All Stars asked me and my best friend if we wanted to forfeit when the game was 14-1 or something like that and we told him to pound sand. Next time we played this team, and they ended up being the league champions, we beat them 6-2. My best player pitched an excellent game for the win.
Things definitely look dark after yesterday's beating, but it is baseball and anything can happen. They may stomp us again because they are very good, but we might give them a game too and possibly could win. So don't give up the ship just yet. It's going to be tough to win two games in Fayetteville, but we knew that from the start. Right now we just have to win one game. Let's roll out the balls and bats and see where are at the end of the day.
GO PACK!!
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