what softball?

so as you may have heard, i drove down to ft. lauderdale because a coach asked me to come pitch for them and yet they had four regular pitchers without me and they really didn't need me... i told the guy weeks before that i'd love to play other positions but i'd be rusty so i wouldn't want to lose a game for them unless i practiced the other positions so i gave him my number and asked him to call me if they practice and that didn't happen... they really didn't need a thirteenth player, especially when they can only bat twelve max and only ten play the field and the smart move in a tournament is to play the ten hottest players... that didn't happen either... i didn't think i'd play as little as i did though...

i played first base for one inning and made one play scooping a bad throw from third (he didn't throw one on line all tournament and threw half way over the first baseman's head allowing for extra bases) out of the dirt for the last out of the game... i played second base for one inning and made no plays as the ball wasn't hit or throw to second... i played catcher for two innings and asked to come out because it was not working for the pitcher who was walking people and i felt he might do better if he was more comfortable with his regular catcher... and i pitched half a game... i batted last in a 12 person line-up in the three games i played in and was on the bench in the other three... i went five for six batting, a triple, a double, three singles, and three walks... the highest batting average and definitely the highest on base percentage in the twelfth spot... i lead off five times (the eleventh batter ended a lot of innings) and was three for four as a lead off (one was the triple and the top of the lineup stranded me at third...

i expected this team do go further in the tournament but i watched them blow two of three tournament games from the bench... some nice guys, some fun, but i would not do it again... way too long a drive to hardly play...