Little League

Being ferociously uncoordinated I’ve never been much at team sports and still less at those that require skill.

I’ve always liked baseball though and it looks like it would be fun to play but I wouldn’t know.

When I was quite young I went to the ball fields behind my elementary school to try out for Little League.  I was hopeless of course, but they did take almost everybody and while I couldn’t hit even if the ball were perched on a tee, I could throw after a fashion and might occasionally catch one if it was carefully placed.

Alas my dreams of diamond greatness were not to be.  After failing miserably at everything else they sent me out in the field to see if I could stop grounders (almost) and shag flies.

The coach hit me a towering shot and mirabile dictu it somehow ended up in my glove.

I am convinced to this day that I would have been a bench warmer if I just hadn’t looked so surprised.