It was a tough night for Charm City Electric tonight. We dropped a doubleheader to Bill Bateman’s in Perry Hall. We were crushed in game one 18-6 and lost game two by the final of 9-5. Kudos to the guys at Bateman’s they hit everything I threw up there in game one. Sports are games of adjustments though and I made a few in game two. It resulted in me giving up a respectable nine runs over six innings. Unfortunately the guys just couldn’t get the bats going. That included me, after lining a single to right in my first at bat it was a struggle the rest of the night and I ended up just 1-5.
This is truly the dog days of the schedule and I definitely have hit the wall. We have played 10 games over the last nine days and my body is really starting to feel the effects. I can’t even imagine what Major League players deal with having to play day in and day out during a 162 game season. I feel like I am holding my own right now but creating energy for the team like I used to is becoming pretty tough. It is taking all I have to get myself through. Maybe it’s just some of the minor bumps and bruises that I have been dealing with or maybe I have to re-focus on what my role is.
We had a team meeting after our defeats tonight to discuss why our team is struggling. I’m not sure we answered a lot of questions but we are going to try and shuffle some things up and see what happens. It’s times like these where I look to try and draw some inspiration. So I leave you with this link. I have to get these guys on the show in the next couple of weeks.
http://www.woundedwarrioramputeesoftballteam.org/index.html
These guys are the amputee softball team. They are part of the Wounded Warrior program and are an inspiration to us all. I will be using that inspiration the next time I take the field. Remember if I can do it you can do it too.
Until next time…
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