The new national rankings had just came out. We are ranked number 19 in the country. It’s not where we thought we’d be; at the beginning of the season we expected higher. But as of the past month, we didn’t even think we would get ranked. Yet, here we are, 19th. We are down girls, and any more teammates that quit, or get hurt, could seriously hurt the season.
Practice throughout the week went as usual, until Friday. On Friday, an injury occurs. As a matter of fact, the injury was to myself. Taking a line drive to the ankle off of the bat of one of our biggest power hitters can seriously mess up you’re ability to walk. Now we are down to 17, six of them being pitchers. And just when we think our luck can’t get any worse, Saturday morning, gameday, rolls around. One of our pitchers is as sick as a dog. Can our luck get any worse?
Thankfully, the three games went great. Winning all three of them definitely helped us in the rankings and almost guaranteed us a spot in the post-season. But for some reason, it still wasn’t good enough for coach. We did not get an off day the next day, but the baseball team did. Our only day that we would get off is the one that he is forced to give us off, Easter. A national holiday. And to make it worse, practice was very hard, and Coach was finding something wrong in everything that we did. That causes for girls to get annoyed quickly and have bad attitudes throughout the entire practice. Making it drag on for what feels like longer than three hours.
The thought of an upward swing was beginning to feel like we could actually make a strong post-season run. But, with this team, it never fails that something will go wrong. And when the starting third baseman quits unexpectedly, it sends the entire team and coaching staff into a worry.
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