Tuesday, July 6, 2010
The left fielder for the team we played today had an attitude problem. And a sun problem. He had a tendency to lose fly balls in the sun, and then when they fell, not to pursue them. I saw him do this before I batted one time, then I hit a long one that should have been an easy catch. Instead, he lost it, then threw down his glove and let it roll while another guy ran after it. I had been hoping he would let it drop because I knew he wouldn't chase it. Big turn at first, and when I got to second, center had barely even picked it up. I made the other big turn betting that he couldn't throw me out from where he was standing. He couldn't, and I hit my first ever triple. Standing up. A younger, faster guy hit an inside the park homer later in the game when the guy did it AGAIN.