Big time games last night for the Pleasanton championship. We won the first game in come-from-behind-nail-biting fashion, with a last inning walk-off hit. That got us into the championship game that was played right afterward on the same field.
Against the top-seeded team, we rode that momentum to an early lead. But then our defense imploded with a series of costly errors that led to a 10-run inning … and sadly a couple of them were mine. No excuses, I just sucked.
Offensively, we battled back to make it a 1-run game but couldn’t get the hits to fall in our final at-bat. To the victors went the championship T-shirts, hoodies, and pride. For us, “wait until next year.”
Still this team has come a long way since I first joined a couple years ago. We didn’t win very often, and this was the first time we even made the playoffs. So to have a strong season, and take second place is still pretty good considering where we’ve been. But victory was so close it hurts!
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Second place in the first lo…um, no. Congrats on coming so far so fast. I remember this rag tag bunch of guys (losing)a couple years ago. Also remember the excitement of a tournament and getting farther along than anybody expected.
Way to go Nick! Winning is so much more fun than losing and second place is fantastic.