When the pitchers are "on," and the defense is solid, that's when Little League baseball is such a fun game to watch. Tension hovers around each at bat, and then even each pitch as the game rides toward the 6th.
They're playing like pros, you tell yourself. This is a real game! your mind shouts. They have come a long way, and this is some darn good fruit for our collective labors.
And someone blasts a solo home run, and the other team scratches back with a seeing-eye grounder, a walk, and a bloop, and the scoreboard says we're in the bottom of the last in an hour-and-a-half with men on base and one out to go.
You don't know if the rally will die or extend; this how a great game ends. Sometimes you win it and sometimes you don't, but what a fight--it's brought out the best in every single player.
They're shaking hands on the field. Time to go home. Who wants to go home? Let's play again!
They're playing like pros, you tell yourself. This is a real game! your mind shouts. They have come a long way, and this is some darn good fruit for our collective labors.
And someone blasts a solo home run, and the other team scratches back with a seeing-eye grounder, a walk, and a bloop, and the scoreboard says we're in the bottom of the last in an hour-and-a-half with men on base and one out to go.
You don't know if the rally will die or extend; this how a great game ends. Sometimes you win it and sometimes you don't, but what a fight--it's brought out the best in every single player.
They're shaking hands on the field. Time to go home. Who wants to go home? Let's play again!
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