taking mediocrity to a whole new level

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Silly girl. You can't hit a double.

I got a double in my softball game the other night. It was a double on error, but hey with the season I've had so far, I'll take it. But not that double without any skill requirement. Not just anyone could have turned that play into a double. It was crap hit, and was going to be a really close call at first. But I could see as I was about two or three strides from the base that the ball was going to be an over throw, so full speed ahead I rounded 1st and booked it to 2nd. After I got on base, I said to myself, "a double on error, I'll take that any day." The pitcher replied (in a shitty serious and not in a friendly trash talking tone), "well that's the only way you'll ever get a double." "Oh that asshole did not just say that to me. Did he?" I'm not sure if I just thought that, or if I actually said that out loud. Either way, it irked me. The sexist jerk!

Now it's true, that in our league, it's not too common for a woman of my scrawny ass size, or any woman really, to hit an out right double. But, for the last, I don't how many years, I've hit a double about every other game. And I mean a straight up double, not a double on error, a double. And last season I also had at least two triples. So, arg! that guy just pressed a my buttons with that comment. I so desperately wanted to prove him wrong. Had I been able to place my last hit about a foot closer to the right fielder, I would have had double that game. As it went down, the right center fielder barely kept the ball from gapping them. Bastard!

But I shouldn't complain, I batted a thousand that game. Which is more than I can say for the games we've played up til then. Unfortunately, my batting has sucked major ass this season. When I say sucked major ass, I'm saying I've struck out swinging. THREE TIMES! this season. It's slowpitch. It's embarrassing, I tell ya. And the the only thing I can come up with is that I've started wearing my glasses when I play, and it must have screwed up my depth perception just enough that my timing is off on my swing. Now I am no stranger to getting struck out looking. Sometimes the pitches just aren't called consistently or correctly, and what should have been a ball gets called a strike. Nothing I can do about that. But to strike out swinging. I just can't have that.

I think another trip to the batting cages is order.