MEMORIES OF WHEN I WAS A KID. I WATCHED HOW THE MAJOR LEAGUES PLAYED AND THAT WAS A STEP IN THE PROCESS I NOTICED THEY DID A LOT SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A PART OF PITCHING. LITTLE DID I KNOW AT THE TIME THEY CHEWED TOBACCO. GOOD THING I DIDN'T SEE THAT PART HUH...
JUST HAD TO ADD THIS...JUST EMAILED THE POEM TO MY BROTHER AND ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED THAT...THIS WAS HIS REPLY... I don't remember much from back then. I mostly remember you hitting the ball and never stop running no matter what.
WHEN HE SAID THAT IT REMINDED ME I ALSO ALWAYS WENT FOR THE FIRST PITCH NO MATTER WHAT. I REMEMBER MOST COACHES WOULD SAY GO TWO, GO THREE, GO HOME...BUT FOR ME THEY WOULD STAND IN THE BASELINE AND YELL STOP....I WAS A DAREDEVIL. I DIDN'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE WERE ON BASES AHEAD OF ME AND JUST STOOD THERE...I WAS LIKE....RUN....I REMEMBER A TIME OR TWO I GOT CAUGHT IN BETWEEN BASES CUZ THEY WOULD NOT RUN...SILLY ME...FUN TIMES...I REMEMBER MY BROTHER WRITES LEFT HANDED BUT HE THREW AND BATTED RIGHTY. I WAS THE OPPOSITE. I WRITE RIGHT HANDED BUT I BAT AND THREW LEFTY. I COULD SWITCH HIT AND THROW WITH THE OPPOSITE HAND BUT USED TO SAY IF I THREW RIGHTY I THREW LIKE A GIRL. LEFTY I THREW LIKE A GUY. IT MADE SENSE TO ME. LEFTY ALWAYS FELT RIGHT TO ME. AFTER ALL YOU ARE ALREADY ON THE BASE LILNE YOU NEED TO RUN TO FIRST. IF YOU BAT RIGHTY YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE PLATE TO GET OVER TO GO TO FIRST BASE. LEFTY JUST SEEMED MORE NATURAL TO ME...SO BEING LEFTY I OFTEN HIT THE BALL TO RIGHT FIELD WHERE USUALLY THE WEAKEST OUTFIELDER WAS SINCE MOST PEOPLE DON'T HIT THE BALL THERE...ALL I HAD TO DO WAS SMACK IT OVER THEIR HEAD AND RUN LIKE CRAZY. AS LONG AS NOBODY WAS IN MY WAY ON BASES ANYWHERE I COULD GET A TRIPLE OR HOMER EASY. I WOULD BE ROUNDING SECOND OR THIRD AND THEY WOULD STILL BE RUNNING AFTER THE BALL...I USED TO RUN REALLY FAST. I REMEMBER WHEN I GOT UP TO BAT ALL THE OUTFIELDERS BACKED WAY UP...IT WAS FUNNY TO WATCH...I JUST LOOKED FOR THE HOLES AND SMACKED THE BALL THERE. I COULD AIM WHERE I WANTED IT TO GO...MEMORIES JUST COME FLOODING BACK...ANYWAY YOU GET THE IDEA...I USED TO PLAY BASEBALL WITH MY BROTHER AND KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE PARK. THE GUYS USED TO SAY I WOULD BE THE FIRST GIRL IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES...I DON'T THINK SO THOUGH. WE PLAYED WITH A RUBBER BALL OR IF WE USED A LEAGUE BALL THEY PITCHED IT UNDERHAND TO ME...I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY IT STUNG WHEN YOU HIT IT OVERHAND OR FAST...
