We WON!

My church softball team almost got rained out last night. If there were a way I could tell you about my day yesterday, you would understand why I prayed that the rain would go away so that we could play. I prayed hard. God heard me and we played our two games without any rain. There were spots in the field that were wet, but not bad enough to call the games. The sun came out.

I needed last night bad. I had to get some nervousness out of my system and playing softball did the trick. In fact, I only played the first game and umpired the second.

Our first two hitters set up how our night was going to go. Our first baseman started off with a single and her husband followed with a home run. Two batters, first two runs scored. We won that game 8-5. I pitched, scored two runs, caught 3 hits, and threw two runners out at first.
The second game, we won 14-10. We played well defensively in both games and started hitting the ball. Our other pitcher pitches a little different than I do. He claims that opponents are having more trouble hitting me with my pitching style, but he did pitch a good game. I sat out because I wanted our starters to get some playing time and I also needed to rotate in some players to make sure everyone got to play. It's a tough balancing act, but we pulled it off in both games for the win.

I have to admit it was nice that the first night I'm the coach, we won both of our games. That felt very good.

I may post more about yesterday, but you may have to use your imagination. Here is a brief summary, though. I had a computer customer who became a sort of friend. He would call if he needed something, but otherwise I wouldn't hear from him. I was able to get ahold of him a couple of times to borrow a car when mine wasn't running. I also bought a car from him for a few hundred dollars. I haven't seen or heard from this person in over a year, but had heard a couple of rumors about him being in the area and that he did a bad thing. Yesterday I had a visit to my work from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms asking about this person. Well, when a Federal agency is investigating someone, it must be pretty serious. Needless to say, I was a bit freaked out and needed something to do. Softball did the trick. I don't think I should really say more.

I will post my review of the George Thorogood show from Wednesday. It was awesome and sold out. If you have a chance to catch one of his shows, you'd be a fool to miss it. More later!