Story Time

It’s been three weeks since the last blog.  Since then, we played the Tappers, we were rained out, and we played Miller Time.

 

So it’s story time.

 

Speaking of time, before we get to the games, let’s have some fun with time courtesy of Miranda.

 

When Miranda was in second grade, her teacher, Mrs. Bourisaw, allowed the kids to go to the bathroom without asking permission.  The only requirement was that the students had to sign out with their name and the time when they left and returned.  One day Miranda found herself in a dilemma.  She really had to go potty, but all the clocks in the room were analog.   She didn’t fully understand the numbers on the clock because the 1 through 12 didn’t correspond to the actual 5-10-15-20, etc. that she was supposed to record.  Miranda’s solution was to hold her full bladder until the top of the hour when she was sure to get the time correct.  Luckily, she made it!  When she returned, she added a couple minutes to the sign out time, and all was well. 

 

Miranda also had a run-in with time years later in college.   On the morning of her very first freshman final, Miranda stirred at 10:30am as the light spilled through a space in the dorm room curtains.  Unfortunately, her Spanish final had started at 10:15am.  She had stayed up most of the night studying and slept right through her alarm.  As she says, she remembered waking up feeling like “something is going on today.”  In her morning haze, she looked at her phone, which showed her the late hour, as well as an email notification from her caring professor. 

 

Heart racing, she flung herself out of the top bunk.  She threw on deodorant because she knew she was going to have to run across campus, and she didn’t want to smell.  With no time to brush her teeth, she took a swig of mouthwash and swished, swirled, and spit it out in the hallway bathroom as she sprinted to class.  Out of breath and embarrassed, she made it to class a half hour late and somehow aced the test and the class. 

 

As Miranda shows us, sometimes you gotta laugh at yourself and have fun when life goes sideways.

 

Nice segue, right?

 

Let’s take time to recap the games.

 

Cougars vs Tappers

Three weeks ago on a rainy Tuesday the Tappers got us 15-2.  We started out the top of the first with a Boom as he beat out an infield single.  Charley hit a sacrifice to the right side moving Boom to third.  Rads beat out an infield single to score Boom.  Martin then crushed the Clincher to right center scoring Rads from first.  Cougars were up 2-0 after the top of the inning.  Then the Tappers scored 15 over the next few innings and we didn’t get another hit.  JD hosted a terrific postgame at the field where we all eased our pain.

 

Cougars vs Miller Time

Last week Miller Time beat us 14-2.  In the first inning, Charley Rads singled between short and third and Scotty Rads hit a single to center moving CRads to third.  Fort had a perfectly placed single to right scoring Chuck and moving SRads to third.  JD laced a liner single to center scoring Rads.  That was the end of our scoring.  We did have some other hit highlights.  In the second inning, Crawdaddy punched a line shot single to left center and Pastor Ted also flattened the ball to left field for a hit.  In the third, Charley Rads walked and Scotty Rads hit a line shot single to center.  In the fourth, JD had a left center liner and Bobi pummeled a hit to center.  In the fifth inning, Boom had a walk and Pastor Ted did it again and hit a rocket to left center. (Teddy was 2-2 and his helping hands and fancy footwork in the field with a couple perfect plays.)  Kate and Tim hosted a fantastic postgame that softened the blow.

 

Each game was only five innings, but the Cougars were together each night for five hours.  Two-hour pregames, one-hour games, and two-hour postgames. 

 

Some teams measure success in wins and losses.  We measure wins by tallying our time together.