Sweet Victory (1-3)

Yes, that's right. You read correctly.
The mighty Naperville Park District has won a game!

We went out on Tuesday night and played sizzling defense and put together some strong offensive rallies, scoring multiple runs in more than one inning.

My own role in the powerhouse scoring was negligible; I did not get on base, although I hit a couple of balls hard, they went right to fielders. And as I kept coming to bat with men on base, it was usually an easy flip from the fielder to the closest base to force the runner.

In the field, though . . . my glory.

I played alternate innings at second base. In the first, I sat out, and Jason, my platoon partner, was eaten alive by a fierce ground ball that he could do nothing with. I'm glad I was on the bench for that one.

However, in the second, I fielded a sharp grounder and threw out the runner at first.
Later in the inning, with a runner on first, there was a very hard liner hit to my right; I snagged it for one out, and then doubled the runner off first. Boom boom. Inning over, thanks to Thomas Anthony.

In the fourth, I got - and handled - another grounder for another force at first.

We went into the fifth inning with an 8-3 lead, and Jason waved me into the field, even though it was his inning. I think out of deference to my fielding. It's not unheard of for a team to score 5+ runs in an inning, and all we had to do was to hold them to secure our first win.

So I was on the field when we wrapped up victory #1.
NOW we're rolling.