My Last Day as a Mauler
So the day started as they have all week. Getting up in time for breakfast before the hotel closes the breakfast room down. Following breakfast I went back to my room and watched some TV then the movie Paparazzi. Following the movie I went to the local sport store to get a new jock and some new cleats for my shoes and some shoelaces. I got back to the hotel about twenty minutes before we were to leave for the fields.
We got there and they were discussing the protest situation. They were thinking they may keep me from playing so I do not get protested. But it was decided that we would protest me and we would get my rating would be made correct and no one would then protest me. Well as it turned out in the game we were playing today, the only game we played today, the team that did not get to protest me yesterday had their commissioner protest me. They did the kitchen sink approach where they did it on three items. One item was the one we protested on. The other two were my speed and my hitting ability.
We first finished up the game. We were losing. We could not hit the ball and it soon turned out that we would lose the game. It was our first loss of the tournament. Now we are in the double elim losers bracket. Before the game we were doing batting practice. One of our guys had a fly ball get over his glove and hit in on the face. He had to go to a urgent care center for stitches. The fire department came, but they did not transport.
So we lost the game and then went to the protest committee. I was able to go so I was happy about that. The first protest went quickly and we got what we wanted so my rating raised. Then the next protest was with the other team. One of their points was thrown out because it was what we protested on. The other two points were talked about. The running one was not really talked about. It was the hitting they were really fighting.
The committee discussed it for about ten minutes then we went back to the vote. I could see the people writing on their secret ballots. Some of them were writing yes to the running question. That means that the protest would be upheld and I would get another point. If I got another point I would be off the team for good. The second vote I could see one guy write no. I had a feeling that the hitting question would be voted down and the running question would be upheld. That is what happened. That means I am no longer a Mauler. My rating is too high for the team. That really sucks for me. Here I am in San Diego to play a lot of softball only to be thrown out of the whole thing.
It is funny to think that they consider me an average speed runner when other people who are faster than me are not. So we are going to appeal that question to the commissioner and maybe, just maybe, I will get it over turned. But I am bummed over it.
We stopped at Denny's on the way home for dinner. Then I went to talk to Don and pointed out a few things we can use in the appeal.
We got there and they were discussing the protest situation. They were thinking they may keep me from playing so I do not get protested. But it was decided that we would protest me and we would get my rating would be made correct and no one would then protest me. Well as it turned out in the game we were playing today, the only game we played today, the team that did not get to protest me yesterday had their commissioner protest me. They did the kitchen sink approach where they did it on three items. One item was the one we protested on. The other two were my speed and my hitting ability.
We first finished up the game. We were losing. We could not hit the ball and it soon turned out that we would lose the game. It was our first loss of the tournament. Now we are in the double elim losers bracket. Before the game we were doing batting practice. One of our guys had a fly ball get over his glove and hit in on the face. He had to go to a urgent care center for stitches. The fire department came, but they did not transport.
So we lost the game and then went to the protest committee. I was able to go so I was happy about that. The first protest went quickly and we got what we wanted so my rating raised. Then the next protest was with the other team. One of their points was thrown out because it was what we protested on. The other two points were talked about. The running one was not really talked about. It was the hitting they were really fighting.
The committee discussed it for about ten minutes then we went back to the vote. I could see the people writing on their secret ballots. Some of them were writing yes to the running question. That means that the protest would be upheld and I would get another point. If I got another point I would be off the team for good. The second vote I could see one guy write no. I had a feeling that the hitting question would be voted down and the running question would be upheld. That is what happened. That means I am no longer a Mauler. My rating is too high for the team. That really sucks for me. Here I am in San Diego to play a lot of softball only to be thrown out of the whole thing.
It is funny to think that they consider me an average speed runner when other people who are faster than me are not. So we are going to appeal that question to the commissioner and maybe, just maybe, I will get it over turned. But I am bummed over it.
We stopped at Denny's on the way home for dinner. Then I went to talk to Don and pointed out a few things we can use in the appeal.
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