When thinking of an exciting and unusual time in my life, I think back to a time when I felt the highest thrill along with feeling very low. It was my freshman year of high school and me and my best friend Mike were ecstatic to try out for the baseball team at Forrest High School (now Westside High). We had been playing baseball together since we were kids and our goal was to be the next pair of great ballplayers to come through Forrest. We had been working for that moment all our lives and it was time for us to finally play high school baseball.
While in class the principal came on the intercom to make an announcement. “Attention students, all athletes interested in trying out for the baseball team report to the gym after school for a meeting”. I was so anxious and got to the meeting before anyone else had arrived. Once everyone gathered, the meeting started and it was a rundown of when conditioning started and when we were going to have tryouts. I wanted to make a good impression so I looked into when conditioning was starting and I immediately started preparing myself.
The first day of conditioning I was really nervous because I noticed I was the only freshman there. I thought to myself, it was a good thing because now the coach would see that I was fully committed to being on the team. Day one of conditioning was off to a good beginning. We …show more content…
The game was against our district rival Englewood High School and it was a nail biter. We had played them earlier in the season and we won so we had confidence coming into the game. It was a win or go home situation. Both teams were playing hard and giving it all they had. I remember like it was yesterday. It was bottom of the sixth inning and we had a runner on second base, score was tied 1-1. Tony tells the runner on second base to steal. The runner steals and the catcher for Englewood overthrows the third baseman and we take the lead
While in class the principal came on the intercom to make an announcement. “Attention students, all athletes interested in trying out for the baseball team report to the gym after school for a meeting”. I was so anxious and got to the meeting before anyone else had arrived. Once everyone gathered, the meeting started and it was a rundown of when conditioning started and when we were going to have tryouts. I wanted to make a good impression so I looked into when conditioning was starting and I immediately started preparing myself.
The first day of conditioning I was really nervous because I noticed I was the only freshman there. I thought to myself, it was a good thing because now the coach would see that I was fully committed to being on the team. Day one of conditioning was off to a good beginning. We …show more content…
The game was against our district rival Englewood High School and it was a nail biter. We had played them earlier in the season and we won so we had confidence coming into the game. It was a win or go home situation. Both teams were playing hard and giving it all they had. I remember like it was yesterday. It was bottom of the sixth inning and we had a runner on second base, score was tied 1-1. Tony tells the runner on second base to steal. The runner steals and the catcher for Englewood overthrows the third baseman and we take the lead