Narrative Essay On A Softball Game

I never expected something bad to happen that day. It was my parents anniversary night, May 11th, 2017, and of course, I had a softball game. We knew that the opposing team was better than us, but we still played hard, until the accident, that is when everything fell apart. My parents anniversary night was on one of my last home games of the season, but not the teams. Our game was at the Hyatt Elementary softball/baseball fields. The team, coaches, and parents knew that we were going to lose, but they never expected to lose a player for the rest of the season. That game was a clear blue sky day. I remember, because that was all I could do, look up at the crisp sky and pray. I was up to bat. Nervous as I was, I knew we needed some points. The first pitch came. The pitcher wound up, and the ball came rushing through the air, perfectly in the center. I swung, then the bat and the ball collided with a clank. The ball reversed its direction in the air, and …show more content…
The crowd immediately went soundless. My team’s jaws had dropped. I had no idea what to do, I was so confused. I didn’t even know what actually happened to my leg. Then my first base coach came running over to me and lifted me off the ground. My parents had just arrived, and they rushed over when they saw me being carried off the field.
My coach laid me on the ground and sincerely told my parents, “I’m sorry, she has to go to the hospital.” That is when my dad ran all the way back to the parking lot and backed his car next to the softball field. I was just looking up at the sky, not moving or saying anything. My facial expression was blank as a piece of white paper. Why should I? I was in unbearable pain, and I wanted the pain to end. But, I did not cry, I stayed strong and powered through the pain. One of my teammate’s father lifted me into the car. I just laid there too, it was all that I could do for a