Game 14: Immanuel CMA lost 14-0
Game 15: Immanuel CMA won 9-7
2008 Season: 8-7
For those of you who are not baseball aficionados, when a person is hitting at or below .200, he is said to be 'flirting with the Mendoza Line.' Fondly, or not, named after Mario Mendoza, who has a career .215 batting average, and actually batted .198 as a full time starter in 1979, this is a reference you never want to hear associated with softball, individually or as a team.
So, why do I bring this up? Not only did we fail to score a run in our first game on Monday night, but we barely got over the Mendoza Line as a team, batting a paltry 4 for 19 (.210 for those of you who were not on your high school Math team). I don't even know where to begin with this. This is the first time I've been on a team that's been shut out in a softball game. Exactly how bad was it? in the 19 at bats, 8 balls left the infield, 4 of which were outs. I think I speak for all the guys on the Immanuel Team when I say...
Game 15: Immanuel CMA won 9-7
2008 Season: 8-7
For those of you who are not baseball aficionados, when a person is hitting at or below .200, he is said to be 'flirting with the Mendoza Line.' Fondly, or not, named after Mario Mendoza, who has a career .215 batting average, and actually batted .198 as a full time starter in 1979, this is a reference you never want to hear associated with softball, individually or as a team.
So, why do I bring this up? Not only did we fail to score a run in our first game on Monday night, but we barely got over the Mendoza Line as a team, batting a paltry 4 for 19 (.210 for those of you who were not on your high school Math team). I don't even know where to begin with this. This is the first time I've been on a team that's been shut out in a softball game. Exactly how bad was it? in the 19 at bats, 8 balls left the infield, 4 of which were outs. I think I speak for all the guys on the Immanuel Team when I say...
Fortunately, we found our hearts and actually played some good ball in game 2, responding with a team average of .538, and winning a well played game against one of the tougher teams in our league. I was left scratching my head as to how we can raise our team average over 300 points between two games, but I've given up trying to explain our team this year. When we're good, we're close to great. When we're bad, we are scary bad.
All that said, we're still on the upside of .500 halfway through the season. I'll take it, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want more.
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