Team MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder)

Game 12: Immanuel Church won 20-16
Game 13: Immanuel Church lost 8-7

Well, it was yet another identity crisis type of night. We came out in the first couple of innings in the first game, guns blazing, scoring 14 runs in the first 3 innings of the game. Our worthy opponents only had 8 guys, so this was a vast improvement over our last foray against an undermanned team (5 total runs between two games). Then the wheels came off, and by the top of the 7th, we were down 16-14. I mustered all my ferociousness, and had a mini-tirade on our bench. The guys came back with a great effort…to keep from laughing out loud at me. But something worked, because we scored 6 runs in the last inning to pull out the victory.

Game two, we fell asleep again, and struggled to keep the ball out of the air. Our defense, which is usually a strength for us, left for the weekend a little early, and I watched helplessly as guys on our team bobbled routine plays, threw balls away, and generally made the Bad News Bears look like all-stars. And it was across the board – I think the only one who didn’t make an error in the game was the catcher. Couple that with a questionable called third strike in the last inning, and we found ourselves on the wrong side of an 8-7 outcome.

I don’t like losing, which I realize will shock those of you who know me. But I hate losing games that we should be winning, games where we beat ourselves rather than lose to the other team. There are few things more frustrating to me than our patented self-implosion routine.

So, on the season we are 7-6. We should be 10-3. In the past, we’ve always been a better second half team. Hopefully we can repeat that again this year.