We reached that pivotal point in the season, we are a 10 games played. So far we are 5-5, this is mediocre to say the least. Our coach believes and I am with him on this that we're better than our record shows.
We started thursday with a double header in Melville, which was a tough task as we had been a comeback team all year who seemed to get hot in the later innings. Both games would be just 7 innings, in the first one we started really slow not recording a hit until the 5th inning where we left 2 runners on base. Our ace was on the hill and was throwing well, he kept us in the game. In the end though we were downed 4-0. We now had a scoreless streak of 9 innings against this team stemming back to a loss 4 days prior.
The second game came around ans same story we were behind early, but with a pitcher on the mound who was making his first start of the year we seemed to stick with the Mils, down 1-0 and only recording one hit so far, we got a few timely walks and an error that would put us up 2-1. This must of been rough on melville, we had only 1- hit but we held a lead going into the 6th, where they threatened with a man on third with 2 outs. As our started left the game with the lead he put it in the hands of 'Bartolo' as we like to call him who hales from Cali. He proceeded to get a ground ball and get us right back on the sticks where we put up one more run and he held down the opposition in the bottom of the 7th to get us back in the win column.
I hadn't seen action for a good 4 or 5 days and was getting anxious. We were scheduled to play a home game against Saskatoon the friday after our DH'er, but what happened next was a shock to everyone, not just the players and coaches on our team, but the entire city of Weyburn.
That night on the ride back we were hit with severe thunderstorms, in whih 3 inches of rain had fallen. The next day flooding had occured all over town and we as ambassadors of the community were there to help. Some of us had problems with our billets houses and some went about town helping those in need. I myself went to our coaches house where his basement had taken a major hit, with the smell of sewage looming, 8 of us bailed around 250 gallons of water out of his basement with the aid of pumps and buckets. The next day it was declared that Weyburn was in a state of emergency. Of course being 18-24 year olds we did the only thing we knew how to do in a stressful situation like this. We hit the bars, with the whole team out we had a great night enjoying it as we knew. And me and 'Big country' as I call him had one helluva night, Ill remember to tell you about it later.
So as a Boil Water advisory went out, most of us were without showers, drinking water, and unable to wash clothes. That sunday though we had to suit up at home to play Melville. Surprisingly we had a good number of fans out to watch the game, but with exhaustion taking over we put up a fight but made mental errors which cost us to drop to .500 on the season and share 2nd place in our division with the Millionaires. I never saw action but was ready to go as I wanted to 'put on for my city' and show Weyburn that we could bring some hope to a city who had seen damages done that could cost them millions in repairs. After that game coach made it clear that some guys hadn't been doing their jobs and he was going to bring in guys who could, so now it was clear that turning into high gear was no loner an option, it was a requirement. I myself feel pressure now, but this is where I dwell, put a guy on the roster that might throw harder, have better stuff. But I will run harder, lift more, throw more, be at the field longer because baseball is like my frst born and its something I will never take for granted just like the people of Weyburn will never take water for granted again.
In my next installment I will enlighten you on the situation regarding the State of Emergency and how our team is performing including myself, both mentally and physically.
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