Rob T posted:This afternoon starts our district playoffs. The 2017's team scraped together wins to come in as the 2nd seed.
The way playoffs are structured here... 1 plays 4 and 2 plays 3. Winners play for the championship. However, two teams out of the district advance to regional play - so today's game is actually the "must win".
The team is going in with basically a .500 record which given the turmoil over the last couple of years is a miracle. The pitchers look like a MASH unit and the defense rivals the Bad News Bears. Somehow though they have managed to make it this far. The engine is smoking, the gas gauge is pointing to empty, and there are 2 flat tires - but they are going to keep the pedal down as long as they can.
Just remember, the Bad News Bears won it all! Just pour some STP in the engine, siphon some gas in the parking lot and ride the steel rims if necessary. Good luck.
I had to watch 2017's team get eliminated on Gamechanger (was in Pigeon Forge with younger son at tournament - Ripken Experience was really a nice setting in the mountains). Bottom of 7th, they were down by 1 with one out, runners at 2nd and 3rd. Ended after two consecutive strikeouts. Feels weird for high school baseball to be over for now, but hope to get back into the program in a couple of years with my 2024.