Lucky 13

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

Worked one of my longest plate stints I can remember doing yesterday: 13 lovely innings of Class C JV ball...and the reason I say 'lucky', is that if the visitor's 1st baseman hadn't...at the very LAST second...dropped the throw from SS for the 'last' out of the 13th inning as the home runner crossed the plate, we might STILL be there.

Actually it was a fun game to work - the kids all got excited as they played what was probably their first extra inning game ever, and especially as we got into the tie breaker, which I seriously have never had in a school game before.

Was it a little sloppy? Sure. Were the coaches clueless (especially on what constitutes a REAL strike zone)? Absolutely. Was it exciting? You bet!