Post by barkeep on Aug 26, 2023 4:00:36 GMT -5
I was playing in a game of Softball that had no meaning what so ever. It was just for fun. Anyway I hit a single to center field. Now in a game like that the outfielders will take their time getting to the ball and then lob not throw the ball back to the infield. So I rounded first base fast and go for 2nd base catching them off guard. But this time when I rounded first base I hit the corner of the bag and sprained my ankle badly. The pain was like a hot iron rod going up my leg. I got up to limp back to first base. The 2nd basemen was one of those guys who took any softball game seriously like it was the 7th game of the World Series. He was built like Hoss Cartwright. He even sounded like him. Anyway seeing that I was not on base he through the ball hard to first base. The ball never got to the first basemen because it hit me in the lower back. It was like being hit with a cannonball. I fell on first base in double pain. I heard someone ask me if I was all right. I said, Will I have had better days. I was lucky that the ball did not hit me in the spine or I could have had permanent damage. I wonder how many views that would have gotten if You-tube had been around back then.