Were you on my Little League team?

by CK08, Thursday, May 16, 2013, 06:59 (4772 days ago) @ Chris

When I was 11, I was on a 12-year-old heavy team. The next year, in addition to losing all the 12 year olds to the 13-14 year old league, we had two kids move away, and a third see the writing on the wall and "quit", then sign up again and catch on with another team as basically a free agent.

So it was me, one other 12 year old, and the rest were 11 year olds. We were basically the 1962 Mets. At one point, an umpire told us we were on the wrong field and pointed the way to the 9-10 year old field. After our 6th straight mercy rule loss to begin the season, my grandfather asked me "what the hell is wrong with your team?"

We won one game, 6-4, and I finished it with a diving catch in center field (which I played because I was the only kid on the team that could catch fly balls).

The next year, all those 11 year olds turned 12 and had their growth spurts, and they won the league title. (I got lucky in the draft into the 13-14 year old league and ended up on a championship team there, no thanks to me).