IdahoBert

One step at a time is all it takes to get you there. — Emily Dickinson Life is like walking you take one step at a time. — Taylor Swift

5-1 road trip.

Win

Two outs

One out

Guess we need to win by a lone run going into the bottom of the 9th.

But he hasn’t been caught yet.

Zach McKinstry walks. He’s our speed demon with 16 SB… hope he doesn’t run us into and out

Headed to the top ‘o the 9th seeking a couple more runs.

This game is too close for comfort.

Glad Vest ended that inning.

Our guys are striking out a lot this game. 11 in seven innings.

Carp’s HR was Suarez’s pitch, w/ half the ball above the top of the the strike zone.

Our turn again w Carp

Meadows steals another HR.

Tied

We really need a double play to put an end to this nonsense

2-run jack for Mullins.

Eight up eight down since Carpenter’s home run.

I’m glad I’m not alone. But it gets more embarrassing. Around the same time I picked up a copy of “the baseball digest“ at the news stand and there was an ad for Strato Matic in the back that said it would “bring major league ball players into your home.“ I think my mistrust of advertising began at this time, because I knew that was impossible. I asked a neighbor who was two years older than me about it, and he laughed at me, and although he didn’t understand the word “metaphor” he explained how metaphors worked.

Basking in the afterglow of a victory like this is so delicious and innocent. It reminds me of being eight years old when I thought I was very fortunate to root for a team with Al Kaline on it who was so good they named batteries after him. Honest to God I actually thought that.

Forget the butter butterflies in the stomach I had to worry about the condition of my pants. This was freaking intense.

The gaps between the lows and the highs with this team are excruciating. The lows cut deeper and the highs are more stratospheric because I’m a lot more invested. I’ve bought into this team this year more than I have with any team in the last many years. A big part of it is that these guys are grown and raised on our own farms which are now showing promise instead of disappointment. The youthful exuberance of the team is just infectious.