Last weekend I was playing out in Syracuse and
I wore this shirt.
It just seemed very
appropriate to the vibe of the night. And I wrote a bit (that I never actually posted) about the evening
including the return of the godchildren (when out of the blue I hear someone
yell "hey, godfather" at me I knew I had a team of teenage minions following my lead again
and I must say I do think that's kind of cool). Last week there was a packed
house of 41 players every available vest was accounted for. However, this week
I headed out to Albany and it was a little quieter, but the sentiment of the
shirt might have been equally appropriate. There were only a handful of players
and it was difficult to find a reasonable balance, although I swear I tried in
the beginning. When I showed up and there was nobody except this guy with his
young nephew I didn't want to scare anyone off so I played quite mildly,
teaming up with the kid and helping to point out where he could get the extra
base and gem points while putting only moderate attention on aiming at our
opponent. Later on a couple more people joined so I felt at liberty to take it
up a notch, but still "playing nicely".
Now, here is where I throw some kudos to the game
master, Dominick. While I interpreted it as "playing nicely" and can't
account for how my teammates played (the young boy and another girl who showed
up with a guy who played on the other team) apparently from the outside it
still looked like a slaughter on those two guys. Dominick donned a vest and
joined the game to try to even the match a bit and I really respect and appreciate
that...and not just because it gave me someone to target harder without feeling
badly about it.
Awhile back I wrote a post here about how I
encourage staff stepping up when there is nobody around to play a proper game.
Actually, at the time it was more a criticism of a situation where no staff
were willing to step up at all. But in this case I want to acknowledge what a
help it was to the opposite team and make the game significantly more
interesting to play (at least from my vantage point) when he did enter the
game. I also appreciated it because sometimes I feel like in spite of my
genuine efforts, I literally am not capable of adulting to fully take it down
far enough to really be right...the first game I could handle just being a
coach, but by the last game I needed to play! Sure, I will keep from going
total try-hard on a situation and I do always try to help players get their bases
if I can. However, I also want to enjoy the best possible game too and I appreciate
that this was made possible by the end...even though I clearly can't adult
today either!
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