NCAA's days 2/3

This is a continuation of yesterday's post. As I recall, I left off right before we departed for the field and right after Gaeta and I lounged in the room for 4 hours doing nothing.

So we left for the field at 4pm yesterday...our game was at 7:30pm. We arrived at UMass' field at about 4:07pm. We watched Washington warm up for a long while, and started warming up ourselves around 6pm. The game started at approx. 7:30 where the estimated attendance was at 922 people. Wow.

In the game, we were hanging with UMass for quite some time, until roughly the 3rd inning. That's when the worst display of coaching I've ever seen happened. We had bases loaded with one out...Coach Blood called for a suicide squeeze bunt. RETARD. Not only is there a force on at home plate, but there is a freshman up to bat AND a freshman runner on 3rd (who is not a good base runner). Just stupid. It sucked the momentum right out of us, after the runner was thrown out at third (failed squeeze) and the batter struck out. Later in the game, he had someone steal...out. One batter later, another person attempted to steal...out. Terrible coaching. And on top of that, terrible umpiring.

After our loss (run-ruled in the bottom of the 6th)...we all met with our families and got on the bus. All of the upperclassmen were discussing the same thing: the poor coaching. It was just horrible. And he didn't take any credit. He blamed it all on us.

We got back to the hotel after the game and had pizza and salad waiting for us. It was really good pizza, which was one positive to the night. Gaeta and I went back to the room around 10:30...and we were sleeping by 12. Apparently I was talking in my sleep, haha.

We woke up around 9:20 today. We've been lounging and watching quality tv ever since. Again, I love this because the NCAA is paying for everything! This is the laziest (softball) trip I've ever been on. Usually it's stressful and we have schoolwork to worry about. This is awesome because...we've already won, it's stress free. We won Ivies...this is just the icing on the cake, if you will. It's just a fun, awesome experience. I love it.

Today we're departing at 12:30 for lunch at Quiznos. Then we're going to watch the Umass/Washington game. Should be a good one. Our game with Sacred Heart is slated to begin at 5pm, winner will face UMass/Wash at 7:30pm.

Ya Red. Here we go!