You would think I would realize this. I should have been able to figure it out. I mean, it is a concept that is clear as day. Yet, it hit me kinda hard. It made me think.
When I went upstate in July of course I went to a Bisons game. It was fun seeing Mike Nickeas and Zach Lutz play. And after the game I waited to talk to Nickeas even though he had already signed a baseball card for me before the game. He was nice enough to chat with me for a few minutes. I explained why I was somewhat randomly in Buffalo and I also mentioned that I was glad I got to see him play. That's what lead to it.
I wish I remembered exactly what he said. He mentioned that he didn't play well and possibly that he wished he'd had a better game. It was true, I guess. He didn't have any hits in the game and he had a passed ball (that could be attributed to the problematic center field scoreboard, though).
It was such a quick comment that really wasn't meant to, well, mean anything. But it made me think. I didn't care that he didn't have any hits. The passed ball didn't change the outcome of the game so that didn't bother me either. I just enjoyed the fact that I was watching my favorite player in person. However, hearing the disappointment from a player was something I had not heard before.
Quite simply, not getting a hit means the player didn't do his job that game.
It's such an obvious concept that I just didn't seem to put it together until that moment.
When I went upstate in July of course I went to a Bisons game. It was fun seeing Mike Nickeas and Zach Lutz play. And after the game I waited to talk to Nickeas even though he had already signed a baseball card for me before the game. He was nice enough to chat with me for a few minutes. I explained why I was somewhat randomly in Buffalo and I also mentioned that I was glad I got to see him play. That's what lead to it.
I wish I remembered exactly what he said. He mentioned that he didn't play well and possibly that he wished he'd had a better game. It was true, I guess. He didn't have any hits in the game and he had a passed ball (that could be attributed to the problematic center field scoreboard, though).
It was such a quick comment that really wasn't meant to, well, mean anything. But it made me think. I didn't care that he didn't have any hits. The passed ball didn't change the outcome of the game so that didn't bother me either. I just enjoyed the fact that I was watching my favorite player in person. However, hearing the disappointment from a player was something I had not heard before.
Quite simply, not getting a hit means the player didn't do his job that game.
It's such an obvious concept that I just didn't seem to put it together until that moment.
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