Back in camp (probably around 1991 if I had to guess) we were facing a camp known for killing us at sports. This was no different: we were down 15-1 with 1 out in the bottom of the first. No joke. So our counselor/coach comes over to me and asks if I was actually serious when I previously told him I wanted to pitch. I had pitched a few times, and I got all cocky and said sure. Mind you I was probably 15/16 at that point, still pretty small for my age, and the camp we were playing had kids on roids, but somehow I put my nerves aside and said put me in. I wamred up with him on the side for 10-15 pitches and went in to the game. I struck out the next 2 batters to end the inning. In the 2nd I struck out the first batter, got another to ground out, and struck out the 3rd. Then, well, we called the game w/ the mercy rule. But for those 1 2/3 innings, I absolutely got in some sort of zone I had never been in before or since while pitching. It was awesome.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
1. hole in one - age 17, 3 months after i picked up golf
2. throwing a 1 hitter in pony league baseball - it was against our league rivals.
3. climbing the rope in gym class - obvious reasons
Knocked in an eagle from 200+ yards out of the rough with my new hybrid.
Good lord I hadn't even thought about golf...I was only thinking about sports moments from when I was a kid!
My hole in one last year and my tap-in 1 foot putt for eagle on a par 5 this year (both in Arizona) are both etched in my brain. I have never felt the sort of adrenaline rush as I did after I got my hole in one. It was seriously a feeling I will never forget, and now that I think about it I would put as my #1 sports moment.
Another somewhat amusing one that comes to mind: there was a really tough kid in our class...He was a total bully, and thought he was a complete badass, and it was just kind of known you wanted to avoid him at all cost. Back in Babe Ruth baseball, I had to play his team one day (I think I was around 13?). For some reason, I have no idea why, I was playing 3rd base. It's a totally random position for me to play, but there I was. He slides into third after a gap hit and the throw to me was late, so he was in with a triple. However, in his cockiness, after the play was dead, he stepped off the bag while he was smiling and waving to his bench, and I tagged him with the umpire watching and he got called out. Oh MAN did I ever get a look of death from him but it was just about the greatest thing ever at that time. He never said a word about it after that day. I think he was too embarassed.
Bright eyed kid: "Wow Typo Man, you're the best!"
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
-subbing in for my older sister in volleyball
-catching a bf's fly ball to end and win a game
-swimming across a lake last weekend and ending up with a few frozen toes
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Back in camp (probably around 1991 if I had to guess) we were facing a camp known for killing us at sports. This was no different: we were down 15-1 with 1 out in the bottom of the first. No joke. So our counselor/coach comes over to me and asks if I was actually serious when I previously told him I wanted to pitch. I had pitched a few times, and I got all cocky and said sure. Mind you I was probably 15/16 at that point, still pretty small for my age, and the camp we were playing had kids on roids, but somehow I put my nerves aside and said put me in. I wamred up with him on the side for 10-15 pitches and went in to the game. I struck out the next 2 batters to end the inning. In the 2nd I struck out the first batter, got another to ground out, and struck out the 3rd. Then, well, we called the game w/ the mercy rule. But for those 1 2/3 innings, I absolutely got in some sort of zone I had never been in before or since while pitching. It was awesome.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
2. throwing a 1 hitter in pony league baseball - it was against our league rivals.
3. climbing the rope in gym class - obvious reasons
Good lord I hadn't even thought about golf...I was only thinking about sports moments from when I was a kid!
My hole in one last year and my tap-in 1 foot putt for eagle on a par 5 this year (both in Arizona) are both etched in my brain. I have never felt the sort of adrenaline rush as I did after I got my hole in one. It was seriously a feeling I will never forget, and now that I think about it I would put as my #1 sports moment.
Another somewhat amusing one that comes to mind: there was a really tough kid in our class...He was a total bully, and thought he was a complete badass, and it was just kind of known you wanted to avoid him at all cost. Back in Babe Ruth baseball, I had to play his team one day (I think I was around 13?). For some reason, I have no idea why, I was playing 3rd base. It's a totally random position for me to play, but there I was. He slides into third after a gap hit and the throw to me was late, so he was in with a triple. However, in his cockiness, after the play was dead, he stepped off the bag while he was smiling and waving to his bench, and I tagged him with the umpire watching and he got called out. Oh MAN did I ever get a look of death from him but it was just about the greatest thing ever at that time. He never said a word about it after that day. I think he was too embarassed.
Typo Man: "Thanks kidz, but remembir, stay in skool!"
-catching a bf's fly ball to end and win a game
-swimming across a lake last weekend and ending up with a few frozen toes