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Your best sport growing up

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Your best sport growing up

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In my best season of little league, I hit .750 as starting 2nd baseman/relief pitcher. I played in every game for all or most of the game, and went 3 for 4, with only one of those hits leaving the infield. How did I manage to get all that playing time and only go 3 for 4? Well, I was so short, I walked in all of the rest of my plate appearances that season! Needless to say, my OBP was just a shade under 1.000. :biggrin:

Despite my somewhat decent "accomplishments" in little league baseball, soccer was my best sport growing up.
 
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would have to be swimming. I started competing at the age of 5... Lettered all 4 years in high school, used to swim about 5 miles a day, now I probably couldn't even do 50 laps consecutively. Also lettered in tennis and soccer but swimming was it for me.
 
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I played college baseball, had plenty of opportunities to go for football instead....but I thought I had a chance to receive a paycheck for my baseball services someday.

There are so many things about each sport that pulled me in.....like an addiction.

Football: There is nothing like football. I tell my high school kids that football is like a holiday in Ohio. 10 nights a year, the entire town shuts down. Everyone is at the football field to see these guys. The old timers want to know who is wearing their number, playing their position, who reminds him of a guy he played with. Football players lift, run and practice all year around and they get to play football for what adds up to 1 work day, or 8 hours (12 minute quarters--4 Qrts--10 games) I loved the xs and o's...the relationships, adversity, individual battles....man there is nothing like it.

Baseball: I loved the fact that I had the ball, standing 10" higher than everyone else on the field, and I dictated the game. I loved the fact you could not have had a ball hit to you for 6 innings, and then you make the game saving catch. Or you are 0-3 with 3 ks and you get the game winning hit. Baseball is also appealing b/c you dont have to be 6'8" or run a 4.4 to play.

I could go on all day, but who has time for that?
 
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Soccer until high school (my school didn't have a soccer team). I probably would have been best at basketball (I was a good shooter) but hated the coach and didn't play after freshman year. I did play softball for 4 years but never started varsity. I was a much better band geek than athlete. :biggrin:
 
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Tennis... they wanted me to play on our college team, and I wish it hadn't conflicted with activities for my major.

Played soccer though fifth grade, but was pretty average on our coed team. I think my father was a little embarrassed... not by how I played, but by how I would be practicing steps from dance class whenever the ball wasn't in play. :biggrin:

EDIT...and now I'm kind of wishing I hadn't posted right after Tao... :lol:
 
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I was at my best in baseball and I probably peaked when I was 15. I'd made the varsity team my freshman year as a left handed pitcher and first baseman. My fastball was in the low 90s and I hit something like .450 the first couple weeks of the season.

Then, on one really cold day (Ohio actually has rules against playing in weather when it's less than 40 degrees but Pennsylvania didn't at the time) our pitcher got into trouble early and I went out to the bullpen as fast as I could. Unfortunately the HC didn't give me much of a chance to warm up and I was in the game.

My shoulder tore itself apart on the first pitch and that was that. It took my entire Sophomore year to recover but when I moved. In Ohio I eventually was offered a spot on the Capital team as a first baseman/outfielder/relief pitcher, I couldn't afford tuition.

But I loved playing football. Unfortunately I didn't have the size.
 
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Along with BuckeyeRyn (and Teddy Swimteam) I was a swimmer. Started as a little kid, and swam through high school. My name was up on the school record board for a while, but I'm sure it's gone now....

I loved to play golf and football as well, but I was only good enough to hack around at both.
 
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OSU_Buckguy;731806; said:
it was a small college in new england. on academic but not athletic scholarship, as there weren't any. not quick and couldn't jump but could shoot, pass (loved to pass), and defend. due to the board's investigative prowess, i'd rather not name. i highly doubt i'd be found out anyway; nonetheless, i'm not taking the risk. :paranoid:

right now, i'm a much better golfer. :lol:
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A buddy of mine went on to play at U Dayton. He was the only white guy who could kick my ass on the court. A total bundle of energy...the guy didn't know when to quit and hated losing.

yeah...not worth the risk. Understood.
 
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