I believe he's saying that the last time they played that team, they tied it in the bottom of the last inning. In other words, they had a sizeable lead, but needed to remain vigilant against a team that had come back on them before.
Rather anticlimactic ending to a playoff game
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I believe he's saying that the last time they played that team, they tied it in the bottom of the last inning. In other words, they had a sizeable lead, but needed to remain vigilant against a team that had come back on them before.
Oh, that is painful.
I wouldn't call those anticlimactic, I would call those painful.
The game against the team during the regular season ended in a tie, the playoff game my daughter's team had a lead.
Sounds gut wrenching to me.
Eric, thank you for being clear, when I was not.
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We were playing our rec league's championship game. We're home up 11-3 going to another inning, about 25 minutes left. There's a 6 run per inning rule. We were playing great up until that inning and then totally fell apart. Our pitcher lost the strikezone and walked a bunch, and we couldn't make a play in the field. The 6th run scored ending the inning and half the girls were in tears coming off the field. The inning took forever so there was only 4 or 5 minutes left. We had two girls hit, time expired, game over and we're champions. You would've thought we lost with how upset the girls still were.
I hope the girls got some perspective on the win at a later date, but it must have been disappointing not having the sweet taste of victory.
It is amazing how that happens. I had the reverse happen. My twin daughters playing third and catching on a very weak C team. They were getting crushed after the first two innings, and there was no way they were coming back. Later in the game when my girls were on the field, runners on 2nd and 3rd. Hard grounder hit to third base, my 3rd base daughter checked the runner at second and threw home to her sister, and got her out at home. It was the best play of the game, possibly of the summer, and beautiful to watch. At home we told my wife about it, we were so excited you would have thought we won the game.
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They did a bit. A few days later we had our end of season party and it was the last season for five of the girls (including my DD) because they are starting HS, so that was bittersweet as well.
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