My Catchers Career Ended Early

I got to play catcher for two years in Little League and then it was over. There was another kid on our team who wanted to play catcher, but I was better than he was so I got to be the main catcher. Being a kid, I didn’t know much about politics, but I soon learned. This kid’s dad decided to coach a team the next year and picked me to be on his team.

 

On our first day of practice, our “manager” took all the catchers equipment and gave it to his son and said that he would be the starting catcher. I asked the manager where I was going to play and he said I would be back-up catcher and utility player. Not only did I not get to play catcher that season, but no other position either! The next season, the same guy picked me again, so my dad pulled me out of baseball. Politics…

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