Clutch

Throughout my life I have played in many games. Whether it be football, baseball, or basketball, I have had my share of games that I have played in. Of those sports I have to say that my most clutch moment happened in little league baseball in 12U baseball. There are other moments like when I had my 85-yard punt return for a touchdown against Hornell but we lost that game so I would prefer that I do not mention it. This moment in my life happened about four years ago and took place in a little league baseball game. It was the district championship and my team had dominated the tournament for the most part, but there was another team on the other side of the bracket that we had barely beaten earlier in the tournament. They had a pitcher that threw harder than any kid that our team had ever seen and if he would have pitched the entire game we probably would have lost. But it was time for the championship now and it turned out that he pitched the semi-final game so he was not going to start. After a couple of innings passed, the score was now tied and it came down to the last inning. I was coming up this inning and was hoping I could get the opportunity to get the game winning hit. After a couple batters later and a man on base, with the score tied and two outs, I was up. Right before I had gone up to bat, the coach from North Buffalo called in their pitcher. It was the kid that played us earlier in the tournament; the kid that threw harder than any pitcher I had seen. After he was done warming up, it was time to bat. I stepped up to the plate and took the first pitch for a ball and the next two for strikes. With one ball and two strikes on me, I took a quick swing at it and lined one down the third baseline for the game-winning hit. It was clutch and we won the championship. End of Story.