Batting Around

Chris and Sean wanted to hit the ball around on Saturday so Chris called me up asking me if I wanted to join in. I’m always up for some baseball, no matter the weather and even though it was just the three of us I figured it’d be nice just to get some hitting in and to hang out with Chris and Sean, because they’re jokes.

Chris went up to bat first and asked me to check his swing to see what he could fix and all. The first pitch zinged right by my feet and I narrowly dodged it. I looked at Sean and went “wow, I can’t even see the ball!” This is largely due to the fact that the ball is grey and so is the gravel. Major league baseballs are rubbed in this mud mixture to give it this dirty brown look to it so that people can see it better. The next p itch Chris hit a line drive and it smashed me right in the head.

Lucky for me, I turned my head so it only hit me in the ear. The bad news though, was that I was temporarily deaf, and all I heard was ringing as I was on the ground laughing.

After that we decided to switch to the soft training ball that they bought. After a bit of playing we took a water break and Chris noticed that my ear swelled up considerably. Since we were near Kevin’s house we called him up and he promptly came by with some ice for my ear. I’m not sure how much my ear has gone down since then, but I’ve been looking it up and apart from hearing loss and nerve damage, I could also end up with cauliflower ear. Hopefully that’s not the case.

GG Ear!