It's Time to Play 'til the Whistle Blows

One of my favorite scenes from a movie is the scene in We Are Marshall where it's "game day" and the little kid runs outside with Jack following, and they see everybody walking down to the football field. Jack asks what day it is, the kid answers "game day." This is repeated once and then Jack says "it's time to play 'til the whistle blows" and then the little kid whistles. For one, this is one of the cutest things I have ever seen and two, this scene has been in my mind a lot as spring sports are starting up at UC and winter sports are going into playoffs. Seeing all the teams and players get ready for their games and for it to be "game day" for them again, I get a little jealous.

I played basketball and softball for 7-12 grades and for those 6 years of high school, from November until May, I frequently had those so called "game days." I thoroughly miss the games days from high school and the bonds the teams had during the season. My senior year I really wanted to look into playing in college and went as far as getting an old game tape from basketball and had been emailing back and forth. I guess i chickened out and never sent my tape to the basketball coach. There is always that "what if..." moment with that. I also thought about being a walk on player but then I never found out when try-outs were for either basketball or softball. Cristina, my girlfriend, is always telling me that I should try out next year but I think I've been out of the game for so long I don't think I could play after taking a two year break.

This "game day" thing reminds me of last summer when I played in a summer slow-pitch softball league up in Rome with my cousin Julie. I met a lot of cool people through playing this and I also learned that the basketball coach from UC plays in the same league, which I thought was funny. As it gets closer to May and June, I can't help but to think of last summer and what the future brings for this upcoming summer. I know I'm going to be back playing slow-pitch again this year and I can't wait for it to be my time to say that it's game day. Not only do I love getting dressed in the slight uniform that we do have, but I also love hanging out with Julie every week and having fun playing softball.

I wish I could find a basketball league me and Julie could play in but I'm not having luck.

All I want is to have summer come so I can just wear a wife beater and shorts and be warm. All I want is to have my game days back and play softball. Needless to say, I'm excited for this upcoming summer. =]

...The Limping Lizard.