Have you ever felt what it is like to hit a homerun? I have, I’ve felt that thrill about ten times and it never gets old. During the early summer of 2014, somewhere in June, the baseball team I was on went to the TOC or Tournament of Champions. We had the opportunity to play against teams that had won their division, as we did ourselves. We were in the first or second game of our TOC visit when I accomplished something that gave me an amazing feeling and it’s also something I don’t think I will ever forget.

While our team was warming up, I began talking to my teammate, Chris. “Hey Chris, how far do you think that fence is from home plate?” He replied with, “It looks about 220 or 225 feet.” After that I just kept to myself and tried to get ready to play. When I took batting practice I was feeling pretty good about myself.

We began the game and I was getting pretty excited but I was also nervous. Everything was ordinary at first base. When I went up to bat the first time in the 2nd inning I hit it between 2nd base and shortstop for a base hit. After that we scored five runs and they scored two. In the fifth inning I went up to bat and my friend Jake was on first base. I took a strike and a ball. Before the next pitch I stared at the pitcher until the pitch came in. I was a little nervous but when the pitch came in and I jacked that thing 235 feet over the fence and into the trees behind the fence. It went faster than a redneck on Mountain Dew. With that hit I made it 7-2 we were winning. When I hit it I had a great feeling, like butterflies in my stomach, it’s a really great feeling.

It was the last inning, bottom of the 7th and we still have the lead 4-7. Our team was doing a pretty good job, and that’s where the errors began to show up. We made simple throwing errors and catching errors. At this point in the game it was tied up, bases loaded,1 out. There was a shallow outfield hit. The center fielder had to run in and tried to make a play which he missed. Their last run scored and we were eliminated from the TOC.

After the game we were all very bummed. When you hit a homerun, it’s its an amazing feeling but it’s kind of hard to explain. It’s like you just helped your team out; it’s like scoring a goal with 1 second left to play, or shooting the game winning buzzer beater shot. All I can say is that feeling will never ever get old.