I was a catcher in baseball. When I was young there used to be a show on ESPN in the morning on Saturday or something. Anyway, it was instructional in nature. One episode was catcher and how to block pitches in the dirt. For some reason I really studied it and put it to practice. 9th grade pitchers aren't very good and often throw in the dirt. So I got good at blocking pitches with no regard for bruises/pain that may stem from doing it. One game there was a runner on first. As the pitcher throws a pitch, runner goes. Pitch in the dirt. I block it and and throw a bullet from my knees to the 2nd baseman and he tags him out. Even the opposing fans and coaches came up to me to tell me what a great play that was.
I will never forget it.
Football was my sport though. I was almost the biggest kid on the varsity team. Our coaches philosophy for whatever reason was to use small fast kids as defensive lineman except shortfield/goal line situations, which still was rare. One game he calls for the hogs when the other team was on our 3 yard line. I always wanted to be a d-lineman, so when I get in there I was really psyched up. At the snap, I knock the guard right on his ass and destroy the running back. No fumble, but they did miss the field goal.
Still didn't get to play d-line regularly though.
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