We had a game against Pomona-Pitzer, at Pitzer. It started out just like any other away game. We shuffled into the vans and made our way to the field. As warm-ups began, so did the drama. All of a sudden our catcher was getting yelled at across the field, being grabbed by her chest protector. The rest of the team attempted to act as normal as possible to try and not bring more attention to our side of the field. It stopped. Then as the game began and tipped to Pomona's advantage, she grew more upset. More yelling, more accusations of "not caring about the sport enough" & "us taking her love of softball away from her", and parents overhearing and seeing everything. As the game came to an end, seniors and other members of the team teared up. A miserable way to kick off the end of their season. Before we shuffled onto the vans, we endured yet another lecture... one that fans (including a whole organization of 12-year-old softball girls ) overheard.
Naturally, our AD received many complaints about her ongoing behavior.
The last step before the final close of the season, exit meetings, one on one meetings with the coaching staff. Every player on the roster was expected to attend. To say that this meeting was awkward would be an understatement. I broke the news about the increasing pain and my concern for being ready for next fall right away, but that I wasn't going to give up trying to play again. I told them about possibly needing to get another surgery and her response was "Well, I know your gonna do what you want, so good luck". Haha, not a I'm so sorry or we will be here to support you, just see you next semester. cool.
The team got some good news on 06/15/18, coach was fired. The process of finding the right person to rebuild the organization could begin. And I, could finally worry about the only thing that mattered, my health and happiness. (getting back to softball)
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