My frustration was getting anyone else to focus on the
game. Our two captains and their usual
sub were all gone. The guy who is
normally trying to lead things just wasn’t focused for that first game. It was actually painful trying to get him to
pay attention as he wander here and there talking about his past glories in the
game and family history and this and that and anything but the actual game we
were currently playing. Fortunately, he
did seem to focus more on the second game, which I think helped.
Not that he was the driving force behind our win, but we all
seemed more focused that game, which helped all the way around.
And both were hard fought games. We made the first game close, and the second
was closer than I would have liked it to be even if we did win.
We are third going into the tournament this weekend. Unfortunately, with six teams, only the top
two teams get first round byes, and we are starting earlier than normal. I’m going to have to be there are 9 AM, which
means leaving the house even earlier to pick up the people I carpool with. I’m not looking forward to that.
Anyway, that wasn’t all the ultimate I got this last
Saturday. After a couple of hours at
home, I went back out to the LA Aviator’s game.
This is the men’s professional ultimate team, and I like trying to make
some of their games each season. This
was their second home game and the first chance I’d had to watch them play this
year. It seems like I always go when
they are playing San Diego, but they were actually playing San Jose this time,
which was fun. Even better, they won! They got a few breaks, but the teams mostly
traded points, so it wasn’t exciting in that regard, but there were some great
plays and it was just fun.
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