I'll play this God damn game on Rt. 17... or will we??

Thinking back the other day to our game against the Gas House Gorillas, something really grind-ed my gears. You want to know what really grind-ed my gears? Well I will tell you anyways, if you want to hear it or not.....
I have dealt with a lot of kids in my short lifetime as a mentor, coach, even a teacher and I think that some of those kids might have a knack that many of us do not have; it might seem so minuscule but it is such a huge part of the game, not only in high arc softball but in life. I believe that playing sports really gets you prepared for life. Life is a sport, you can get knocked down but you gotta get up again, something unexpectedly might happen, how are you going to react? You gonna keep your head down with your tail between your legs or are you going to fight back? Your reaction, what you do on the spot will show the average bystander, fan and colleague your character. How much character does this person have? Everyone in life looks for this... your high school coach, college coach, professional coach and even your boss. They want to know one thing! How MENTALLY TOUGH is this person? If I was that average fan watching the game the other day I would not know what to think of The Doolies but from past experience I can tell you we are not that tough.
If we do not score in the bottom of the second, I get the feeling that a lot of people on the squad would have started to get frustrated. Here comes the glove throwing, yelling at the first base ump on any close call and then there would have been a lot of finger pointing among the team. Gos was not there so who would everyone have blamed for this? Great question! Only time will tell. Too many times throughout the years I have noticed that when we are down a few people on the team start to pout and that takes them out of their game. Something we need to work on (and it is obviously not easy) is staying up throughout the game, winning or losing. If we are down then we have gotta crank it up that much more. Lets stop focusing on players such as E Gos on the other team cause we all know, he was in most of our heads! The day E Gos is in my head is the day I am going to get my head checked out! And I do not plan on getting my head checked out any time soon! I am more worried about certain individuals such as Uncle Andy or DeFreese, thats it.. well maybe some individuals on the B-Team and Bombers. Let me grade out each individual on how mentally tough I think they are with a short sentence explaining my grading... Grading is based on what I know about the certain individual in life and possibly on on sports team.

Ma$e: B, longest tenured worker with John as his boss.
Josh: B, cried twice in athletics, once down in Toms River and once after fumbling the game away against Kean. Three career rings.
G: C, Do not think I have shared tears with this kid but have seen tears throughout the years with many glove throws. Still not sure if Detective Koch dished out his PBA after draining five threes vs. Bergenfield.
Ryan: D, Stepped up huge during the Green Raiders state championship run his junior year. Easily taken out of his game on Sundays. Hardest hitting safety in NBIAL history.
Nicky: B, I could not imagine taking the grief that the beans has taken throughout his years of being beans but also being a Mets and Jets fan. Lasted at Bendover Catholic for four years.
Brian T: A, If your father is Greg Toal Sr. and your still living then you have made it.
Sam: B, I have seen him throw down which definitely earned my respect! Huge plays in the field starting two years ago.
John: F, sorry pal but when you get out you cannot act like your life is over! Lasted four years at BC.
Mike: B, Worst umpire in league history but brushes it off like a true officer should do! Great example sir! Still stood in there when Scilleri was cruising around the edge.
Mark: C, Seen him at the blakjack table conceive a loss before the cards were even pulled outta the shoe. Escaped failure because he got arrested for assault last summer and has fight outside Duffy's in previous summers.
Drew: D, Still blames Coach Toal for ruining his sports career. Stepped up dramatically to save The Doolies franchise from past playoff failures.