1 Game and 1 Concussion

1 game and 1 concussion.

Yes, concussion. In the 7th inning a Warner Robins Aviator slid into home headfirst and somehow I got kicked in the side of my head Karate Kid style. To give you a visual just envision the way a scorpion whips his stinger over his back to attack the unsuspecting victim. In the same manner I was roundhouse kicked to the face. I laid there for a good two minutes before coming to my senses and was walked back to the dugout where I sat in a daze for another half hour or so until I was taken to the hospital to be checked out. The best part was that as I was sitting in the dugout I hadn't removed any of my catcher's gear, not even my glove. Maybe thirty minutes after the collision I look down and realize that I still have all of this on. It was then that I also notice that I still had the ball in my glove. I got knocked flat out, didn't lose the ball, and apparently somewhere in my subconscious felt it necessary to continue to hold on to the ball without even realizing it. For some reason, this made the concussion quite bearable...a badge of honor you could say. If nothing else, I will always be able to say that in my first minor league baseball game I got a concussion and HELD ON TO THE BALL! .......Heck yes.

Anyway, I went to the hospital where I waited and waited and waited and waited until I finally was given a cat scan. But, since it was after-hours there wasn't anyone at the Macon hospital to read the scan so they sent it to Australia for a radiologist there to take a look at it since there it was in the middle of the workday. So, I had a doctor from all the way across the world tell me that I was going to be fine. My concussion was quite literally a worldwide event.
After 3 hours of sleep I came back the next day and caught again...still with the concussion. I did a pretty good job, especially considering the circumstances. I even threw three runners out and to top it all off had another play at the plate where the runner mercifully slid in to home instead of trying to give me concussion number 2.

All in all, haven't got a hit yet in 5 at-bats, but I've gotten my feet wet and I feel pretty good about things so far. As a team, we lost yesterday and won today making us 1-1.

On a side note I'd really like to know how I got on a team with nothing but people from the north? I didn't know people in New Jersey played baseball and we have something like 6 guys from Jersey...weird