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Shane pulled his hamstring playing softball on Thursday. It’s actually quite a story. His famous last words were, “Hey, y’all wanna see something funny?” The low-loop, co-ed team of lawyers was up against the best team in the league–and down by 11 points. With two outs in the final inning, my darling husband decided to have some fun. I noticed him taking a couple of left-handed practice swings, so I wasn’t surprised when he walked behind the ump to the other side of home plate.

“Does Shane bat left-handed?” the woman next to me asked. “No,” I replied calmly. “No, he doesn’t.” Sigh.

Somehow on the first pitch, he managed a measly in-field hit right toward the other team’s only not-perfect player. Heeding my advice to “always, always run it out,” he safely made it to first. But when the ball was overthrown to the first baseman, Shane naturally headed for second.

He was almost tagged at second, but a timely drop by the second baseman saved him. However, the third baseman thought the game was over (shouldn’t it be by now?) and was halfway to the dugout. So Shane skittered on to third.

I can’t quite remember what happened at third. The baseman got back, got the ball…but I think by this point, Shane had just decided it was all or nothing. So off he went for the run. The way he tells it, he thought the third baseman was chasing him, so he really started sprinting. Unfortunately, two steps before home plate–pop!–goes his hamstring, and he fell flat on his face. (As his legal assistant pointed out, the only part of his body that actually touched the plate was his forehead.)

Recalling his prognostication (“Y’all wanna see something funny?”), we all assumed this was a part of his master plan to make us laugh in spite of our athletic ineptitude (well, their ineptitude, really–I’m just a fan). It wasn’t until he limped back to the dugout that we realized the only funny part to him was the left-handed swing.

He did say it was worth it. Despite the pain, he was on Cloud Nine the first few days, reliving his feat to parents, co-workers and fellow churchgoers. But as the week wears on, the euphoria wears thin. I seem to hear less and less about rounding third and more and more about how he still can’t tie his shoes. I guess he isn’t doing well with any strings this week.

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