Strike Out
A hard lesson learned
Tom kept the bat as a reminder. He’d been on a hot streak at the plate all summer, leading the league in RBIs. He’d gotten cocky and shot his mouth off about how much better he was than anyone else around him. How he was carrying the team.
How the mighty had fallen. The press was having a field day with it.
Today he had struck out at every bat. His teammates had been more gracious to him than he’d been to them when he was on top.
He hung the bat on his wall of fame in the den. It would remind him never to forget that a streak is just a streak. In the end, baseball was about the team, not the player.
I don’t remember what the inspiration was for this BMAC story. It reminds me of the adage that we should be careful how we treat others on our way up because they’re the same people we’ll meet on our way back down.
Have you had an experience with someone like this? Did you make Tom’s mistake?
His teammates being gracious seems unlikely. Oh wait, this is fiction. 🤣
I think I'd be surprised if we all hadn't, at some time or another, experienced the arrogance of a Mark. I just pray I never was one. Although it's nice when my ego gets rewarded, hoping I remembered that's all it was!!! 😁