Every year after Christmas passes, thoughts in the Griffie household turn toward the next big season. Every day that passes brings us one day closer to the start of the college baseball season. Denny and I have been season ticket holders for the Cal State University Fullerton baseball team for several years now.
It is great to see all of the people and catch up with them. We sit in a section that is very much like family, so the first game of the season is a little like a reunion for all concerned. We get an oppportunity to greet old friends and make new ones.
So baseball season is finally here and we were excited to attend the opening home game tonight at Goodwin Field. We opened this year against the TCU Horned Frogs. It was a great game. TCU would score, and the Titans would answer. Then TCU pulled ahead by two in the top of the seventh, so the Titans answered by putting up a 4 in the bottom of the seventh. The crowd was solidly behind all of our players, and with every hit, the crowd got louder and more supportive. Then in the top of the ninth it happened. . . TCU was able to even the score again.
We headed into the bottom of the ninth with the score at 6 all. We got a couple of guys on base and then Tyler Pill was put in to pinch hit, and our section went wild. Tyler is in his freshman year as a Titan, but he and his folks sat behind us for four years while his older brother, Brett, who now plays for the Giants organization played for the Titans. We all felt a surge of pride that OUR Tyler was up to the plate. Denny and I just knew that Tyler was going to get a hit.
He had a two-one count and the pitch was thrown, and Tyler gave it the sweet Pill swing and the ball bounced off the top of the wall and over the fence. Ground rule double on a game winning swing of the bat. What a great end to a terrific game. Both teams played hard and it was a great start to a new season.
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LK Gardner-Griffie
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