{"id":256259,"date":"2026-07-13T14:38:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/cleanup-batter-emma-mccoy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:38:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:38:54","slug":"cleanup-batter-emma-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1kitap1.com\/en\/cleanup-batter-emma-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup Batter – Emma Mccoy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Being on a losing team that once had so much potential. We sucked. Game after game, it\u2019s like we were trying to find a way to lose. Yes, we won a couple of games here and there, and the strong hitters were still hitting the ball, but those runs weren\u2019t adding up to wins.<\/p>\n

Errors were stacking up, and those were killing us. I was mostly satisfied with my transition to shortstop and had been putting in extra practice hours to improve. But our third-base opening was filled with a rotation of guys from AAA who weren\u2019t ready to play in the big leagues. We had two of the best starting pitchers in the game, yet the team around them couldn\u2019t figure out how to mesh. The only bright light was that the team ownership was holding firm and not letting Griffen and Milligan back on the team while the accusations were under investigation.<\/p>\n

Oh, and yeah, now that we were stinking, my mom could finally get some time off from work and visit to watch a game or two. \u201cHey,\u201d I said to Austin as I got into the bus seat next to him. \u201cDo you think your sister would mind if my mother stayed at the house when she comes to town next month?\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know. Probably not. Just ask her.\u201d Austin had his head buried in his phone. I hoped it wasn\u2019t Ashley.<\/p>\n

He was definitely talking to someone, and the last thing he needed was to forgive and forget what she\u2019d done to him. \u201cWho\u2019s that?\u201d I asked, nodding towards the phone. \u201cNone of your fucking business.\u201d \u201cOkay.\u201d I tried to brush it off, but between the Minutemen\u2019s plummeting win\/loss record and the drama with his divorce, Austin was a miserable fuck lately. \u201cDon\u2019t be late for the flight back home. I got so much shit for your fuckup.\u201d I hadn\u2019t bothered telling him I was late because I was at his nephew\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

I was pissed at how little he noticed about his sister\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n

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Come on! We\u2019re going to be late.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t find my glove!\u201d My ten-year-old son yelled back to me from upstairs. I slapped the glove against my hand in frustration and eyed the baseball cleats still caked in dried mud lying at the front door. Nope, he hadn\u2019t realized he didn\u2019t have those yet. \u201cI have it. And your cleats.\u201d Thank God I had washed and set out his uniform last night. Otherwise, we\u2019d never leave.<\/p>\n

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