Ashtabula Star Beacon and Ashtabula St. John High School Sports Mission Creep Originating in the 1970s That Is Less Likely To Originate in 2013 Due To Greater Transparency (Part Twelve)
This article (part twelve) reiterates parts of the last article and identifies further what thoughts crossed the mind of this author on the night of June 1, 1978 and/or the morning of June 2, 1978…
Forty Years Ago
On June 1, 1978 the Ashtabula Star Beacon published an article titled “4 Streaks Honored All Star Team? Color It Blue“.
On June 1, 1978 while in Columbus this author was a player on the St. John Heralds Baseball Team asked the Head Coach of the Ashtabula St. John High School Baseball Team about why nobody on the team was selected to the NEC All Star Team. The only thing he said (even when asked additional questions by players that evening such as why he did not go to the meeting) was that he did not attend the meeting held to pick players and coaches.
This author does hypothesize that not wanting there to be transparency and/or shielding at least one player was the motive for the eventual fact that not one Ashtabula Saint John Herald Baseball Team person in 1978 was on the NEC Baseball All Star Team in any capacity in 1978. Had there been transparency The Ashtabula Saint John High School Baseball Team in 1978 would with very little doubt have had at least one player who would have been on the first team if not MVP of the NEC.
And, I believe that had certain apparently planned and vile events that transpired not had happened the Saint John Baseball Team could have been continued to be carried to a state tournament victory or at the very least a win on June 2, 1978 by yours truly had the unfortunate apparently planned and vile events that night not taken place. But clearly, this Sports Mission Creep has never been about winning a game or for that matter, playing it well,…maybe it is about what is humaine, decent, fair….
It was nearly 41 years, ago. I remember waking up the next morning on June 2 tired and sore apparently due to
1. Sleeping with a mattress placed on the floor by the head coach when he brought in a person late that night when I had already laid down to sleep who was not on the team to sleep in the room that both the equipment manager and I were already in
and
2. The non player refusing to quit talking with no way way identified to contact the coach (as the equipment manager and I and later along with the student not on the team in some type of storage facility looking room) or security (there was no telephone) resulting in few hours of sleep (after hours of travel to Columbus and then trying to sleep in what I learned was a type of overflow equipment room that had extra beds and was segregated from the rest of the team) on the night of June 1, 1978-June 2, 1978.
I woke up hoping it was all a dream. But as I stared down into the mattress placed on the floor realized the hard reality.
After a few moments I also realized the game was soon set to be played. All I could do was my best. It never crossed my mind to not play. It had been repeatedly thought about the night before when I realized I would not have optimal enough sleep and it did cross my mind again that morning to try my best to mitigate error.
This all happened nearly 40 years ago.
Baseball game playing went instantly from a positive reinforcement to negative reinforcement paradigm.
A sort of torture.
My upper body felt somewhat numb and was “buzzing” like I was mowing the lawn with a gas engine push mower. My arms felt somewhat numb perhaps due to sleeping on a matress on the floor all night.
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