High School Baseball

Tonight I went to a high school baseball game between the Bremen Braves and Oak Forest Bengals. In honor of my recently deceased cousin David, my Uncle Ted threw out the first pitch and the proceeds from all of tonight's ticket sales went to benefit cancer research. Uncle Ted pitched from the stretch and certainly threw a strike, but I'm sorry to say that the Braves lost.

It is funny how much I still dislike the Oak Forest High School Bengals. They were my high school's (Tinley Park H.S.) archrivals, and they always seemed to win. Seeing them prevail upon the Braves in extra-innings tonight brought back all of those adolescent feelings of jealousy and anger toward the superior team in the conference. Why can't my teams ever win? And why do I still get caught up with this competition?

Identity is a mysterious and powerful force!