Take me home from the ballgame

One of the job hazards in a life of sports is the occasional horrible ballgame.

Tonight I witnessed Harrisonburg's 16-0 win at Woodstock in the Valley Baseball League. Harrisonburg had 16 hits. Every player except one scored in the seventh inning.

I've never been a huge fan of covering baseball anyway. Games like these are why. While baseball can remain quite competitive, it's also one of those sports than a two- or three-score differential is absolutely impossible to overcome.

So coaches coach it differently, basically accepting the loss when the game isn't truly half done. They put in lesser-skilled players, and before you know it, it looks even worse than it could have been if both sides kept trying.

I assure you, the only thing worse than watching a 16-0 game is trying to ask questions about a 16-0 game. A close third would be trying to write that same game in an interesting manner.