>8 years old
>playing basketball on a team at the local Y indoors
>teams are intergender
>I'm not very good but I'm living my MJ/Space Jam fantasy in my own mind so I don't really give a d*rn
>holy crap I have the ball
>girl on the other team comes up to me and tries to steal it
>I hold on tight
>she fails
>then she starts going all she-woman and super aggressively whacking at the ball and she's hitting my hands and wrists too like seriously what the heck is it legal to be that rough I thought this was supposed to be fun?
>she finally knocks it out of my grasp and gets the ball
>I can hear people in the crowd laughing and being like "oooh!"
>after the game even my mom starts singing "I am woman, hear me roar" and laughing about it
Stupid team sports, I always hated them, casual pickup and shootarounds with friends were always better
>>76366195
>4th grade
>little league baseball
>i fucking hated this game, dad made me play
>afraid of the ball
>coach knew i was shit and always had me out where the ball would never come to me
>of course it ends up coming to me anyway this game
>try to throw the ball to first base
>doesnt even make it halfway
>later when im up to bat
>pitcher was clearly a few years past the age limit
>fucker mustve been 16 years old
>was throwing like 100 mph (seemed like that to a kid)
>take a swing anyway
>ball gets launched almost straight down into the now muddy infield
>take off running
>run right out of my shoes because of mud
>turns out i didnt even hit the ball
>it just hit my hand and shattered all my fingers
>coach has his own kid take my place on first base because little league rules
Oh yeah and the time i almost scored a run but i jumped over the catcher but missed the plate and got tagged out anyway.
Fuck baseball.