QUOTE from General George Patton: "Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
Great MEMORIES from 1957-1958. As the quote says success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. The Chatfield High School baseball team hit bottom in 1956. We didn't win more than one or two games that year. We were a young inexperienced team. The good thing about our 1956 losing season was it gave us youngsters some much needed experience and maturity.
We bounced high and success came to us in 1957 and 1958. In those two years we won 14 games and lost only 4, we won the District One Championship both years and came within one run of going to the Minnesota State High School baseball tournament in 1957. Austin beat us in extra innings. Jerry had a fantastic year in 1958: he allowed only 3 hits against Harmony and Stewartville; only 2 hits against Wykoff and Rushford; only 1 hit against Preston and Wykoff; and NO HITS against Spring Valley and Lanesboro.
According to General Patton we were a success - we really did bounce high. What a great memory those two years are.
HUMOR for today: A married man should forget his mistakes. There is no use in two people remembering the same thing!
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Hi Pete, I like your articles, especially the last three. Where has the time gone? It makes the good memories more special. Jerry
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