Tested by Nature

One experience when I was tested by nature, was the Pleasant Plains Baseball southern trip my freshman year. The weather was the worst possible conditions for a baseball game. The temperature was around 15 degrees and the wind was gusting, making it seem even colder than it actually was. At the time, I was a freshmen on the team and I did not play very much. We had three games in this one day and by the third, I literally thought I was going to die from the extreme cold. There was a small heater in the dugout, but it did no good in warming the team. Coach Greer was in a bad mood because the team was not doing well and the cold made it even worse. I do not remember playing much in these three games, but I wish that I had. Playing might have kept me a little warmer than just sitting in a freezing dugout. The cold was so bad that I was just wishing for the games to be over no matter if we won or not. This is very unlike me. I always want to win no matter what, but the weather had worn me down to just not caring. The only thing on my mind was leaving the game and getting warm. I think at one point in the game snowfall began to precipitate but it was gone in a matter of minutes. My hands were so numb that I could not feel anything. I was in the cold all day long and it was one of the most miserable experiences that nature has put me through. When I read this assignment, this experience was the first one that came to mind. In Illinois we experience all types of weather from extreme hot to extreme cold. I find the cold to be much more unenjoyable. I have been in the extreme cold many times, but I can not think of any time that was as bad as the Pleasant Plains baseball southern trip my freshman year.