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Diary of a Mustang: Senior Night a Bittersweet Cap to High-School Baseball

Redmond High baseball player T.J. Whidby reflects back on growing up with the sport and looking ahead to the playoffs.

The baseball season has gone by quicker than I expected, but everything that has happened this year has been worth it. Our team has great chemistry and even though we have lost a few games, we have stayed strong and kept faith in ourselves and our teammates.

The regular season went well with us finishing second in our division in Kingco, the first time in my high school career where we haven’t won the division. Playoffs are just around the corner, and our team couldn’t be more prepared. Our pitching is in great shape, our bats are getting hot, and our fielding has been solid. The playoffs are the best part of the season and I’m looking forward to helping our team win Kingco and head off to state.

Senior night was last Saturday and it was a pretty emotional night, especially for the parents. All of the seniors were called out to the mound with their parents while a paper written by that player was read on the loudspeaker. The parents shed many a tear and the players tried to keep their composure as well.

It was the last game we had ever played at the famous Hartman Park and it meant a lot to us to come out with a win in our last game. We had all grown up playing on the little league fields at Hartman, one day envisioning ourselves wearing a Redmond uniform and playing on the big diamond.

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As I look back at all the games I have played at Hartman Park it seems to all be a blur, but there are a great deal of memories that have happened on that field I will never forget. Being a senior and playing your last season in the city you grew up in is a lot to take in, but I want to end on a good note, and for me and my team it means winning a state championship. It is our ultimate goal and it would be the perfect ending.

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