Symbolism

I walked up to the plate knowing that it was my last at bat as a St. Luke's softball player, which was exciting and scary at the same time. I stepped towards the plate and got ready to do what I always do, hit the ball. The pitcher pitched the ball and a fouled it off over the left fence. The next three pitches were all balls. The fifth pitch was an inside strike that I did not think was a strike, neither did my coaches. I stared at the pitcher knowing that it was a full count and my heart was pounding. The ball came flying towards me straight down the middle and I swung really hard. Suddenly my bat stopped with a loud clanging sound like metal on metal. This sound was a foreign sound to me and I realized that it was the catcher's helmet. I knew that I was going to have to jog to first base because it was a catcher's interference, I should know, I have been a catcher for nine years. My last at bat was very rewarding and disappointing because it symbolized my season.
I was the leader of our team being the only eighth grader and most experienced of us. Throughout the season I was unable to do things to improve personally to help improve my teammates and opponents. I wasn't allowed to hit some games or at practice, I caught for a  pitcher who had never picked up a softball before that season, and I forfeited my time as a player to be a coach. The catcher's interference symbolizes all of that. I was going to absolutely crush that softball, but the catcher leaned in too soon and I wasn't able too. I taught that catcher a lesson in that moment and because of all of the inexperienced teammates I played with, I decided not to focus on myself but the rest of the team.