AP- MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — It's now a 51-game hitting streak for Florida International's Garrett Wittels. The sophomore infielder singled in the first inning off South Alabama's Garrett Harris on Friday, moving within seven games of matching Robin Ventura for the NCAA Division I record. Wittels and the Golden Panthers needed a win Friday to remain alive in the Sun Belt Conference tournament and extend their hopes of getting an NCAA berth.
Wow. I've never been so proud of someone I barely affected. I mean, yes, I was Garrett's camp counselor in 2004, and yes, it was at that point I taught him everything he knows about handling press, hitting line drives, and girls, but I take very little credit for his recent amazingly ridiclous acheivements. He did what I was never able to do: go out there and make it happen. I mean basically, Garrett and I are the same person, same physical attributes such as speed, power and skill, but Garrett has the intangibles, the things I just seem to lack, like killer instinct and likeability. So I'm going to be tracking him the rest of the way and celebrating when he does finally break Robin Ventura's (who Ive always kind of hated) record of 58 games. When he succeeds, I feel like I succeed.
So I'd like to end this post by addressing Garrett directly for just a second and say: Garrett, can you please send me an autgraphed baseball as soon as possible? You know, so I can sell it on Ebay in 5 years. I'd appreciate it and we will finally be able to call it square from that time I let you keep that extra bag of licorice in Bago 5. You still owe me. Thank you and good luck.
Wow. I've never been so proud of someone I barely affected. I mean, yes, I was Garrett's camp counselor in 2004, and yes, it was at that point I taught him everything he knows about handling press, hitting line drives, and girls, but I take very little credit for his recent amazingly ridiclous acheivements. He did what I was never able to do: go out there and make it happen. I mean basically, Garrett and I are the same person, same physical attributes such as speed, power and skill, but Garrett has the intangibles, the things I just seem to lack, like killer instinct and likeability. So I'm going to be tracking him the rest of the way and celebrating when he does finally break Robin Ventura's (who Ive always kind of hated) record of 58 games. When he succeeds, I feel like I succeed.
So I'd like to end this post by addressing Garrett directly for just a second and say: Garrett, can you please send me an autgraphed baseball as soon as possible? You know, so I can sell it on Ebay in 5 years. I'd appreciate it and we will finally be able to call it square from that time I let you keep that extra bag of licorice in Bago 5. You still owe me. Thank you and good luck.
Has to be, hands down, THE most athletic kid to EVER roll through that camp. Somewhere, Kip Mayeux is taking your credit...
ReplyDeleteWhen is someone gonna throw their ace at this guy and shut this thing down. Get real here, I got Garrett Wittles in the lineup against me with a 51 game hit streak and I wanna be apart of him making history? F that, I'm gonna go out and throw my horse at this kid on one days rest if I have to. Plus it can't be that hard to shut this kid down because besides Justin being awesome at everything he tries, all he ever taught Garrett Wittles how to do was pillow fight.
ReplyDeletePS - That might be the best picture i've ever seen.
PSS - Garrett better respond to this post cause it's probably the most accurate account of his life that has ever been recorded.
F Moose for beating me to this.
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