Did You Hear About The Time I made My First Error?

Archie Brown was so pleased when as a ten year old; he was named the starter at second base on his Little League Team, the Dodgers! He was the only ten year old starter on a good team; most of the rest of the starters were 12!

One night the Dodgers were having a particularly bad night. Nobody could catch the ball, it seemed. Bobby Koenig, the catcher had a miserable night behind the plate. And Mo Rave, the All-Everything shortstop, had made three errors that had allowed several unearned runs to score. The Dodgers were down 10-1.

That is when Archie made an error at second base, his first of the season. He stood at second base and could not keep the tears from flowing. He felt he was to blame for the bad situation the team was in. It was irrational, but that is how he felt. His coach, Mr. Billington, came onto the field to console Arch, and let him know he was still an important part of the team. Archie got over the error.

But he never forgot Mr. Billington!