As I awoke (reticular formation) my heart began to race (medulla).Today was the day, the day I have been waiting for. I was planning on holding the first place softball trophy (frontal lobe). Before the game I was practicing my batting. Remembering to keep my weight balanced and my posture tall (cerebellum). Walking into the dugout (central nervous system), I could feel the dirt on my hands and glove (parietal lobe).
As a catcher I have to stay aware of where the runners are and when they decide to steal a base (right hemisphere). Also I have to have pitching signs memorized (hippocampus). While I'm catching I am always afraid of missing a ball and costing our team a run (amygdala). We held the other team at 0 for their first at bat, now it was our turn. In the batters box I watch the ball hit the barrel of my bat (occipital lobe), then take off towards first base. Once I am on base I analyze the situation to determine if I should steal second (left hemisphere).
After the first inning the score is 0 to 0, my breath is quickening (autonomic nervous system) and I am becoming thirsty (hypothalamus). With the game tied I started to fidget (somatic nervous system).I just had to tell myself that I can do it and make no errors. It takes more than one person to win a game, but everyone has to do their part. We ended up winning the game 5 to 1. Since we had a previous loss in the tournament we had to play a second game, which got rained out. It was decided that it would be a tie for first place. That night I went home and feel asleep (pons) from a long, successful day.
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