9/28/11

The Egotistic Apology

Authors Note: This is a letter from Casey ("Casey at the Bat") to his old teammate explaining and apologizing for his egotistical ways.

Dear Flynn,

Although you might not recall me, my name is Casey and I was on your Mudville baseball team. You might remember me from that game when I struck out in the ninth. I'm terribly sorry that I didn't swing at strike one or two. It was my own fault. It wasn't my physicality that was wrong; it was my head that lost us the game.

I don't know if you and the team noticed, but I was horrifically cocky during the season and as a younger teenager. It was a problem that I had and didn't know how to control. I feel really bad because you and Jimmy got great hits only to have me come up and strike out because of my attitude. It wasn't right of me and I'm truly sorry.

I bet your wondering why I didn't apologize or anything when I was younger. The complication was that I had no idea that I was acting that way and I finally found that out when I didn't have many friends. Then as I improved my egotistical ways, I started to send these e-mails to my former teammates. Once again I'm extremely apologetic.

Even though I might have irked you and the whole team in the past, in the present I'm actually a pretty humble guy. I'm even a baseball coach at Mudville, teaching the kids about their attitudes toward themselves and the game of baseball. After all of these years, I cannot believe that I'm still involved in the game of baseball. It's helped me with my swollen-head and has made me happy.

I hope that this letter will cease some hard feelings against me and I hope that we can meet each other soon for lunch. My phone number is 999-0125 so we can keep in touch. Once again I'm very sorry for my past attitude and for losing that game at Mudville.

Sincerely,
Casey