01/04/2023
Spring break throwback!
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Team Captain Responsible for Road Trip Shopping
Keithsburg, GA - With a lot to do before the 13U North Georgia Smashers make their way to their next tournament in Florida as part of a large team caravan, the task of purchasing snacks for the team fell on Bailey, the team captain for the week. Assistant coach Jeremy was given a list of jobs including mapping the car route, assigning players to specific cars, and finding a spot for lunch half way through. An additional task of purchasing team snacks was also on his list and, since his son was made team captain he felt it was a good chore for him to help carry out the plan.
Armed with his dad’s credit card and a specific list of must-have items, Bailey (3B / LF) walked into the local Target, solo and ready to shop. As he walked in, however, he quickly lost the list when his attention was diverted by the delicious treats in the store's bakery section. “I saw buy-one-get-one-free packs of cookies and I thought, bruh, that would be sweet for the car trip. That's when I put down the list and never saw it again”, mentioned Bailey as he was unpacking his overstuffed shopping bags. “I figured, what the heck, I know what kind of things to buy”.
As he made his way through the store he tried to remember things likely on the list. There was something about drinks, he thought to himself as he loaded up on 12-packs of Orange Vanilla Coke, Gatorade, and Capri-sun instead of the water that was on the original list. His mind also recalled something about fruit, so to cover his bases he picked up some fruit roll-ups, candy peach rings, strawberry flavored pop tarts, and raspberry filled cookies that happened to be on sale. For a moment he thought there might have been something about carrot sticks but figured that chocolate covered pretzel sticks would be a fine substitute. After closing out what he believed to be the last items Bailey determined that, as team captain, it was his duty to also pick up a few special things for his teammates just in case they didn’t want the healthy stuff. Added to his cart were 2 pints of Haggen Daz, 27 bags of Flaming Hot Cheetos, 12 packs of Big League Chew, a 1 pound bag of Hershey's Miniatures in assorted flavors, 3 cans of spray cheese, and 2 boxes each of Honeybuns, Twinkies, and Swiss Cake Rolls. Total bill: $247.87
“What is all this junk Bailey?” shouted his father in the parking lot as the bags were being loaded in the trunk, “Did you even get 1 of the items I told you to... and how did you plan to keep this Ice Cream frozen in the car anyway? With time being of the essence, Jeremy had to accept the purchase as-is and spent the drive home thinking about how he would explain this to Bailey’s mom.
The team lost the first two games that weekend as a result of some stomach aches and lethargic play on the field. Bailey suggested to his teammates the next morning at the hotel that they load up on the cinnamon rolls so they can “get some energy” for tournament play.
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