Surreal…that’s the descriptive adjective I have to summon at this point. This is dreamlike and surreal for certain. Jaxon Willits, the Sooner College World Series MVP said it was surreal, and Mike J the underground blogger has to agree.
Like Jaxon Willits… my eyes are moist and will remain moist through the Wednesday on campus celebration. I’m in a dream-like state close to what Sooner Nation nirvana must feel like.
No one in Sooner Nation saw this coming after these Sooners were down 8-2 in an elimination game versus No. 2 Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Fact of the matter is… there probably would have been grumbling about this OU baseball season if the Sooners hadn’t rallied in that baseball game in Atlanta.
This has to be about God. There can be no other plausible explanation. This was biblical when you slowly dissect every nuanced occurence in these past four weeks for Skip Johnson’s gritty, never say die Sooners.
I’m just sitting here at the computer struggling for what words can describe my utter joy in watching what I just witnessed this past month.
Game 3 star Kyle Branch had done nothing with the bat in this College World Series…and then breaks out with a six RBI night hitting from the 9-hole on Championship Monday.
Even Kyle said after the game, “This has to be God. What other explanation can there be?”
I agree. How could I not agree as a miraculous Stage 4 cancer survivor. This was about God, faith, those wonderful Mercurius brothers,, and those equally wonderful Branch brothers.
This was about brotherly love, and sticking with it when others would have surrendered. But most all of all…this was about faith and God.
I thought about doing my Three Stars of the Game thing then said to myself, “Nah. That would not be appropriate here in the now.” This was a total team thing. From having team Bible studies to just pulling together on the proverbial chain. It was just that beautiful spiritual inertia which evolves in team sports in championship runs.
The Sooners will be having their on campus celebration on Wednesday at Kimray Stadium at 5:30 pm. I will be there sitting somewhere in the throng with eyes moist and head bowed in thankful appreciation of what I’ve just lived these past four weeks with this baseball team.
In closing, the words of Kyle Branch… ‘utter and complete joy is all around us.’
Let’s not overthink this.
Have a beautiful week.
Love, Mike J