The Last Time It Feels Like This
May 02, 2025
This week, 128 teams across Georgia will be eliminated.
Not because they didn’t care.
Not because they didn’t work hard.
But because this is the postseason.
And every pitch, every play, every mistake… matters.
This isn’t another travel tournament.
This isn’t a meaningless bracket with plastic rings.
It’s not one of the 50 “World Series” events that’ll be played this summer and forgotten by year’s end.
This is the last time these kids will play for something bigger than themselves.
It’s not just the end of a 10-week regular season.
It’s the culmination of years of work.
Early mornings in the cages.
Late nights under the lights.
Missed vacations, long bus rides, and lifelong friendships—
All building to this moment.
For coaches, this is legacy.
For players, this is goodbye.
Some will never play the game again.
Others might chase it to the next level, but it will never feel like this:
Where they play for school, not money.
Where they compete for teammates they grew up with, not ones they barely know.
Where the team’s stats outweigh their own.
When it ends — and it ends for everyone, eventually — the jersey is returned.
The bat is donated.
And the glove ends up in the closet.
On occasion, it’ll be picked up.
And they’ll remember the pride of playing for something that mattered—
Something bigger than themselves.
But they won’t put it on.
It’ll sit there, worn and silent—
A token of memories past.
Until, one day, it’s picked up again.
Many years from now.
For a purpose even greater.
When that same player kneels beside a tee-ball stand,
Sliding a helmet over his own son’s ears,
Remembering what it felt like to play with everything on the line.
So when you’re assigned to a high school playoff series…
It’s not because you can survive six games on turf in July.
It’s because you can umpire the hell out of three games that matter.
Because when it’s a win-or-go-home Game 3—
You’re the kind of umpire who shows up with the same energy,
The same sharpness,
The same pride the players and coaches bring.
We’re not there just to get through the series.
We’re there to honor it.
To give these players and coaches the professionalism, focus, and respect they’ve earned—
And to give baseball the excellence it deserves.
Represent baseball with pride.
- Patrick Faerber
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