Triple play
A group photo of the team Winston Standup was on. (Courtesy: Winston Standup)
Story told by Winston Standup
When they put the ballfield where it is now - next to the Kateri Hospital - the patients would come there and watch.
I played the outfield, I played shortstop, and I played third base. I even pulled a triple play.
Bases loaded. Nobody out. I used to play two steps off the bag, right on the line.
The ball was hit and on contact everybody’s moving automatically. The guy hits a line drive to third. That’s one out. I touched the bag. That’s the second out. Then I had my option of going to second or first. I went to second because my shortest throw is to second.
I even surprised myself. How often in baseball do you see a triple play?
You know what you do? You don’t have a closed stance; you open your legs and play low.
Another time, I was asked to umpire, and my three sons were playing. They were playing for different teams. One was batting, one was pitching, the other son is catching, and I’m behind the plate.
Somebody in the peanut gallery says, “He’s not gonna call his son out!”
Later on, I turned around to him and I said, “Yes, they’re my sons but not on the field. They’re only players.”
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Áhsen nihá:ti ok énska wa’tekheiánia’ke’
Winston Standup in action playing ball on the field, circa 2023. (Courtesy: Winston Standup)
Winston Standup ROKÁ:RATON
Shahatikwatá:ko’ tsi teiontatshensestáhkhwa’ tsi nón:we nòn:wa ká:ien' – ákta’ ne Katerí: Tsi Tetehshakotitsèn:tha’ – iotkà:te’ wahonterohrókha’ ne rotinonhwaktanión:ni.
Tsi iothentatátie' wa’kátswa’te’, tsi na’tetiátere’ ne tékeni tánon' áhsen tsi tetietáhstha' wa’kátswa’te’, tánon' ahsénhaton tsi tetietáhstha’ wa’kátswa’te’. Kwah se’ ò:ni’ wa’kkwé:ni áhsen nihá:ti ok énska wa’tekheiánia’ke’.
Tethatíhere’ akwé:kon tsi ní:kon teietáhstha’ nón:we. Iah ónhka teiontatia’tohtáhrhon. Teio’kháhake é:ren na’kaiá:rati shos enkátswa’te’, kwah tsi nón:we nikaieronnítston.
Winston Standup in action playing ball on the field, circa 2023. (Courtesy: Winston Standup)
Wahahwà:’eke’ nahthén:no tánon' kwah ok thithonanonhtón:ni tsi nihontorià:nerons tsi wa’konwaié:na’. Ken' nitiottè:’a wahahwà:’eke’ tánon' ahsénhaton tsi’ tetietáhstha’ io’shátste ia’kátie’. Énska wahotì:nhien’se’. Ia’tié:na’ ká:iare’. Thí:ken ne tekeníhaton sahotì:nhien’se’. Thò:ne ki’ onkwate’shennaién:ta’ne' ne tekeníhaton tóka’ ni’ ahsénhaton iá:ke’. Tekeníhaton niahà:ke’ ase'kén thok nón:we ká:ien ne ken' nika’shennésha.
Kwah wa’katatenehrákwahte’ ò:ni’. Tó: niiotkà:te’ enhsatkáhtho nó:nen tehsatatshenséstha’ ne áhsen nihá:ti ok énska tehonwatiianià:kon ne shontswa’táhtshera?
Saterièn:tare’ ken oh nénhsiere’? Tóhsa’ tesatstawinò:rarak, tesate’khá:kenhwh tánon' nà:kon sátswa’t’.
Edited by: Melissa Stacey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Translation by: Karonhí:io Delaronde