Tears of frustration, disbelief, anger, helplessness. We always knew we were going to win. There's nothing like a cold shower to invigorate a person. As the water rained down, they scoured themselves. They ripped off their jerseys, threw them on the floor, stomped on them, yelled, wept.
Desperate situations call for desperate measures.
We wiped ourselves clean of this voodoo hex, wiping all the bad stuff away. The players also held a meeting in which they passed a softball around. When each player received it, she said something positive about herself. All the exorcising worked, at least for one game. This is one of the toughest times I've been through as an athlete in terms of how I've performed individually.