"I Just Can't Be Mad at You for That"

Playing soccer on my college soccer team has many funny aspects due to my hearing.  One particular episode happened a few weeks ago during practice.  We were playing in a small scrimmage, and I was playing at the right back position.  The ball swings along the back line, and I was the last to receive it, and made a pass to a girl open in the middle of the field.  My coach immediately yells, "STOP!!!" I freeze, wondering what on earth I had done wrong.  He says to me, "Z, did you hear Hannah?" I said, "No, I didn't." The whole team laughs, and Coach himself ends up laughing.  Apparently, Hannah, when she passed me the ball, told me to turn to the outside and pass to a player out there.  I had done the complete opposite thing. After practice, Coach comes up to me laughing, and he is like, "I am sorry, I just couldn't be mad at you about that."  I'd say being deaf comes in handy once in a while, and can produce a much needed laugh.