First Game of the Season...

It was my first game on Monday 4/14 at 8:30 p.m. and here in the south it was a nippy 40 degrees and rainy when the ump called batter up.....

Because of the co-ed softball rules down here, your catcher needs to be the oppisite sex of your pitcher. With Laura Blackmore, Principal for Wohali, on the mound and Chris Gault catching that left me in Left field, pouting :(

My first at bat, I had been given a batting lesson before we started this season and since it really was my first batting lesson … EVER, I was excited to see how I had improved.
The first pitch I let go past me, and the ump called it a ball, the second pitch I made contact with and although, it didn’t make it past the outfield and it made it to first base before I did, I did get an R.B.I. So I was excited and my team told me they could see the improvement from last year.

The Game Continues...

My second at bat, I made contact…. it didn’t get past the infield, and it beat me to first, and with no batter at third, I didn’t even earn my RBI
My third at bat, although everyone kept telling me my swing had improved, I still hadn’t gotten to base and I was starting to doubt them.
There were two outs and I started with a 1 and 1 count:
1st pitch I let pass, ump called a ball 1 and 2 count
2nd Pitch I let pass, ump called a strike 2 and 2 count
3rd Pitch and I swing and make contact and I have no idea where it went I just ran my hardest to first base and I was SAFE!!!!! I even earned a RBI and the crowd goes CRAZY!!!!! And by crowd, I mean Dave and by go crazy I mean he shivered because it was soooooooooo cold.

The next batter comes up and when he hits the ball I run to second, SAFE!

The next batter comes up and when she hits the ball I run to third, SAFE !

The next batter comes up and when he hits the ball I run as fast as my poor "broken" feet will let me and I make it home safe, and if the batter had made it to first base before the ball, it would have counted.

Oh well!!! There is always next game.

FYI: We lost, but it was close until the last inning, then we got creamed!!!