As the end of the top half of the first inning was coming to the end, the bases were loaded, two outs and I was up to bat. It was a pitcher to pitcher battle. First pitch was a ball, second pitch I swung at and missed, then I worked the count to two balls and two strikes. The next pitch I foul off and breathe as I know I still have a chance to knock in some more runs. A few pitches later I’m still fouling them off and keeping myself alive in the battle.
In the summer of 2011, the Hazel Dell Little League Junior League All-star team and I began our season against North Clark Little League, a team playing out of Yacolt, WA. We started off a bit slow as we usually did during the regular season, and after the first two innings had been played, we were holding onto a 3 run lead with the score at 3-0. That’s when the whole game began
Being a good teammate is one of the reasons I have always been appointed captain of any team. As the pitcher, my attitude and performance sets the tone for the whole team. I will never forget when I won my first MVP award the other coach told me, "I never saw a talented girl who could stand on that mound with a smile on no matter what and hold everything together quite like you." Not only does that apply to my attitude when it comes to game time, but also my attitude in life
At that moment I realize no one in the field is moving, I also notice my team hollering as they run out of the dug out. I slow down to a nice jog and I’m in amazement of the fact, I just hit a home run. A girl in boy’s baseball, and I just hit a bomb? “Thump”, was the sound of both my feet hitting home plate, something that was at one time unimaginable. Only to make this experience even better, I was later informed that I was the first girl in Nevada to hit an out of the park homerun in a sanctioned baseball game.
Curveball A. Straight curveball 1. Has a lot of movement and usually used as a strikeout pitch. 2. Teach how to grip the ball and throw it.
In some leagues of fast pitch softball, there is a double first base that has been developed for safety purposes. One base is located in fair territory and one is in foul territory. The base in foul territory is colored orange, and the runner should use it when trying to beat out a close play to first base. This base stays in place on the field in softball rather than baseball because of the number of bunting situations that occur throughout the game. The strike zone is from the batters knees to their shoulder with the width of home plate.
How to Throw a Curveball Two fingers pointing down, the catcher is calling for a curveball. Leather ball with 216 red stitches traveling swiftly through the air and drops twelve inches into the strike zone. How did the curveball you threw happen? It starts in the mind and knowing that you control the game. Then it's about the form of your windup to the throw the pitch.
The rules of softball are very similar to those of baseball. The area above home plate between a batter’s knees and her armpits is the strike zone. After a batter hits the ball, they must advance to 1st base. The defence can get them out by throwing the fielded ball to 1st base before the runner reaches the base. Additionally, other base runners must advance if they are forced by a base runner behind them.
It seems just like last year I was the tiny little red headed, freckled face 7th grader trying to not mess up my bat swing in front of all the senior high softball girls. Unfortunately, time goes by way too fast. I have not even noticed that all the girls that I use to look up to are gone, and roles have been swapped. I am now the role model the younger girls look up to. I know that I have to play with 110% today.
Mike Bacsik, the pitcher for the nationals, threw the ball and the rest was history. Bonds hit the ball clear into the bleachers. The fans went crazy, some were even crying. Bonds took a bow as he reached home plate, and then picked up his son as he held up his index finger,