E is 8, and in her second year of softball. Last year she did well at practices, but froze up during games. She spent much of her time at homeplate turning around searching for me to make sure I was watching, waving at me, and striking out. Last night E had her first game of THIS year. Much to my surprise she did not have one, single out. She was up to bat 6 times, and she hit the ball each and every time. Not only did she HIT the ball, she WHACKED the ball into the outfield! She had 5 singles, and a double. She COULD have had 2 doubles, but on one of them, she didn't realize she had plenty of time to keep running, and stopped on first base. E came home on all of her at-bats, so was responsible for 6 of the 18 runs total her team scored to win their opening game. I don't know how many RBI's she had; I wasn't paying attention.
When it wasn't her teams turn at bat, she stood in for the pitcher. On the first game with each new team of the year, the coaches pitch, so E wasn't actually pitching, but she stood there and fielded all 6 innings. And picking her nose. Constantly. LOL I called her over at one point and whispered to her that everyone could SEE her picking her nose. She said, "Okay." and went right back to it. LOL! Maybe all those boogers helped the ball stick , because she stopped many balls, and threw a couple girls out at first, and tagged another girl out.
I have never seen E play softball so well. I have seen her improve this year during practice, but she really SHINED last night, and I'm very proud of her, and of ALL the girls on the team. They all played well, and deserved their 18-8 win.
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