Anyway, when he started talking about Dove I knew it pretty quickly. He mentioned that he give catchers signs to give to the pitchers and whenever he gave the sign for the as-fast-as-you-can-throw-it pitch, this pitcher would grin from ear to ear. He does that mainly to the younger girls, to scare them into not swinging. Anyway, Dove had told me that was her favorite pitch and she loved to get that sign, so I knew he was talking about her.
He also talked about how although she was a first year pitcher, she'd had a game wherein she struck out 12 batters. So, he challenged her by telling her she had nearly gotten the team record for K's. Next game she got 13. He told her she still didn't have it. So, one of the times they played the reigning league champs, she got 16 strike outs (and they still lost by one!)! Yeah, she's got the team record now.
Anyway, proud momma here hoping she puts it to the other teams at her tourney this weekend!
