Shining Like a Bright Yellow Softball

This weekend I flew again! For those of you who read my blog, not cheer flying and not literally flying. But my spirit flew. I have played softball pretty much for my entire life. Since I was about four or five.It was always the sport that I loved to do and would always do no matter what. Until my sophomore year. Everyone else in my grade was on varsity that year and I was the only one on JV. They said they needed me to pitch. And I was happy but Kellin and Janecia had been on varsity since their freshman year and I wanted to be up there with them. But I stuck it out. Finally, my junior year I made varsity! I was very excited even thought I started off playing bench. When my coach realized that I was pretty good at playing field I started every game. But unfortunately I did not bat.

Once my senior year came, my goal was to bat!I started off not even playing the first couple games but once again, they liked the way I played field so I started fielding again. Every once and a while I would bat against the teams that were not very good, but I never did anything very spectacular. Every practice I tried my hardest but it never seemed like I was improving. My coaches told me I was but I still never batted so I figured they were just tryin to boost my self esteem.

This Saturday, we had a double header schedualed and I was excited! We warned up like usual and then I went and looked at the scheduale. When I saw it I could not believe my eyes! I was actually bating! My coach told me and the girl who usually bats for me thy we would be switching off throughout the game since it was an easy team. My first two times at bat I popped up and by luck, got on base. I got taken out and my coach told me I would play the second half of the next game instead of the first. So I waited and watched. Finally, it was my turn to go bat again. I stepped into the batters box and thought about everything my coaches talked to me about. I even thought about my boyfriends advice he had given me before I went up again. All of it was the same, do not drop your hands. So the first pitch came spinning down the middle of the plate. Next thing I knew, I put my bat out and the feeling was amazing, I hit a line drive straight to left field in between the short stop and third basemen. I ran with all my might and made it to first. The crowd was screaming and I knew they were all in shock that Toni Craig had just hit that. I was smiling ear to ear and my confidence was immediately boosted. I will never forget that moment, because even though it was not a double, triple, or even a home run I know that I am improving and that I showed my coaches I could do it! I am glad I got another chance to bat my senior year and who knows, there may be more to come!