And I could see the relief on my own 16-year-old daughter’s face. She’s a softball player, and she will not have to conform to the stereotypical view of what a female should be, of the unattainable body type that has been promoted for decades.
- Richard Lapchick
When we played softball, I’d steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
- Woody Allen
Once in a while, I played second base; once in a while, outfield. But those were just pickup games and softball leagues. So when I bought the Yankees, I tried to stay one pace ahead of the players.
- George Steinbrener
We have North Shore, Hawaii and Lost all there, so they have softball tournaments between the casts. It’s hilarious.
- Josh Holloway
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.
- Whitney
I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed… When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it’s mainly softball with some friends.
- Josh Charles
When I am working it is up early and coffee and 15 hours of being on the set. When I am not working, it is up late and coffee, golf or softball and hopefully a ball game on the television.
- Mackenzie Astin
When all the girls were getting all made up and getting into all that girl stuff in junior high I was out playing softball or touch football with the guys.
- Catherine Bell
Clint Eastwood’s a good friend, too – he and I used to play in softball games together.
- Lee Majors
I played Little League and in high school. I played more over the years whenever there was a pick-up game… usually softball.
- Matthew Modine
I was devastated, obviously. I was very disappointed. There is not much more we can do right now but strategize and try to fight to get softball back into the games.
- Mike Candrea
And the other thing we do: we periodically have softball games with the band, because they’re all baseball nuts that helps to keep the spirit alive.
- Gerry Mulligan
I used to look forward to Little League games, high school basketball, and softball. It was all I could think about.
- Dan O’Brien
I coach my daughter’s softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can.
- Tim McGraw
That’s the awesome part. Little girls now have a chance to look up and see women playing soccer, basketball, softball and now hockey – and know they can win a gold medal, too.
- Angela Ruggiero
If the Iraqi regime is able to produce, buy or steal an amount of highly enriched uranium a little larger than a single softball, it could have a nuclear weapon in less than a year.
- George W. Bush
I am a lefty, though I bat right-handed… When I was a kid I pitched, played first, outfield and shortstop as well. Now it’s mainly softball with some friends.
- Josh Charles
heyy softball is my LIFE, my PASSION, and u can tell cuz i never do anything with my friends during the season and i am always thinking about it. I have been told tht i have no life other then saoftball. My friends will ask me to do something with them and i say i can’t i got practice and they get all mad but o well cuz idk wat i would do wit out it!!! I wil do anything for softball!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE TYPICAL GIRL FAST PITCH SOFTBALL PLAYER
At one time, she looked cute as a button, dressed in pink with ponytails
with visions of Alice in Wonderland. She played with dolls, helped mom
bake cookies, and has probably earned a few bucks baby-sitting. She has been,
and always will be daddy’s little girl.
She still has all those little girl attributes. The only difference
is now she looks cute dressed in sliders and shorts. If she is wearing
ribbons in her hair, they are team colors. She still bakes cookies … team bake sale.
And she has probably earned a few bucks … at the team car wash. Now she is, and
always will be daddy’s little second baseman (or insert position of choice).
She takes pride in how much dirt she can collect every weekend. Go to dinner
on a night that she is not playing and it takes an hour of primping to get ready,
and she still feels self-conscious. Go after a game and she’ll walk right
into a restaurant with a streak of dirt across her forehead, ratted hair,
stained shirt and brownish/white socks. Or brown toes with sandals! Let’s EAT!
She is ready and willing to play at the drop of a hat! If she can get away
with it, she will play on two teams. (In the same day no less) She has a huge
wardrobe: plenty of tournament shirts and shorts from all the teams she has
played on. Her parents do her school shopping every weekend at the
tournament T-shirt booth. When you say, “wear something nice”, she
thinks it means a tournament shirt without dirt stains.
She needs to get an athletic scholarship. Her parents have spent $100,000
on camps, private instruction, batting cages, gloves, bats, equipment,
uniforms, player fees, concession stands, travel and lodging. THEY’RE BROKE!!!
She is a fierce competitor, willing to stand in against a fast pitcher at
close distance that even pro baseball players would have trouble hitting!
And she might be 5’2″ and 100 lbs. soaking wet. She might play first or third base
at 20 feet from home plate, saying I dare you to bunt … drive one down my throat!!!
She has more spirit than maybe any other team sport. At least it sounds that
way. Softball is the only sport where a girls ability to cheer sometimes
effects roster decisions. She can’t bunt or hit, she is a liability in the
field … but she cheers constantly!
She is playing the game for all
the right reasons! SHE LOVES IT! She could hang out at the mall, stay home and
watch TV, or spend her summers at the pool. Instead she has a tight schedule
with limited free time, hangs out on the practice field with a coach in
her face, and spends her summers getting baked on a 95 degree field with
no shade. Maybe we should get some of our kids checked for IQ?
She has her priorities in order: Tournaments, League Games, Team Practices,
schoolwork, individual practice and batting cage, family, private softball
instruction, church, conditioning, softball camps, boys. (Maybe church comes
before the batting cage.) At least on Sundays.
She is diligent and hardworking. She knows you get out of something, what you
put into it. She is not the type of kid to take the easy way out! She is
competitive, not willing to give up. She learns many valuable lesson
during the course of her softball career, like:
You can stay at Holiday INN for $12 bucks a night if you are willing to go 4 to a room.
Hotels don’t monitor pool usage, and you can go swimming anytime, whether you are a registered guest or not.
Continental breakfast means: 3 bowls of cereal, bagel, 2 donuts and 4 glasses of OJ.
Unlike the geographically challenged, softball girls know how to get from home to every field in a 25 mile radius.
Last years sunflower seed that she found in the bottom of her bat bag aren’t too bad if she washes them down with enough Gatorade.
Never wash your socks when you’re on a winning streak!
Never wash your socks when you’re on a hitting streak.
Never wash your socks after you’ve scored the winning run, scored any run, or were close to scoring a run.
Never trust a mother who says she won’t wash your lucky socks.
She has a lot of fun every summer, enough to make her come back next year regardless of all the sacrifices,
the money, the occasional bad coach, the occasional injury, drinking water that people have put their hands in, etc.
But first and foremost, the Typical Girls Fast Pitch Softball Player is somebody’s little girl!
Softball…my sport my life my game winners aren’t everthing
Look whos in the pitchers circle OMG its Stevie Ericle.
Look whos on the Pitchers mound OMG it Charlie Brown
So I said to him, steal third base and go home, and thats exactly what he did he stole it and ran to his house.
“A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.”
- Whitney
“I was devastated, obviously. I was very disappointed. There is not much more we can do right now but strategize and try to fight to get softball back into the games.”
- Mike Candrea
“Some how, some way, some day, I will, represent my country and play fast pitch softball in the World Olympics.”
Jamie Gray.
i love softball (y)
hey this is usss pplz i guess lol softball is out life and we would die without it
softball is a place where friendship is made
Softball is the funnest sport I’ve ever played! I think everyone should play it!