Mama Mama, can’t you see,
What Fastpitch softball’s doin’ to me?
My body aches, I need a rest;
But that’s what it takes, to be the best!

Yeah, so I’m going into ‘baseball mom’ mode.

GDI! It was freaking cold out there tonight. It never occured to me to check the damn weather before we left for the game. The girls at least, were slightly better prepared than I. Care wore her warm-up under the jersey and Rhia wore her volleyball sweatshirt, since they’d given her the same number for that team. Most of the parents were bundled in heavy jackets and blankets. Even so, most of us had chattering teeth by the end of the game.

The opposing team fetched in a buncha runs before we were even up to bat. Shoulda known the first inning would show how the rest of the game would go. Cort was first to bat – and she slammed that sucker almost all the way to the track-ring (we have a horse-track near the diamonds), and ran her skinny butt all the way around the bases. Hehehe – Miami Girls – first bat, homerun!

Care was walked her first at-bat, Rhia had a hit but it went between the pitcher and first base, and by the time she got there, the first baser had her out. She was smiling (sans teeth, by the way, I made her take ‘em out just in case) as she got to the bench though, so all’s good. The rest of the girls did their things – some excellent catching tonight, not to mention batting! Care got a good hit in and made her bases; Rhia got another one in, but only made it to third – but she had brought in two others and RBI are just as good as a homerun. Care may not bat so well as she did in 2006, but she caught a couple flyers out to right field that got the batters out – plus a ground catch and throw to first in a snap that got the batter out before she hit the base… my l’il goth was out there in right dancin’ she was so excited.

K. jumped up and caught a couple flys, S. nearly got decapitated by one, but she got it and shook her booty at the other team (she’s a hoot that girl), C. did some fine backcatching and the new pitcher was just right on. I was so happy for Sid though – all these years she’s hit one-basers although mostly she gets walked. Tonight she hit herself a homerun and everybody was yellin’ and I’ve never seen her run that fast. Now that she’s done it, that confidence will be there to do it again. And again.

Despite the cold and having less practice than the girls from the other team – Miami Girls won it. 24-11.

Miami kicks ass, takes names and NO prisoners…