The Batting Glove

My all time favorite sport is softball. I've always dreamed of my girls playing softball and loving it the way I did. Well, when you take an 8 year old, whose never played any organized sport and try to teach her how to play sports it becomes rather...um...difficult. Well, we have been practicing and practicing. She has practiced with her team and to say the least at her first game, she was a little lost. She hit a couple of foul balls, but no solid hit.

Well, on Friday, my cousin came over and practiced batting with her and she hit about four balls. Meah told me that she wanted a batting glove, so I told her if she hit the ball tonight, I would buy her a batting glove. As soon as we got to the game, Meah walked up to the coach and said, "I'm going to hit the ball and run home." The coach, of course thought this as a great idea. The first time she got up to bat, she struck out. She is just a little behind the ball, but so close. The second time she gets up to bat, she has either one or two strikes and then somehow she makes contact with the ball and the ball rolls about five feet from home base. It's a hit! At this point, she and everyone else are in shock and everyone is just looking at the ball. Everyone begins cheering and yelling, "RUN!!" She finally drops the bat and runs all the way to first base safely! A base hit for Meah and apparently now a new batting glove.