In November, Alexa told us she wanted to be a pitcher. Wow! Matt told her she was really going to have to be committed to a lot of extra practice...and she has!
Alexa made her pitching debut at the end of January. She was able to pitch at the bottom of the last inning and faced the last batter. She threw five pitches. The first two were balls, the next two were strikes, and then the batter hit the fifth pitch. The defense behind Alexa fielded the ball and got the girl out. The inning was over. I was a nervous wreck the whole time and then I felt so much pride. The best thing that happened was after she pitched her first strike, she put her mitt in front of her mouth and nose...and smiled! No one else noticed, but I did!! It was so adorable!
It just so happened that a photography company was at that weekend's tournament and took pictures of Alexa pitching. Check these out!
Since that first time, she has pitched many innings and is doing quite well. This past weekend, she pitched her first complete game! We are so proud of her hard work!
One more thing...this past weekend's tournament (she has one almost every weekend), she was amazing at the plate! She had a homerun and had an incredible hit that almost went over the fence! Impressive!!!
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