Top Ten Reasons why I play Fastpitch!

10) That feeling of dirt down my shorts after sliding!

9) I make pinstripes look good.

8) Better than doing chores at home.

7) Guys like to watch girls get dirty.

6) The need to take my aggressions out on a defenseless ball.

5) Farmer tans are sexy.

4) It’s either this or play another sport (there is no contest).

3) Nothing feels better than a line drive past the infield.

2) I love the smell of freshly mowed grass in the morning.

1) Diamonds are a girl’s best friend!

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Play for him/her!

Somewhere behind the athlete you have become,

Behind the hours you have practiced,

The coaches who have pushed you,

The teammates who have believed in you and,

The fans that have cheered for you,

 is the little girl/boy that threw that ball the very first time and

Fell in love with the game of softball,

Play for him/her!

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I Play Softball!

I practice!

I hit!

I bunt!

I play!

I field!

I throw!

I sacrifice!

I slide!

I score!

I run!

I make and out!

I work with my teammates!

I cheer!

I play softball!

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It doesn’t matter if you are good or bad!

All that matters is that you love the game!

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Fastpitch softball……No glove, no love.

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Fastpitch softball….It’s not just a sport, it’s an obsession!

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I Live for this!

The batter steps up to bat,

Batting gloves tight around the bat,

The Pitcher grips the ball,

As sweat dribbles down their face.

The dirt crunching beneath their cleats.

The fans holding their breath for what is going to happen next.

Softball…… I live for this!

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Life is full of risks!......You can’t steal second with one foot on first!

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Talent gets you nowhere in the world without your teammates!

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Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!

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Never let the fear of striking out

Keep you from playing the game!

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Offence sells tickets, defense wins games!

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I Just Play!

I don’t wear no mini skirts,

I just wear my softball shirt.

I don’t play with Barbie Dolls,

I just play with my bat and balls.

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“We may have lost the game but, the true winners are inside us”

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You Scan Me!

You think that I’m just another pot-smoking teenager!

Well, you’re wrong.

The last thing that I got high on was the adrenaline of a softball game.

Last thing I smoked was a batter that was unlucky enough to face me.

Last time I took a hit was when I didn’t catch the ball.

DRUGS AREN’T ME.

My life, my decision.

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Priceless:

Softball Uniform--$ 90.00

Bat--$ 200.00

Glove--$ 100.00

Cleats--$ 80.00

Helmet--$ 40.00

Equipment Bag--$ 50.00

The feeling of hitting your first homerun or taking home the First place trophy...

PRICELESS!!

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 You know you are a softball fanatic of Orleans when...

The Orleans Elite were still in existence with the baby blue mesh jerseys.

A foul ball on the left side of the diamond would hit skate boarders and not tennis players.

The countless amount of fires destroyed the score keepers box.

Playing on an all gravel infield was a standard.

Standing in the rain when the dugouts didn't exist.

A season has not gone by in which the bunker did not have to be painter do to vandalism.

When house league used to consist of more than 4 teams.

When Rep teams had an Ottawa Valley league to play in rather than travelling down the 401 for regular season games.

When there were actual tournament winners and losers, not just friendly participants.

When the Easton Blackmax bat was the hottest alumium bat on the market, costing only $49.99 as opposed to a the current $500 bats made of NASA spaceship technology.

 

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