Rick noticed that I was seeing the ball better from that side of the plate. It was kind of a natural adjustment for me.

We are a young team ? nine juniors and just one senior ? and we need to supply some leadership for the girls new to the team. We have to bond a little bit more as a team and then I think we will come around.

They're great. They are very important people. We are close.

I need to buckle down and cut down on my walks and I want to work on developing more pitches. I'd like to improve my change.

They said I had to play softball here so I made the switch. It wasn't difficult to change to an underhand motion. I've always pitched.

It's coming along pretty good. I still feel some pain in the thumb but I can handle the pain.