Another week, another series!

Hey everyone! Can you believe I’m back 6 days later? Yeah me either lol! I’ve kind of got a slow place as far as school work right now and I know it’s the quiet before the storm so to speak so I decided to write! I like to write! It’s very relaxing! I hope you guys enjoy reading what I write as much as I enjoy writing it!

                Last weekend was a tough one for UW! They started off the weekend with a big 3-0 win against Arizona. Kaitlin Inglesby pitched a great game and hit a homerun! Jenn Salling also had quite the game as well! Unfortunately success was short lived and they lost the next two games! They played very hard and really competed very well! It just wasn’t enough! I was very proud of all of them all weekend! This next weekend they play UCLA!  It will be another tough weekend but I believe in the girls and that they will play their very best!  It’s hard to believe how fast this season is going! It’s been a really good season for UW and I can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds for them!

                It was also a rough weekend for OU! They dropped 2 games to Mizzou! I see some improvement and things seem to be slowly getting better! I still believe they can do this!

                Bama continues to roll! They are looking very good and tough right now! I look for them to only look better in the last stretch of the season! They play Florida this weekend and it will be on ESPN and ESPN2!  I can’t wait to watch!!

                The NPF started a new campaign to help raise money today called 20 for 20! It seems to be going very well and that makes me happy! Anything that helps softball makes me happy! It’s really cool to see all the people who are giving and why. I was particularly touched by the gift Coach Tarr made in honor of Danielle Lawrie, Ashley Charters, and Jenn Salling! I was going to write my blog on coaches and how great of an influence they can be but I think that right there pretty much sums up what I wanted to say about coaches. They are selfless; they work hard, and they give so much of themselves. They give so much of themselves that they can’t get back and wouldn’t want back! There were a lot of these that made me smile but seeing that gift from Coach Tarr for whatever reason really made me happy! On the other side of the coin this is kind of hard for me. As a college student I don’t have much money. I babysit to make extra money but I use a lot of that to help my parents with bills and buy food! I’m not asking you to feel sorry for me because I don’t mind helping and wouldn’t have it any other way! They’ve done so much for me I feel like I owe it to them to help out. I just wish there was enough to help my parents out and give a little to the NPF! Hopefully after I pick up two more kids next week I’ll be able too! But if you can give something please do it!

                Hope you all have a great Easter weekend! There will plenty of softball to watch on TV so don’t forget to tune in to watch at least a game or two if you a chance! Don’t forget to continue to vote for Jenn Salling in the Lowe’s Senior Class Award! She has made up a ton of ground this week and moved back into second place! Let’s do this for her! She so deserves it!

                I can’t think of anything else tonight! Let’s go Dawgs! RTR! Let’s go Bama! Boomer Sooner!

Two more week gone!

Hello everyone! It’s been awhile yet again since I wrote lol! Summer is coming up so hopefully I will have more time to write! However college ball will be over so I guess I will have to write about the NPF lol!

The UW/Oregon series was a good one! UW took 2 of 3! The wins were really good performances and the one loss was a big loss! Last weekend they played Cal! They were run ruled the first game of the series but bounced back with a walk off win on Saturday off a homerun by Niki Williams! Sunday they looked great! They run ruled Cal 9-1 in 6 innings! The last 3 runs coming off a bomb by Kaitlin Inglesby! She had a great day in the circle and with the bat! She only gave up 2 hits, 1 run, and had 5 strike outs! With her bat she was 3 for 4 with 1 run and 5 RBIs! That girl is something special and is handling the pressure so well! UW plays Arizona this next weekend! I don’t know what will happen but I do know no matter what I am proud of these girls! I know I say it in almost every entry but this is a special group of girls!

It was a crazy weekend in the Pac-10 and SEC both! There really seems to be no number so far! It’s shaping up to be a crazy end of the season! UCLA dropped 2 of 3 to Stanford, Bama was swept by LSU, Arizona dropped one to Oregon State, and there were several more crazy things that happened! You just never know what is going to happen from week to week!

            I have noticed a trend this season that I’m not a big fan of. I’ve seen several girls purposely doing things that put others on the field in danger. Things like pitchers purposely hitting batters and runners sliding into bases in a way that endangers the defender. I keep hearing that this is just part of the game and I hate hearing that! It shouldn’t be part of the game! This game is supposed to be about discipline and respect! These actions show neither! These ladies are role models to all the little softballers and when they do things like that they are setting a very bad example! They need to step back and remember it’s just a game! I think what’s worse than the players actions is that there are coaches who condone them and let these things go on!  I’ve always heard it said respect the game and it will respect you! That is what I would like to see coaches and players alike doing! Respect the game, respect the players and coaches on the other team, respect the umpires, respect the fans, and respect your team and coaches! Softball is won by how many runs you score not by how many people you injure in the process!

            Two players who very much know about respecting the game are Niki Williams and Jenn Salling! Both were named to the 25 finalist for the USA player of the year award! So proud of those two! Don’t forget voting is still open for the Lowe’s Senior Class award and Jenn Salling still needs our votes!! Remember you can vote once a day per computer through May 10^th! Here is a video she made for this! http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=570422392236&oid=46364349899&comments

            That is all I have for now! Let’s go Dawgs, Roll Tide, and Boomer Sooner!!

Some random thoughts for ya lol!

Hey everyone! I’m back again and in less than a week this time lol! That has to be a record me for me! I can’t believe how fast the season is going! There is about 7 weeks left in regular season play! Seems like just yesterday I was excitedly awaiting the start of the season! As most of you know Pac-10 play kicked off today for all the teams but UW. The UW/Oregon game was rained out today. They are supposed to play a double header tomorrow but there is like an 80% chance of rain tomorrow too so I guess we will see! About this time of the season I find myself feeling a little sad to go along with my excitement! I feel sad because I find myself thinking about all the seniors. I can’t imagine the range of emotions going through them right now. You know they try not to even think about it but it’s there. The thoughts of this thing they’ve dedicated at least 4 years to being over and wondering how it will end. Some of them wondering what they will do now and some of them already know! My mind of course turns to Jenn Salling, Morgan Stuart, and Ashley Tuiasosopo especially. Jenn is a 6^th year senior! She has been around along time and experienced almost all of it! She has worked very hard and seen a lot of success and happiness! She has experienced her fair share of failures and sadness as well! But Jenn loves the game of softball and is 100% committed to it and her team! She has stepped in and taken over as one of the big leaders of this team! She has always been a leader but it was covered up by Danielle Lawrie and Jenn didn’t mind it! She let Danielle do what Danielle did best! But this has been Jenn’s season to shine and she has done an amazing job! You can just tell how much the freshman look up to her and adore her! It will be sad for me to watch her go but she has done her job and done it well! She will be missed but she will leave behind the lessons she taught and the sprit she bring. She will be playing for the Pride this summer and I fully believe she will do great things for them! I’m happy for her but I know leaving UW and the Huskies will be very hard on her. Morgan is a quiet strength. She has been a great leader on and off the field. She made a big splash from the day she came to UW! Morgan is known for her key plays! She is the type of person who can strike out 3 times in a game and then come back the 4^th time when the game is on the line and the pressure is on and jack a game winning homerun! That is just Morgan! In fact, she knocked in the go ahead run in the second game of the National Championship in 09! I don’t know what Morgan has planned after graduation but she’ll be successful in whatever she does! I will miss her big grin when she does something good! She tends to be pretty quiet I think but there are times in the game if you watch for them that she shows you how much passion and emotion she has for the game! I’ve enjoyed watching her play and I will miss her! Ashley didn’t get to play much the first 3 years of her career. There were just so many great outfielders those years that she didn’t get much chance. I was reading an article earlier (which I will post a link to later on in the blog) about her and it just confirmed what I thought about her. I also read in that article that Coach Tarr wanted her to redshirt her freshman year but they already had too many who were already red shirting and so she couldn’t. But you would never find her complaining! She’s played much more this year and has done a wonderful job! I admire her a lot! I admire that she never gave up. Some people would have changed schools or just quit the team. But not Ashley, she stayed! She stayed and she fought! She will always have a special place in my heart and serve as reminder to me that no matter how little everyone has a part to play and your little part can make a big difference!

          While on the subject of seniors UW fans Jenn Salling is a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award! You can vote for her once a day per computer! She started off in the lead but has fallen off sharply! Please go vote for her! Let’s give Jenn one more sign of how much we love her, appreciate her, and how glad we are she battled through that long journey to come to play for UW! She has had an amazing 6 years and she deserves this award!!

          I don’t know how much sense this entry will make. I know it was a lot of weird ramblings but it’s what on my heart right now! Sorry it was so long!

Here are some links for ya!

http://www.seniorclassaward.com/vote/ This is to vote for Jenn! Remember vote everyday up to May 10^th!

http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-softbl/spec-rel/040111aaa.html This is the article about Ashley!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kK_FphAteRw I realized that I had not shared this on here yet and wanted to do so! I started working on this the night UW was knocked out of the WCWS last year! I made several other videos that you can see on my profile on youtube but this is my favorite! I hope you enjoy it!! I own nothing in any of my vidoes! I just do them for fun!

          That’s all for now! Go Dawgs, Roll Tide, and Boomer Sooner (they could some love right now! It’s been a rough up and down season so far!)