Clare
went out with two friends Sunday, one of them a teammate from the Elmhurst
softball team. They have a connection
unique to teammates.
Clare
was one of seven terrified freshmen who started fall ball in September of
2010. Come Senior Day, only Clare and
Rachel had made it through all four years.
Along the way, they formed quite a bond, going through stuff together no
one else can really appreciate. For
instance, not long ago Clare told a story about freshman year for the first
time, about hitting a home run. You
would think this would be a happy story, all high-fives, but it was a lot
scarier than that. Apparently, Coach
followed her back into the dugout and started screaming (I was there for all of
my daughter’s 18 college homeruns and never saw this happen) about That’s How I
Want You to Hit! That’ll be a warm
moment for her to carry through life, I’m sure.
The
other thing that’s interesting about this is how it seems to happen every
year. The freshmen players from 2011
feel the same way about one another.
They like Clare, but she was already a sophomore, so she couldn’t
possibly know what they were going through.
One of the girls told Clare she hated hitting behind her because “I
couldn’t hit like you.” No, the Toy
Cannon was one of a kind, just as each band of freshmen seems to be.
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