Ladywhips Baseball

In which Currie sorts out when to play her 100th; Dan sorts out the confusion between her birthday and her number of games played; Trav & Vette make speeches and new precedents are set; Trav picks up where she left off; Steph briefly leads in Assists; Richelle doesn’t panic (even though she wants to); Trav is unflappable; Currie is strong; & Steph offers no respite; everyone wants to cover first; Jade makes good decisions; Ciara is too elastic; so Dan shows her how it’s done; manners remain in place despite the significant opening of the zone; Trav takes matters into her own hands; Jade loses her rhythm; Shae is surprised; & Hoppy gets cold; Caitlin is steady; Steph has muscles; Caitlin is catlike & Hoppy is loud; Melody is tough but picky; Shae is more patient; Caitlin refuses to die wondering; but Anneliese does; Dan is apologetic: but Jade is sharp; before Steph holds the final ball!

In which the base umpire is unnerved; Steph is surprised; Caitlin is very sore (but has not yet told her mum); George gets her groove; Anney does not manage to find hers; Dan stays on her heals; Amber should have broken Hoppy’s heart; Hoppy, though, is irrepressible; Jade is gritty; Melody is flash; then powerful; then distracted; then even flasher & robbed; Caitlin dominates; Hoppy gets it done; while Steph is surprisingly quick!

In which everyone wants to play; Trav shows the benefit of an off-season fitness regime; Jade is unobtrusively literally everywhere; Trav wants to keep running; Olivia shows the value of Army discipline; Renae remembers to use the bottom half of her body; Shae is relieved to have hit the ball; George is unlucky; Steph protects her butt with her head; everyone is confused by the unfriendly rule; twice; Amber is quick; George is unlucky again; Trav just keeps getting better; & the umpire wants a match ball (so everyone signs it)!

In which trophy winners are announced; two voices are heard; two languages are spoken; there is a humble nod to an extraordinary gift; and many generous words are spoken

In which a different team returned to Crimea Park; Misato does an impression of a metronome; Molly reads down angle; Alex is really really unlucky; Currie is too old to get out of the way; Vette does not go fishing; Sophie is composed; Monica is focussed; Molly really has to run; Sophie remembers the words of all of her teeball coaches; Molly does an impression of a ballerina; Steph pounces like a vulture; Caitlin pays the price for doing her own washing; Deborah doesn’t panic; Sophie surprises herself; a lot; and then reaches back; Misato has good instincts; Currie has muscles; Vette uses her shoulders; Monica demonstrates the virtue of training; Sophie finally runs out of gas; Alex is a bit too strong; Currie blames Shaun’s glove; Steph demonstrates the advantages of being tall; and Sophie wins her first ball!

In which calls and messages of love and respect come from around the world; Molly finally draws a walk; Dan has a personal coach; Steph thinks too much; George replicates training drills; Meg goes chasing (thankfully); Vicky is unrushed; Molly gets muscular; Misato is consistent; Alex is ripped off (with an apology); Vicky physically demonstrates Australian vernacular; Caitlin executes her first rundown play; Steph is in exactly the right spot at exactly the right time; Dan uses the whole field; Meg makes an adjustment; Alex doesn’t throw despite wanting to; Steph is not nervous in plastic; but still has bruises to show for it; Caitlin is not confident of her footing; however Molly is a a century of games is celebrated with hedgehogs!

In which Meg mounts a comeback; Caitlin advertises the power of Hard Solo; Misato is ready; most others are not; Molly is athletic; repeatedly; Vette reels in the years; but laments having to run; Monica lacks patience; but not as much as Deborah; Molly dislikes the fence; Dan and Steph stop talking; Monica can run; but the gloves clang too often

In which Trav takes medical advice seriously; Shaun is grateful for his new screen; Molly is respected; Georgina lunges; Alex remembers her leg kick; Misato is a wall; Dan is too keen; so is Deborah; Ciara is very quick; Sophie crushes without knowing where it went; Alex knows; Dan crushes; Deborah gets her first; Misato gets revenge; Ciara runs hard & slides even harder; Caitlin is ready; Georgina loads; Monica battles, Molly rides her luck; and Nanami does lots of difficult translating; before Trav shares her heart and her mind!

In which, fresh from their strong win over Carine Cats, the Ladywhips sit down to listen to the baseball journey of Rebecca Travaglione

In which the Freedom Centre practice very hard for the first pitch; Trav volunteers to catch it; Shaun volunteers to wear a tutu; Trav is pumped; (Those things are not connected though); Molly dislikes wasting pitches; Trav enjoys fouling them off; Caitlin has her mojo back; Molly’s subconscious gets in her way; Sophie isn’t quite quick enough; but Steph is; Ciara keeps it alive; Deborah has a first; Trav crushes; Sophie is unflustered; Vette does an impression of a pretzel; Trav has the deke; Sophie forgets to move out of the way; Ciara doesn’t panic; nor does Sophie; Vette launches but respects her knees; Molly breathes out; and love is celebrated!