Ladywhips Baseball

In which Beckie keeps experimenting; Emma is a trooper for 5 minutes; Simone has enough of the heat; Shaun loses an out; Richelle keeps having to run; Meg is robbed; Vicky finally gets a play; Trav gets lucky and gets dirty; Renae can’t get out; neither can Simone still; nor can Molly; Beckie can’t get enough strikeouts; There is much discussion of toilet training; Ben can’t bend too far; Beckie doesn’t mind; Zoe keeps apologising, & Ciara shows the benefit of cages.

In which Ella displays absolutely positively most definitely no fear (not even a little bit); Molly makes good decisions; Trav is relaxed; Zoe eventually decides she needs glasses; Meg does her best Roy Hobbs; Vette attempts her best Kirk Gibson; Ella learns on the job; Richelle wishes she could run; Vicky wishes she’d stayed on the field for one more innings; Anneliese wants the ball; Ciara successfully protects a very very short fence; and the beers at the Otherside are delicious.

In which the lead is not big enough for Molly; Simone decides to wait for the ball to do its thing; Emma spends a lot of time visiting the infield; Beckie tries something very new; Richelle very briefly looks angry; Vette pines; Zoe is quicker this week; Teagan has a rehab buddy; Renae is fearless and Molly is reliable.

In which it rains; a lot; in fact it never stops raining; there is no mound; literally; twice; Anneliese though makes lots of adjustments; Emma lets her locks go free; Averil desperately needs to pee; Renae belts a rock a very long way; Rose regrets her choice a little & elects to no longer be called young; Vette is stoic; Molly lifts weights while fielding; Teagan finally registers; Richelle beats it out; Zoe shows no fear; John freezes his hands off; Andrew umpires in quarantine; but Shaun unfortunately had to protect the lucky glitter pink; and it never ever ever lets up with the rain!

In which no-one strikes out, Beckie wants the ball, Averil has no fear, Molly’s feet don’t wake up, but Zoe’s feet do, Rose’s muscle memory returns quickly, Simone looks comfortable again in blue, Richelle is relieved to come out of the field, Trav announces that she doesn’t like running, & Lisa is quick-witted.

In which the season that was is retold, memories are rekindled, gifts are given, trophies are pronounced, joy is celebrated and a genuinely lovely group of women prepare to do it again.

In which Renae stops thinking; Emma M is left in too long but is saved by her sister; Megan is surprised, however Zoe is even more surprised; Ellie learns to dislike Dale (as do most of Swans); Emma J remains true to form; Elyse takes one for the team without knowing what that means; Melody reels in the years; and Anneliese has no luck left but Beckie has plenty.

In which Emma M is frustrated by a mole; Vette struggles with nicknames; Ellie struggles to get out of the way; Shaun writes a literary lineup; Anneliese is Ryan Eldred late; Zoe shreds a finger but keeps apologising; Beckie has rhythm; Trav does not; Ciara is definitely not a spaz; Renae thinks too much; Molly thinks just enough; Ella is really really really keen; Ellie gets the hospital passes; Emma J is still in the right place; Anneliese finally gets it right; & there are an incredible number of hugs on the ground in left field.

In which Anneliese is very surprised; Emma M doesn’t blink; Zoe also looks surprised; Renae is very dominant; Emma J is in the right place; Ellie is tough; Ciara is quick; Beckie makes adjustments; Molly fidgets a little less; Trav does a little less overthinking; Anneliese is still very surprised; as are many of her teammates; many words are spoken; much listening is done; and Shaun rolls lots of dice!

In which it is bloody hot, Emma apologises (very unnecessarily), Molly demonstrates that she can dance; Richelle reads well; Zoe is surprised (& then also apologises unnecessarily); Trav is grateful, Anneliese and Beckie are even more grateful; Vette makes them when they count; Renae plays the veteran card (in both senses); Emma shows incredible courage and fortitude; and the Ladywhips follow her.