2nd Place

Yesterday we played Sparta/Feynoord at their field. I was nervous because i've heard so many stories about how bad the umpires and fans are but luckily we got a pretty fair umpire, although when I say he was fair I dont mean to at all imply that he knew what he was doing and that he knew a ball from a strike. But oh well, its over with!

We won the first game 2-0. It was 0-0 going into the top of the 6th inning and we finally scored 2 runs and then I struck out the side to end the game. I didnt hit at all but thats fine with me because I was exhausted before we were even halfway through the first game. It was extremely hott and there was no wind, and to make matters worse it felt like I was throwing more pitches then I normally had to. After a while they stopped swinging so I had to work harder to place the ball down the middle which is hard for me to do on purpose but i'm really good at doing it on accident haha. Then the umpire wouldnt really give me the outside pitch which sucked because my curve was hitting that corner really well yesterday. He also didnt really like the inside or if a pitch was too fat down the middle. It was a lot of work but i'm so glad we won and didnt end with a tie of 0-0 because that would have sucked.

We won the second game 11-1. I was the relief pitcher but Anja didnt need me and we pretty much killed them in 5 innings so that was nice. With these two wins we are solidly in 2nd place now. We have next weekend off and then when we come back we play Zwijndrecht who is the team in first place and the only loss they have is from the game I threw against them. We also tied with them last time but we should've beaten them. Since they only have one loss and my team started off slow before I arrived here I dont think its possible for us to come into first place unless by some miracle the other teams start beating them. Either way we will be able to move up next season if we stay in this spot.

After the games I went home with my coach and her family and stayed the night there last night. We went to a concert on the beach called "100% NL". Its an all dutch music concert and it was fun to people watch because everyone was hammered. Gyselle and the girls went home early because Ashley wanted to go to bed, so Jamie and I went over to a bar called "waterski" something or other (i have no idea) and had some drinks and watched people get even more trashed than before and dance. It was pretty funny. Then we rode our bikes home and he brought me back this afternoon where the fam and I went to the Orioles and watched the first baseball teams game. They won! It was their 3rd win of the season so it was pretty exciting and they played really well.

Tomorrow I am going with Lotte to get my hair fixed, then we might be going to Haarlem to watch the softball tournament there and later I am going to a different team club called the Saints to work with some pitchers on a team that Dorien (a girl on my team) is coaching over there.

My bruises on my legs have grown and my left knee is still swollen, I have pictures but I havent uploaded them yet so when I do I will post them as well. Margreet decided that the fall happened because it was Friday the 13th and since I am one of the most superstitious people ever I have decided that I agree with her. Hopefully I get some pictures of the last week from Ian soon so that I can upload new ones! Doei!!

-Olivia