Bella's Dugout Diaries

  Hi everyone! I had another softball game, and guess what… we played the Bears again! 🐻 Last time they beat us 4 to 2… but this time WE WON 3 to 1!! 🎉 I got to play three different positions —shortstop, third base, and first base. That was really fun (and a little busy too!). At third base , I stopped two ground balls from getting past me. I didn’t get the runners out because I didn’t field them perfectly, but I still kept the ball in the infield and helped my team. My coach said that was important! Then I moved to first base , and that’s where something AWESOME happened… I fielded three ground balls in the SAME inning and ran to first base to get all three outs by myself!! 😲⚾ My teammates were cheering and giving me lots of high fives—it made me feel so happy! Now for batting: My first at-bat , I hit a hard line drive to first base. The first baseman dropped it, so I made it to first safely. That’s called reaching on an error , and it does NOT count as a hit , so ...

  Hi everyone! I had my softball game this morning, and I got there early to warm up. I’ve been practicing my throwing a lot, and I can tell I’m getting better—I can throw farther now! We played the Roadrunners, and guess what… we won 8 to 4! 🎉 I had a really good day hitting. I went 2 for 3, and both of my hits were doubles! The other time I hit the ball, it went right back to the pitcher. She grabbed it and ran to tag a runner going home instead of throwing me out at first, so I made it to first base. My grandpa told me that’s called a “fielder’s choice,” which is kind of a funny name! My first double was with the bases loaded, and I got 2 RBIs! The ball went all the way to the fence, but I had to stay at first because the runner in front of me stopped at second. Grandpa still says it counts as a double though 😄 My second double was also with the bases loaded, and I got 2 more RBIs! This time I got to score a run too, which was really fun! I played third base, second base,...

 Hi everyone! I had my softball game yesterday at 6:00, and the sky looked really cloudy like it might rain, but we still got to play! We played the Bobcats, and it was a super close game. We lost 6 to 5, but it was one of the funniest games I’ve played all year! I played shortstop, pitcher, and first base, and I think I did really good. All my practice is helping a lot! At bat, I went 3 for 3! I hit 2 singles and 1 double, got 2 RBIs, and scored 1 run. The funniest part of the game was when I hit a single and ran past first base by accident. Then I had to race the first baseman to second base! Everyone was laughing really loud, and I made it safe by just a tiny bit! We scored first and were winning 1 to 0, but then the Bobcats scored 5 runs. After that, our team came back and scored 4 runs to tie the game! Later, I came up to bat with the bases loaded and a full count (3 balls and 2 strikes). I hit the ball right up the middle for a double and brought in 2 runs! Then my team...