A Crushing Season

1 and 9 is how the Conejo Crushers finished their debut season in the Newbury Park parks & rec softball league. The good news is that I don't think that they were really concerned about keeping score or making it into the playoffs, as our subjects pictured here are clearly having a good time doing what they like to do - play and have some fun.

Tonight's game was a good one with some great moments for both the team and some of the individuals - Rachel made a cool sliding-catch kind of move to field a ball deep in right field, Holly had several solid hits when at bat and also was an important part in a relay throw to keep a strong batter at first rather than letting him round the bases. There have been definite improvements in the skill level of the entire team, but most importantly they continued to show up to do what they set out to do back in September - play and have some fun (see a theme here?)

I enjoyed the process of the games and as the self-proclaimed #1 loyal fan, I am ready to attend all of the games again for the spring league season. Of course...I could always sign up as a player and spread my cheer and encouragement from the field, wouldn't Holly love that??