Ladywhips Baseball

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...

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 r...

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; Geo...

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 fir...

In which Clayton gives up his Sunday morning; Molly forgets how to give up a ball; Misato doesn’t like wasting pitches - especially with her fan club watching; Steph is out in front; Vette does all she can to avoid running; Caitlin gets her bat mojo back; Sophie misses a signal; Alex covers as Caitlin gets confused; Deborah gets to the first three bases for the first time; Monica shows off her out...

In which George is determined; Deborah charges; Dan is stretchy; Molly is exhausting; Steph overanalyses; Trav is cautious but has some moves; Alex awakens old memories but is very athletic; Ciara can run; Alex is strong; Steph Marshals the field; Caitlin slams the door; Molly slams the ball; George is gritty; Dan is patient; Alex gets dirty; & George does something she hasn’t done for some ti...

In which Molly was muscly & Misato was well drilled; Trav finds a way to get out of starting pitching & Caitlin finds a way to deal with her hangover; Steph unsuccessfully tests a new sliding technique; Monica needs to tape up yet another injury; Deborah doesn’t miss; Misato is unlucky; Steph has lots of running to do; Georgina makes an adjustment; Trav surprises herself; Caitlin gets bett...

Belated publication with a special guest announcer

In which Molly calls the shot; there is much gratitude and thankfulness (even while, for a long time, there is no umpire); there is also rain; Caitlin giggles; often; Michelle is unhappy (with cause); Dan learns another rule; Caitlin is filthy, but not brutal (despite what Trav says); Ella stands her ground (literally); Molly demonstrates that the best walls have rhythm; Steph spends it before she...

In which Lisa chickens out; Michelle plays somewhere for the first time; there are lots of discussions about balks; Anney has a new glove; Trav has a too well-worn move; a pitcher covers first; Caitlin eventually stamps the right spot; Ciara’s bat keeps making it look effortless; as does Molly’s glove; Trav monsters; as does Michelle; but Caitlin is unlucky; Steph gets fired up; but Anney is ready...

In which Annie gets very very nervous (& then has cause to be); there is much discussion about spray charts (which Steph then ignored); Caitlin cannot read a signal (but executed her thing perfectly); after she gets her uniform dirty; Anneliese gets one in exactly her spot; Molly is everywhere (fortunately); Ella makes the adjustment; Anneliese does not; Sophie find it hard to with the left ha...

In which boys selfishly do too much digging; Ciara doesn’t need sunglasses; Molly finds some footing (at least initially); Trav’s timing is way off; Michelle’s is not; Steph is robbed as Shaun is misunderstood; Ciara is robbed of an in-the-park; Caitlin’s arm gets the yips; Molly can’t find footing; Chasey is played by the infield; the Kelmscott disease recurs; Monica threads a needle; Trav has go...

In which Amelie gets grounded and very few people’s days improve from there …

In which Emma does a lot more driving than she expected; Pride hangovers abound; Ella has to have her photo taken; Molly channels her inner Dante Bichette (but with a zen face); Emma is forced to run; Richelle likes the cones; Dan is in unfamiliar territory; Monica is unruffled; Steph is unlucky but much steadier; Annie gets it where she likes it; Monica muscles up; Steph has a fatal step as Vette...

In which Emma is finally forced to lie still; everyone is grateful for the McGillivray Sea Breeze; Caitlin plays the veteran card; Dan learns to score; Janice loves the new tablet; there is no collective understanding of the infield fly rule; Molly decides to do everything herself (& then feels really guilt about doing so); Caitlin beats one out; Steph’s elbow has a kind of its own; Dan doesn’...

In which Ashleigh pulls off a something extraordinary; Vicky & Ryan enable us to be part of it; the first pitch gets everyone excited; there is a lot of dressing up; Baseball is eventually played; Emma is even less quick; Caitlin is briefly robbed (fixed it); Amelie proves herself wrong; Richelle thinks she’s quicker; Molly has a drop step; a really really good one; Vicky is very excited to be...

In which we sit down and talk to the originator and the driving force behind the inaugural Pride Round

In which there are yips to be dispelled, surprises to appear, sleep to be had in the wrong places, and something extraordinary to be part of. In which Michelle is pumped; Dan has ball fever but communication is in short supply; Molly flexes her range; then gets caught short; Caitlin has rhythm; Molly finds hers; Steph calls loudly; Monica does her own washing; Sophie battles; Anneliese pirouettes;...

In which the Ladywhips do indeed win one with the grumpy old mare at the helm

In which Molly gets the yips; Sophie does not; Trav shoulders a load; but also audibly has too much to say for herself; Olympia loses an out and falls asleep; Sophie keeps the ball on the ground; Monica is aggressive; Trav can’t get it out of the infield; Sophie stays economic; Steph is grateful for the second pitching change; Ciara picks out a fielder; Emma curses the sun; but also hits people; C...

In which McGillivray is seen at dawn; white balls remain much loved; Trav is pumped; Amelie is too bit a fraction too much; Molly is steady & Ciara follows suit; Michelle shows her guns; Amelie gets her first out (& then her first hit); unfortunately Olympia is quicker than Dan; Trav overruns the ball to show off her guns; Vette reels in the years; so Emma does to (& surprises Michelle...

Featuring Olympia Bird, Renae Currie, Ciara Donohoe, Molly Finch, Richelle Gornik, Dan Higgs, Megan Lam, Anneliese Lange, Monica Lee, Simone Maver, Amelia Miller, Gemma Nguyen, Meg O’Brien, Steph O’Neill, Lisa Powell, Ella Robertson, Michelle Symes, Calista Tan, Rebecca Travaglione, Sophie Wood, Eyvette Prosper, Janice Gardner & Kim Nguyen.