Ladywhips Baseball

In which Trav puts her arm up; Ella is two decades too young,; babies are showered; Lisa demonstrates who wears the pants; Zoe can’t miss - with the bat or the glove; Ella inherits Colgate’s swing (but is disappointed by the boys); Ciara does too much thinking; Molly has excellent presence of mind; Anneliese is consistent; Melody is not intimidated; Lisa is sharp as a tack; Trav is amazed; Molly i...

In which the season is wrapped and celebrated

In which the Ladywhips discover one thing even tighter than McGowan’s lockdown; Molly is continually surprised; Beckie is continually frustrated; Ciara is really excited; Zoe’s signal is missed; there is much discussion about Vicky’s butt muscles; Anneliese gets a present; Molly drop steps and it costs her; Steph does not and it costs her too; Emma exchanges firm words; Trav does not miss; Meg sho...

In which the Ladywhips all time games played record holder drops by to talk about her life in baseball, what the game has meant to her and why the Ladywhips are still here.

In which it is really hot; Beckie has no sleep but has a puppy & still gets off the mound very quickly; Trav has hot hands; Steph forgets to put hers up; Richelle has no luck while Emma has enough; Zoe wants the extra bases; Ciara is adventurous and shows a clean pair of heals; Zoe is literally everywhere; Ella breaks a drought; Zoe uses her mum voice; Beckie is too tired to watch pitches; Steph i...

In which Simone plays her 100th game for the club, and both teams are much in awe!

In which training pays off; Ciara does a little celebrating; but still not as much as the infield; Renae insists on stealing but is grateful for being able to catch her breath; Zoe does a lot of pondering just how long she has been doing this; Vette is back where she needs to be; Joe sits in the wrong spot but the team is very grateful; Emma is intimidating; Beckie has rhythm throughout; clearly b...

I’m which much Mexican food is eaten; the relative merits of the judgment of American psychologists is debated; Anneliese has another hangover; Zoe’s kitten does not get out nor get stepped on; Ciara demonstrates her best Jesus; Steph celebrates with the ball; Beckie may not know where to stand but endeavours to stand still as little as possible; there is a lot of dessert; Simone finally gets out;...

In which Anneliese discovers the best hangover cure; Ciara is pretty chill; Steph is not really; Molly definitely isn’t; Zoe makes like a rock; Beckie is disappointed in the number of strikeouts; Renae can’t keep the grin off her face; Ella shows off her arm; Vicky is the steadiest; Meg is robbed again; Steph says hello to the ball: Simone sees little to like; nor does Teagan; Ella shows off to he...

In which Ella gets a fright; Ciara is cat-like; Zoe remembers her glasses before the game starts; Trav does some unsuccessful milking; Emma is mean to children; Rose reels in the years; Ella brings her dancing feet; Steph is incredibly nervous; Anneliese is very resigned; Rose demonstrates that flat shoes are not essential; Trav mistakes Renae for Meg; Beckie thinks too much; she unfortunately is...

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 d...

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 succe...

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 beat...

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;...

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...

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.

In which Emma M does her Willie Mays Hayes impression without the bird; Teagan is quick; but Ciara is even quicker; Beckie is not; Neither is Megan; Zoe is too aggressive; Renae blinks; Anneliese starts to get comfortable; Ciara kicks herself because she isn’t; Amarisa moves gracefully in the deep; Emma I keeps taking her shoe off and getting in trouble; Liam is an early nominee for the best boyfr...

In which Teagan demonstrates her ability to forecast; Emma I synchronises her calendar; Trav sticks to her instruction not to run; Vette doesn’t have the choice; Emma J asks lots of questions; Molly add nerves to her hangover; Zoe says sorry even more than usual; Renae is pitched around; Ellie discovers it is a lot like softball; Richelle wishes she was back in the outfield; while Emma I just wish...

In which Emma is Kirk Gibson with good knees; Molly wants to steal; Amarisa is very very uncertain; Anneliese is really really tired; Megan is spoiled for choice; Zoe has no fear; neither does Molly; Elyse buries hers; Richelle holds the ball; Anneliese can’t see it; Teagan has company; Ciara forgets; as does Megan.

In which Megan earns a Save but has to google it; Emma M keeps being in the right place at the right time; Renae finally gets to run 3 bases; Teagan has a nap; Amarisa does not; Zoe finds her rhythm; Megan also helps herself out, a lot; Ciara does too much thinking; so does Trav; as does Emma I; Richelle just swings the bat.

In which Beckie trades in her rhythm in the batting box for rhythm on the mound; Zoe keeps pressing; Amarisa keeps her patience; Richelle escapes from Japan; Teagan hits it the only place she could; Molly gets a shock; Emma M gets an even bigger shock; Ciara has trouble bending; Anneliese gets the hospital pass; Renae keeps going; Megan is grateful not to be catching; & Emma I doesn’t need safe hi...