I have always liked playing softball. But what really made me love the game in the beginning was the people I played with. I can remember the day that my dad first signed me up to play softball. A couple days later I got an e-mail back saying that I was going to be playing for the Century team. I cried and cried because at time I wanted to be on the JM team (who I played basketball with). Now I wouldn’t be with any of my friends and to top it off Century was JM’s biggest rival. It had to be a ten year olds worst nightmare. Reluctantly I went to practice. I forced myself to go in with an open mind and remember that they are probably nice people too. It turns out that I have been playing for that same coach for five years now and think of him to be my second dad. I became great friends with all of the girls on the team and several of them are still my teammates.
That was the first official Royals team. Now we are much older, skills have increased, the faces of players have changed but one thing hasn’t, how much fun we have playing together. Even from the beginning the team has been made up of a bunch of goofballs, but now we are goofballs that really know how to play softball. Being able to play the game you love with your best friends has to be one of the best feelings in the world. Every time that we have a practice, a game, or anything to do with softball I cannot wait because of how much I have grown to love the game.
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