What we need here is if schools are going to stay (with it), young kids need to start now. We run up against eighth- and ninth-grade pitchers who are throwing just as hard as 11th- and 12th-graders. None of these girls have played before.

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Just about every game this year, the first inning has killed us. The girls have butterflies. They're nervous. But I'm proud of the girls. We learned a lot from this.

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