Hi everyone. Was bored at work and looking around eBay.

Every 4 years I can't wait to watch the great US Olympic softball team. This year I didn't get to see any games and not sure if they even showed them! Pretty pathetic when NBC had 4 channels showing events. Hopefully softball will be reinstated for the next Olympics. Actually winning Silver this year may have helped that cause.

Anyway, I'm sure some of you can relate....I'm an old softball player from the late 70's - you know, when women's sports were "just fun to keep us busy". Kind of makes me mad now because I left high school with a .517 batting average for fast pitch! That didn't seem to mean anything in 1978 and would most likely get me a full college scholarship today. I ended up playing slow pitch (no fast pitch leagues) for the next 10 years until I blew out my knee and tore my ACL.
Now at age 48 and 3 knee surgeries later, softball is a thing of the past and I can't believe how much I miss playing. The summer Olympics always does this to me.

I'm so glad how popular softball is today and how it gets the recognition it deserves. There are some really amazing players out there and it makes us old softball players proud :)

Maryanne in Pittsburgh, PA