by Scooby26 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:55 am
Wow!
Congratulations Cougars23 on making your first Hey Bucket post, one of the most classless ones that I've ever seen!
You're going to disparage a girl that you've never seen play? A free education at an NAIA school with a great softball program is nothing? Do you think that it might be possible that she selected that school because it was a great fit for her for many reasons beyond just softball?
Filler, Burkhardt and Simon are all fantastic softball players--as is Natalie Newell. You could make a very good case for any of them to represent this district as Miss Softball. All those girl's would tell you the same thing, they've been playing summer ball either with or against each other for many year's! I can however tell you that Natalie has had to do something throughout her four years of High School that the other's havn't and that is carry her team. Take Filler or Burkhardt of the Dwenger team and they still have the other along with a very strong supporting cast. Take Simon off the Penn team and they still have Hoffman, the pitching staff intact, along with a strong supporting cast. Take Natalie off of Goshen's team and you have drastically altered everything about them. Could any of these other girl's trade places with Natalie and carry a team for four years with the same success--maybe, maybe not, we'll never know. All I can tell you is that with nearly 1100 career strikeouts, God knows how many wins in four years, around 20 career homers, a boat-load of RBI's, a career batting average north of .400 etc.---she deserves much better than some first time poster, that has never seen her play, coming on here and spouting garbage about her!
All the best to all of these outstanding players and young ladies! I know that you'll be successful both on the field and in life beyond softball!