Ballgirl Charity Softball Game

In order to be a ballgirl, you must have softball skills!  I played when I was younger, and I still have all the skills necessary to perform my duties.  Once you are on the roster, you are also on the Ballgirl softball team! This means that anyone can have their charity play against the ballgirls in a softball game for charity.

This year, the ballgirls participated in a charity softball game on June 22nd, 2014 for the Southern Delaware Therapeutic Riding program at Sports at the Beach in Georgetown, Delaware! The girls met up at Kelly and Kory's house, and we carpooled down together in 3 cars.  We made a quick stop at the beach in Delaware to take some pictures on the beach in our uniforms, and they came out beautifully!  I can't figure out how to put all these pictures in a slide show, so I'll just continue to post them in the actual post!  We did a lot of different poses and just had a lot of fun with it, as it was one of those nice moments when we weren't really working; we were just hanging out as friends. 

When we finally got to the field, we put our hair up (including ribbon, of course!) and our game faces on!  The game started off with a few of their riders hitting some pitches we threw and them running the bases!  It was so nice watching these kids laugh and smile while participating in the softball experience.  We lined the baselines as they ran the bases and encouraged them with applause and cheering!

After that, their program leaders took the field and the ballgirls were up to bat!  We were stacking up the runs, and we thought this was going to be a nice and easy day.  The leaders were up to bat, and the innings went quickly as we rotated from batting to fielding.  Then our game faces really went on, as the SDTR program sent out their team of their softball playing staff; a group of athletic women who were all-state softball players in college.  They were very good, and they definitely gave us a run for our money.  Everyone did so well, and the best part was that the riders had a great time.  Their parents and friends all gathered to watch this wonderful event happen. 

When the game was over, they had one of their horses run the bases, and that made everyone smile! Definitely a wonderful surprise! They even had him wearing a Phillies shirt for the occasion!  The ballgirls had such a great time playing softball for an even better cause!