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 * __The Real Winners (Based on a True Story) By Amy Skoff__**

It was my first year playing softball. Today my team was having one of our last games, and I was pretty nervous. My mom pulled up the car to the ball fields. She wished me good luck and would come back later for the game. I entered the batting cages. Most of my teammates were there. We all had to take turns using one batting cage. As I waited for my turn I looked at the batting order. " Darn it." I was going to bat sencond to last. I always end up batting last. Most likely becuse this is my first year, but still I would hit every ball in the cages. Okay almost every one. As usual the pitcher ended up batting first. I think it was cause she was the coach's daughter. Then something broke my thoughts. " Skoff! " I hated when people called me by my last name. I had a first name too. Though I had to keep my cool. " Yes coach." " Have you batted yet? " " No." " When then come in here." " Okay." I got out my bat and helmet. I hit all the balls. " Okay team lets go to field one." Soon we enterd the dugout and put our stuff down. The other team was batting first. Our coach started calling out the field postions. " Emily, pitcher. Broke, third base. Skoff, right field." I went to go get me glove, but as I walked toward the field coach changed his mind. " Skoff! What Are you doing? Haley's in right field. Your out." In stead of arguing I went to the bench. The inning went okay, and I should know. I watched the whole thing from the side lines. The first runner made it to second base. The second runner got. The third runner made it to sencond, leaving the first runner on third. Then came the fourth batter. She wanted to go on sencond, but when the second basser went to third, the runner didn't move. Though when she finnaly came home we got her out. The fifth batter got out too. Yes! Second inning. Wait a minute. I was batting sencond to last. We made four home runs, but then got three outs. Befor the third inning started coach called out the positions, but this time I wasn't out. I was in left field. We got two outs in a row. Then the team had five runs. One more than ours. But when the next batter made a hit I caught it! Everybody was happy. When I got to the dug out I got my bat and helmet. I was third to bat, but the worse happend. Both the two batters before me got out. I was up to me to make a hit. I felt nervous. I swung early twice. Two stikes. The pitcher throw the next ball. I swung. Then CRACK!!!! I made a hit past second. I was in such shock I almost forgot to run. I was so close to first, but the baseman had the ball. I got out. Though to my surprise everybody on my team was cheering for me. We didn't win, but we played a great game.