Only in the South!

Do you remember what you were doing Sunday, December 20th, 2009 around lunch time?

We do... Lauren had just finished playing her second softball game of the day.

 

It was cold, but she hadn't yet acquired an appreciation of softball pants yet, so yes, she's wearing shorts. It may be Florida, but there was a bitterly cold wind blowing and it was in the low 50's. Our blood has thinned, we were COLD! Renee proved to be the smartest Stendel, she watched from the car.

 

But, onto the second half of the South topic. The jersey. Yes, folks it reads Rebels. We are not proud or condoning of the idea that it is an acceptable name. Lauren was guest playing with the team.
We have been looking into a travel softball team for Lauren to play with this Spring. The teams we were most interested in were the Future Tour, the Xtream and the Rebels. Location, was a big factor and how far they traveled to play in the weekend tournaments. These were all local and the Rebels actually played in the most close tournaments. The Future and Xtream practiced closest to our home. We know a lot of girls that play for the Future and so were let in on the secret that the Future and Rebels were going to combine for the Spring.
We had taken Lauren to 2 workouts for the new Future Rebels, when they asked if Lauren was going to play with them that weekend. They only asked 2 girls to play with them from the workouts. So, we let Lauren play on Sunday. She has mostly pitched and played 1st for the past 2 years. They put her in Right Field. She caught a fly ball for an out and stopped 3 other balls and held the girls to singles.

We are still in the process of trying out, but Rod has told the Recreation League that he won't be back to coach this Spring. Lauren has been looking very good in the work-outs. Tuesday was rough because it was only 39 degrees. On the plus side, she will now wear the pants!