Bob Knudsen Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 For those of you that have read any of my non-auto related posts, I am a proud dad of 4. My 11 year old daughter is a pretty good athlete, and has played boys baseball since she was 5. Saturday was our last regular season game (playoffs start tomorrow) in an 18 game season with 7 teams in the division. It was my wife's birthday. In this division we had only 3 home runs total (over the fence shots) during the season. This was the total for the entire 7 team division, not my team. My daughter has been hitting deep shots to center field all season, to the deepest part of the park (200 feet). She hit two 195 foot shots a couple of weeks ago for long doubles. I have been telling her if she would get around on it a little quicker and hit it to left (180 feet) it would go out. In the first inning my daughter took a 2-2 fastball from the other team's ace and hit it out to left center. One of the dads was taking pictures and got a good shot right after she hit it. If you look closely, the woman in the upper left hand corner is my wife, and her jaw has just dropped open because she has just realized it is going out. The league is going through some records to find out, but as far back as anyone can remember (10-15 years) this is the first over the fence home run by a girl in Claremont Little League. To see I was a proud dad after the home run is a colossal understatement. Picture attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V-8 Vixen Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Wow! What a hit! :happy feet: Congratulations, Proud Papa! She sounds like a wonderful daughter - and an awesome athlete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Kocon 2417 Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Awesome Bob!! Something to be really proud of.Start taking some videos to capture the moment forever. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherri Leicht Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Wahoo!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig-It Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 That's great Bob - you should be very proud! Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car dude Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 As my daughter would say GIRL POWER. Never stop telling her she can do anything that she puts her mind to.Thats what i am trying to instill in my daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC#0471 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Dig It !!!!! Buy that kid a surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGT/SC#0471 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Dig It !!!!! Buy that kid a surprise! edit: Claremont is a great place I used to go the the Graduate School Art Department a lot...forgot the name of the little sandwich shop there but it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWZ Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 That's great! Thanks for sharing! Brings back a few fond memories of our son.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyStang Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Congrats to your daughter Bob...... Going to your kid's baseball games are very exciting I know firsthand how that feels my Son played baseball for 8 years and his homeruns were the best moments...... :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywickedshelby Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Great story and great pic to go with it.......thanks for sharing.....Congrats Dad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Send her to the Phillies!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SC5.4 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Awesome!!! I miss those days. My daughter played ASA Softball, and played up to state level before in SoCal. Fun times! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeinAZ Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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