2003 PREVIEW SOFTBALL: LEAVING THE PAST BEHIND PALMDALE SOFTBALL TEAM LOOKS TO 2003 AS FRESH START.Byline: Ramona Shelburne Ramona Shelburne is an American sports journalist currently writing for the Los Angeles Daily News. Shelburne was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She attended El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills, California where she was a class valedictorian. Staff Writer There's no hint of self-consciousness when Palmdale High second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Nancy Escobar talks about her softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' team's performance last year. Palmdale finished last in the Golden League, going 1-9. But if you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. self-pity, Escobar is not the right source. ``Our thing is, all that is in the past,'' said Escobar, a co-captain. ``It's done with and we're going to keep looking forward. We always try to think of the score as 0-0 and if bad things happen, we try to lift each other up.'' The thing is, Palmdale's 0-5 start this season doesn't seem like much of a departure from last season. But coach Deb Demiglio prefers not to judge her team in terms of wins and losses. ``Our record says we're 0-5, but we've scored in every game,'' she said. ``We just haven't been able to push a win across yet. Seems like we've been giving up one bad inning every game and it's more like five or six runs instead of two or three.'' Those big innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. have come from errors and ``young mistakes'' as Demiglio puts it. In its first five games, Palmdale has committed 20 errors, compared to only nine for opponents. The Falcons have only three returning starters from last season and five of the 14 players are freshmen and sophomores. But offensively Palmdale is strong, which could make it a dangerous team in the Golden League. ``We're scoring runs and hitting the ball really well,'' Demiglio said. ``We'll make our opponents play defense this season.'' To break onto the right side of the victory column, though, Palmdale's three pitchers must mature and get some help from the defense. Sophomore Ashley Thomas Ashley Thomas is the name of a fictional character in ITV's soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by John Middleton. About Ashley The character Ashley Thomas is vicar of Emmerdale. has seen the most action so far, but freshmen Rebecca Zapata and Johanna Ilejai have looked good. All three are vying for the No. 1 spot formerly held by second-team all- league pick Michelle Lee Michelle Lee may refer to:
Senior shortstop Jessi Daughtry anchors the infield and is the most dangerous offensive threat. Her batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. has hovered around .500 so far this season. When Ilejai isn't pitching, she's hit close to .500 as well as playing as a utility infielder A utility infielder is a baseball player, usually someone who does not have a regular starting role on the team, who is capable of playing more than one of the four defensive infield positions: second base, third base, shortstop, and less typically first base. . She's the younger sister of Vanessa Ilejai, an all-league honorable mention catcher/third baseman for Palmdale last season. `` We're still working in those JV players (who moved up to varsity this season) and the freshman,'' Escobar said. ``But I think we're taking a big step up this year because we're getting a lot of good young players in.'' PALMDALE AT A GLANCE Team: Palmdale softball Coach: Deb Demiglio 2001 Record: 6-18, 1-9 in Golden League League finish: Sixth place Key returnees: Jessi Daughtry (Sr., SS); Ashley Thomas (So., P/INF); Nancy Escobar (Jr., 2B/OF) Top newcomers: Johanna Ilejai (Fr., P/INF); Rebecca Zapata (Fr., P) CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Palmdale's Nancy Escobar doesn't want to think about the Falcons' poor Golden League record last season, preferring to focus on how the team can improve. Andy Holzman/Staff Photographer Box: PALMDALE AT A GLANCE (see text) |
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