SOFTBALL NOTEBOOK: SOFTBALL TURNS INTO 'THERAPY'.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 Lauren Tantlinger practiced with the Highland 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 on Thursday, one day after waiting 13 hours at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. while her father, Kevin, an assistant coach, underwent an experimental surgery to remove cancerous brain tumors Brain Tumor Definition A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. Unlike other tumors, brain tumors spread by local extension and rarely metastasize (spread) outside the brain. . After such an emotional ordeal, softball practice was probably the best thing for Lauren Tantlinger to do. And next week, while her thoughts will still be with her father, Lauren Tantlinger will pitch in the most important game of the year as Highland opens Golden League play on Tuesday against three-time defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Quartz Hill. ``This really puts softball in perspective,'' Highland coach Dan Morrow mor·row n. 1. The following day: resolved to set out on the morrow. 2. The time immediately subsequent to a particular event. 3. Archaic The morning. said. ``Kevin is a true competitor, a warrior and if anyone was going to beat this, it was him.'' Kevin Tantlinger coached his final regular-season game of the year March 29 in the championship of the High Desert Classic tournament at Lancaster City Park. He told the team he would return for the playoffs. After that game, he said, ``Softball is the best therapy I could have.'' Now, those close to Lauren hope the same will be true for her. ``It's going to be hard for her without her dad out there,'' shortstop Shannon Doepking said. ``They're very close. But Lauren is a tough girl and softball is her life.'' Kevin Tantlinger is expected to be in the hospital for up to 10 days. He will begin radiation treatment next week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his sister, Kelly Meyers. Since publishing an article on the Tantlingers on Wednesday, the Daily News has received an outpouring of phone calls, e-mails and letters of support. If you would like to make a donation to Kevin Tantlinger and his family, call Meyers at 707-252-0493 or mail a check to: Kevin Tantlinger, 1437 Sheridan Dr., Napa, Calif., 94558. If you would like to e-mail Kevin Tantlinger directly, his address is kevin(at)fastpitchwest.com. Updates on Tantlinger's condition will be posted at www.fastpitchwest.com, a site run by Jim Flannagan, Tantlinger's friend, and his wife. |
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