One place that women are not discriminated against is college softball. Tonight the University of Arizona Wildcats won the second game of the Women's College World Series against the Tennessee Lady Vols, 1-0. The play was maginficient. Arizona starter Taryne Mowatt (41-12) did what the Vols' Monica Abbott couldn't quite do: shut down the other team. In the tenth inning (a regular game in Woman's softball is seven), Danielle Rodriguez came in to pinch run for Sam Banister, who had been sacrificed to second. Ms. Rodriquez reached third on an error, and charged for home on a grounder to the short stop. She swiped the corner of the plate just ahead of the tag. Today was Danielle's birthday.
There is good reason to favor Tennessee. They have never made it this far before. Arizona is after their eighth title. But I graduated from the University of Arizona just before Ronald Reagan graduated to the Presidency. A couple of years ago I got back to my old alma mater, and one evening in April I sat in the bleachers and watched the softball team work out. Go Wildcats! And happy birthday, Danielle.
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