Look at your shoes, Look at someone else’s, Look up.

CBU Camp. Best 2 days of this summer.

Okay, so I have finally gotten around to writing this. Sorry for the delay.

How do I start? Well first off, camp was AMAZING. Met some pretty crazy girls that I am honored to call friends.

First thing we did was the whole stretching, running thing that EVERYONE does. Then we got split into groups according to grades and we went to individual hitting stations. Our group hit first off of Mel, who was CBU’s pitcher last year. Of course she wasn’t throwing full speed, but it was still good. I hit pretty decent considering the slump I have been it. (I guess, hitting a ball of the fence is good ha!)

Next station we went to was shagging. Nothing to interesting about this except that Laurie, A FRESHMAN hit a BOMB, that almost left the park. Pretty crazy stuff.

Now onto my favorite station. Bunting and wiffles. Not too exciting, but it was fun. Caty made is 100% better, because bunting and hitting wiffles aren’t the funnest things to do. But it was pretty awesome watching Caty pitch bunts to us. Considering she is the catcher for CBU :)

Once every one was done with all the stuff in our station we got to play a few games. First we played “Bounce the ball on the bat and whoever does it the longest, Wins” No further explanation needed. Lets just say, I sucked it at this game. (I think the most bounces I got was like 2 or something) Next, we played “Look at your shoes, Look at someone else’s, Look up.” (I don’t know if there is a name for this game, but whatever) Again it explains itself. But if you look up and you are looking at someone, who is looking at you (because you both looked at each other’s shoes) then you were out. It got pretty heated between Caty, Bri and Andy. (Considering they are pro’s at this game).

Next, we taught the Oregonian (Caty) how us Californians play Ninja :) Me, Grace and Prevo got into a pretty intense game of Ninja. (We finally just called it a tie) But the best game was Pterodactyl. The object of this game is to say Pterodactyl without showing your teeth. It was pretty hilarious watching Caty and Prevo go after it haha. Turned out to be a good laugh.

Our last station was Cages. Nothing exciting, just normal cages that we do at every practice. Just gotta remember, repitition is what makes up better.

Lunch was deffinetly awesome. We ate in the CBU locker room. And we ended up watching “Camp Rock” for the time we were in there. It was hilarious because all we did was make fun of how cheesy that movie really was and listen to Caty and Andy, sing all the songs :)

After lunch we split up into 2 teams and schrimaged. It was really fun. It was crazy. It was Grace, Prevo, Laurie, Morgan, Kelly and the girl Morgan called “The Beast” on our side of the field. (Plus, like a bunch of other girls and Caty) We ended up losing, but we learned alot. Learned that Prevo, isn’t her real name (haha) and learned that Caty is obsessed with Friends. (So, Morgan, Kelly and I started calling her Jaanniiccee) It was a nice way to end the day.

Day 2:

Same start. Running, stretching. But today we conditioned. It was hot but not the hot I am used to.

Today was defense. Took alot of ground balls which was really nice and fun. Defense is my favorite.

Then we played gamers, which is you hit until you get out. We ended up getting 3rd. Behind teams 1 and 2, but ahead of the CBU girls, only because 95% of us girls were out in the outfield catching all the balls that didn’t leave the park!

Lunch was just as good as the day before, just a little more relaxing.

We then schrimaged again. Same girls, Same coaches, Same Caty calling balls and strikes, just a different side of the dugout.

We were down a couple runs. “Beast” gets up to the plate. (As Morgan called her) Morgan on deck. Morgan said from Monday on that if Beast hit a homerun, she was just going to bunt because there was no was she was going to follow that, being the next batter. Well, what do you know. 1st pitch, Homerun down the left field line... But FOUL! All of us girls were practically out of the dugout by the time it was foul haha. Next pitch. She just graciously decides to drop a BOMB. and boy do I mean a BOMB. Straight away center. We are excited, screaming and now on top of the scoreboard!! Thank you very much. And by the way, Morgan didn’t bunt considering there was 2 outs. (but she probably could of, considering everyone was playing deeeeep).

We ended up winning.

But the best thing about the 2 days, was just how we interacted with each other. Mostly nobody new each other, but we all became friends. The funniest thing was Morgan and Kelly. They didn’t know each other before camp. But you wouldn’t know that considering how open they were to each other. They were just hilarious. If you didn’t know Morgan is from Vegas and Kelly is from Sonora, you wouldn’t even know they were complete strangers. :)

Overall, it was a blast. And I can’t wait to get back down to CBU in the fall for a campus visit and stay/ workout with the team. 100% excited, minus the conditioning and 5:30 weight lifting sessions but it is what it is.
And one more thing. If you think your college campus is beautiful. You might want to go check out CBU’s. I think it tops ‘em all. :)

Love always,
Baby Becca
15 :)