I am not going to profess any great knowledge or expertise when it comes to softball, much less high school softball. I do know however, that Stephanie Speierman of Hammond High School in Columbia Md., is an absolute stud of a pitcher. Take a look at this Washington Post wrap up of her state title game performance on Sunday. Hammond tossed a perfect game, struck out 19 of the 21 batters she faced, AND knocked in three of her team's four runs. Not only that, Hammond hit over .600 for the season and struck out a state record 425 batters. For some perspective, the previous state record for strikeouts in a season was 353, and Speierman demolished that mark by an insane margin of 72 strikeouts. To make matters even worse for her opponents, Stephanie is only a sophmore. How depressed must the other teams in her area be? "Well, I guess we aren't winning a title till at least 2010. Might as well quit while we're ahead." Now be forewarned loyal reader, WTB likes jumping on bandwagons, so get ready for some more Stephanie Speierman news next Spring. If she opens next season at all like she opened this past one, it'll be quite the story: Speierman threw a perfect game in the first game of the season as well as the last. Talk about consistency.
(Photo Credit: By John Mcdonnell -- The Washington Post Photo)
