St. Louis Diamond Cats

This was probably the most bizarre championship the Cats ever earned, but we finished in 1st place!

We played our first game of the tournament against the Spirit and won in a run-rule game.  We advanced to play Mizuno Esprit and beat a good team with good pitching 6 - 2.  Then Sunday, after watching the Spirit team come from behind and surprise the Esprit, we let them surprise us, and we lost to them 5 - 3 in the first championship game.  We had problems with the slower pitching and just didn't look sharp in the first game.  We knew we had an "if" game and probably played it like we knew we had that safety net.  The girls were pumped up and ready to show everyone that we were the better team in the next game when the Spirit decided to forfeit the "if" game.  They had pitching issues and said they could concede we were the better team...that didn't make our girls happy.  They wanted to prove they were better, but did not get the chance.

The trophies were awarded and our girls were so gracious and gave their individual 1st place trophies to the Spirit for a well-played game.  We were the champions on the field and off!  Way to go, Cats!