Thursday, April 23, 2009

One Step Forward Two Steps Back

Good and bad stuff happened this week.

The best news is that Donna Lopiano agreed to chair the IBAF Women's Baseball Committee. I've heard awesome things about Donna, and as you can see from her bio, she has the know-how and experience to make things happen. My friends Andre LaChance (Baseball Canada) and Sandra Monteiro (Baseball Portugal) are also on the committee. I couldn't think of better folks for the task that lies ahead.

Fellow blogger Jimmy Scott of Jimmy Scott's High and Tight recently wrote an entertaining blog about Donna, the Committee, and me. His blogs always give me a good laugh. Take a look.

I became a board member of the American Women's Baseball Federation, a non-profit organization that promotes baseball as a mainstream and lifetime opportunity for women in the United States and around the world. We share the same philosophies about the growth of women's baseball, so I look forward to accomplishing great things with the AWBF.

Now the bad: I injured my throwing shoulder a couple weeks ago. It started when I reached down awkwardly to pick up an I-Pass from the floor of my car. I felt a strain in my right shoulder, didn't think much of it and went to practice as usual. I threw great at practice, so great that I never wanted to stop. I kept throwing and throwing and throwing for 2.5 hours. When I got home the pain started and I couldn't lift my arm above my head, yipes!

Historically, I never experience any pain from throwing, never had to ice my arm or anything, so this worried me a bit. I took a couple days off and went at it again. Not good. I took a few more days off and tried again. Still pain. I finally went to a specialist yesterday. Diagnosis: Rotator Cuff Tendinitis. What? Sounds awful but the prognosis is actually pretty good. Some physical therapy and I should be back on the mound within weeks. I'd been throwing hard everyday since June '08 without a break, and now rest and rehab is on the agenda. My men's league starts this week, and I'm on the DL :-(

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