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PLANS TO GET BACK IN THE WATER
SURFING IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
FLASHING THE LEATHER,
SWINGING THE BALT, TWO
10-YEAR-OLD CENTRAL FLORIDA
GIRLS ARE TEAN TAKING TO THE
BOYS ON THE DIAMOND.
THEY HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO PLAY
ON AN ALL-GIRLS TEAM AND
COMPLETE AGAINST BOYS IN A
TOURNAMENT IN LOS ANGELES.
AIXA DIAZ SPOKE TO THE TWO
HARDBALL HITTERS BEFORE THEY
TAKE THEIR SHOW ON THE ROAD.
GRACE DEVINNY AND AUBRY EVANS
LOVE HITTING, CATCHING AND
THROWING.
BUT DON'T ASK THEM TO PLAY
SOFTBALL.
I LIKE THE DISTANCE BETTER IN
BASEBALL BECAUSE SOFTBALL IS TOO
CLOSE.
GRACE AND OBTAINBREY PLAY
BASEBALL.
IS THIS SNON.
WITH BOYS AND TO THEM THAT IS
HOW IT SHOULD BE.
I THINK GIRLS AND BOYS ARE
JUST EQUAL, THE SAME, THEY DON'T
HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
THEY TREAT US EQUALLY AS IF
IT WAS ANOTHER BOY, THEY DON'T
REALLY CARE IF WE'RE GIRLS.
GRACE PLAYS SECOND BASE,
AUBRY PREFERS SHORT STOP, THEIR
PART OF WEST SEMNATIONAL YOUTH
IN AT THATMONT SPRINGS.
THE 10-YEAR-OLD ARE SO I THEY'VE
BEEN CHOSEN TO PLAY IN A
NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN LOS
ANGELES THIS WEEK.
THEY WILL JOIN A TEAM OF OTHER
GIRLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO
HAVE A PASSION FOR BASEBALL.
THEIR OPPONENTS WILL BE ALL
BOYS.
I'M READY FOR THEM TO PITCH
GOOD AND SO I CAN HIT AND PLAY
SOME GOOD BASEBALL.
AUBRY AND GRACE HAVE BIG
DREAMS.
I WANT TO TRY TO MAKE INTO IT
THE MAJOR LEAGUES AND PROBABLY
THE FIRST EVER GIRL TO MAKE INTO
IT THE MAJOR LEAGUES.
AND GOOD ADVICE TO OTHER
GIRLS JUST LIKE THEM.
TRY YOUR BEST, DON'T GIVE UP,
IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GO WELL,
JUST ALWAYS TRY AND DO YOUR
BEST.