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The Last Inning (Dec. 9, 2019): Top 2023 Pitcher Switches Teams, Hot Tix in the Sunshine State

Outstanding 2023 pitcher Kirsten Fleet is looking to help a Texas power be PGF contenders.

Get ready for Week 2 of Extra Inning Softball’s regular feature, The Last Inning.

We are scouring the Internet and Social Media and keeping our ears to the street for the latest going on in the softball community but you can be a part of the team too!

To contribute information, insights, thoughts or content ideas, email us at [email protected] You can also send items/story ideas to Carlos Arias via email at  [email protected] or via Twitter @Los_Stuff.

Here’s our TLI for for Monday, Dec. 9 …

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16U SHAKE-UP

There’s been a lot of movement by top pitchers in the 16U division and TLI is doing its best to keep you all updated. OK, here’s the latest big move: Georgia-committed 2023 RHP Kirsten Fleet, #8 in the 2023 Extra Elite 100, has left Georgia Impact-Jeffreys to join Texas Bombers Gold-Burgess/Smith.

Kirsten Fleet

“I loved Georgia Impact and I’m definitely going to miss playing for them,” Fleet told Extra Inning Softball. “The trend in the travel ball world right now is building stacked teams to win PGF Nationals. Winning at PGF has always been my goal and I feel the Bombers are on track to doing that this season. I’m thankful for this opportunity and can’t wait to begin playing.”

In the past week, Louisiana Lafayette-committed 2022 RHP Halie Pappion, #64 in the 2022 Extra Elite 100, left Texas Bombers Gold-Burgess/Smith to join Tennessee Mojo-Fisher, Auburn-committed 2022 RHP Emma Rolfe, #16 in the 2022 Extra Elite 100, left Tennessee Mojo-Fisher to join Georgia Impact-Jeffreys and uncommitted 2021 RHP Lacie Ham left the OC Batbusters to go with Athletics-Mercado/Greg.

Stay tuned …

NOTHING BUT DINGERS FOR CHIDDY

The 2019 NFCA Convention in Atlantic City, NJ, concluded over the weeekend. TLI always dresses up as a Star Wars character, we’re looking at you Chewbacca mask in the back of the closet, when we go to ComicCon in San Diego.

We’re wondering what the most popular costume was at this year’s NFCA Con? While you’re pondering that, Chicago Bandits superstar/Team USA catcher Amanda Chidester dropped bombs all over NFCA Con, winning the home run-hitting contest for the second consecutive year.

TRAINING MONTAGES

TLI loves a great training montage. There’s nothing like a training montage to get TLI pumped up every morning. Some people are big fans of Mr. Miyagi’s training methods for Daniel-son in “The Karate Kid.”

Others love when Luke Skywalker is going through his drills with Yoda attached to his back dispensing wisdom in “The Empire Strikes Back.”

But no one does a training montage better than Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” films. We believe the evidence from “Rocky IV” speaks for itself.

In honor of Rocky Balboa, here are some videos of talented softballers from around the country embracing the grind.

*** Uncommitted 2021 CF/slapper Ieesha Christian of Oklahoma Athletics 18U Premier puts in work.

*** Uncommitted 2022 OF Brijana Burnette of Lady Dukes-Lamar might have been feeling awful last week, but that didn’t st0p her from getting after it.

*** Marshall-committed 2021 2B/SS Brooklyn Ulrich of Arizona Suncats 18U pays attention to the little things.

*** 2022 RHP/UT Kayleigh Smith and her Texas Blaze NTX Premier 16U teammates get after it during a Saturday workout.

BLING BLING!!!

Tennessee Mojo-Fisher won the PGF 14U Premier national title this past summer and the Mojo players picked up their championship rings this weekend. Merry Bling Bling!!!

FL FIRECRACKERS WIN SANTA SLAM TITLE

Fl Firecrackers-Campo/Bias went 7-0 to claim the 14U Santa Slam title over the weekend in Florida. Check out this clutch RBI single by Ariana Garcia that got the Firecrackers into the finals.

FIRECRACKERS GEORGIA GO CAMPING

This is the time of year when many players make official/unofficial visits to colleges and players/teams attend college camps. Firecrackers GA-Rubio/Robinson had a successful visit to Georgia Southwestern’s camp this past weekend.

https://twitter.com/FirecrackersRu1/status/1203464094776516609

HOT TIX

If you are a Gators fan, you better wake up early in the morning on Jan. 15 to get single-game tickets, because the season tickets are gone.

IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR

TLI loves the holiday season, especially when we come across a photo like this of EC Bullets-Maher. Love the Buddy sweaters.

Happy Holidays from Firecrackers-Rico/Weil

Hopefully, no one was injured at the Kentucky Softball Christmas party. This dancing doesn’t give TLI a lot of confidence.

Keller High, TX, regularly contends for state titles in the Longhorn state and it looks like they know how to throw a good Christmas party too.

NOT SO FAST

ICYMI

The TLI Crew knows it’s hard to keep track of everything over the weekend.

You might have been glued to the TV all Saturday watching the college football championship games, binging holiday movies on Hallmark channel or you were running around town in search of the perfect Christmas present.

Here’s what we had on Extra Inning Softball:

Carlos Arias, Extra Inning Softball (Follow Carlos on Twitter @Los_Stuff)

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