My comments/feelings on project

I really really, liked learning how to do the blog, and add video and pictures. Being able to write whatever I choose and show whatever I want felt good. It felt really good being able to get my voice out. And I know my team loves my video I made that will also go on my blog.Overall I really had a lot of fun, however I had some difficulties remembering to post, and I found it hard to stay on top of my blog.

E Portfolio

www.jmc.sjsu.edu/student/newmedia_fang/s2009/natasha-space/index.html

For my portfolio I was mainly showing off my blog, which has the banner I created in photoshop. I think photoshop was my favorite thing throughout the semester. My banner was a lot of fun to create. 

I attached a link to my dreamweaver site I created, Just click on the title or use the jmc link above. The website represents my other hobby, hunting, which is really different from my blog. But it gave me the opportunity  to show what else I like to do. 

I tried attaching my Print design project however I could not access it because my trial was up :(

Olympic Softball, Check it out, Bring it back!

History of Softball

Softball originated in Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, 1887. A group of about twenty young men had gathered in the gymnasium of the Farragut Boat Club in order to hear the outcome of the Harvard-Yale football game. After Yale's victory was announced and bets were paid off, a man picked up a stray boxing glove and threw it at someone, who hit it with a pole. George Hancock, usually considered the inventor of softball, shouted, "Let's play ball!" He tied the boxing glove so that it resembled a ball, chalked out a diamond on the floor (smaller dimensions than those of a baseball field in order to fit the gym) and broke off a broom handle to serve as a bat. What proceeded was an odd, smaller version of baseball. That game is now, 111 years later, known as the first softball game. Softball may have seen its death on the day of its birth if Hancock had not been so fascinated by it. In one week, he created an oversized ball and an undersized rubber-tipped bat and went back to the gym to paint permanent white foul lines on the floor. After he wrote new rules and named the sport indoor baseball, a more organized, yet still new, game was played. Its popularity was immediate.

     Hancock's original game of indoor baseball quickly caught on in popularity, becoming international with the formation of a league in Toronto. That year, 1897, was also the premiere publication of the Indoor Baseball Guide. This was the first nationally distributed publication on the new game and it lasted a decade. In the spring of 1888, Hancock's game moved outdoors. It was played on a small diamond and called indoor-outdoor. Due to the sport's mass appeal, Hancock published his first set of indoor-outdoor rules in 1889.

     While Chicago was definitely softball's birthplace, the game saw some modification in Minneapolis. The year was 1895 when Lewis Rober, Sr., (a fire department officer) needed an activity to keep his men occupied and in shape during their free time. He created his game to fit the confines of a vacant lot next to the firehouse and the result was instantly appealing. Surprisingly, Rober was probably not familiar with Hancock's version of the sport because it was still concentrated in Chicago at that time. The following year, 1896, Rober was moved to a new unit with a new team to manage. In honor of this group's name, the Kittens, the game was termed Kitten League Ball in 1900. The name was later shortened to kitten ball.

In order to reach the Olympics, the women's sport of softball obviously had to grow greatly from its beginnings. The first women's softball team was formed in 1895 at Chicago's West Division High School. They did not obtain a coach for competitive play until 1899 and it was difficult to create interest among fans. However, only five years later, more attention was given to the women's game. The Spalding Indoor Baseball Guide 1904 issue fueled this attention by devoting a large section of the guide to the game of women's softball.

Current info!

For current ending info on Spartan season check out the website!! 

Keep up on Kelly Fang, Kayla Hayes, Mallory Bair.. and many  more!

Farewell!!!!

I really wanted to show everyone out there how close our team is, not only are we athletes, we are a family. I have never been on a team as close as ours, We are always there for one another, and no one could ever come between us. We love softball, but what people dont realize is how we are outside of softball I hope from reading my blog and looking at our pictures viewers will get to know us better and feel a connection, which will bring more fans out to watch our games. We need fan support, we have talent, and next year we need you to come support. Contribute to our team, get to know us, and I know you will love us. !!!!!

more than just softball players.

ACL Tear Info

I have had a lot of people asking what exactly an ACL tear is and I think these pictures will help with the explanation as well as a link, just click on the title of the post. We have had three girls on our team with torn ACL'S, which is not good, it actually prevents people from playing from 6-9 months with surgery.

Dreamweaver Project

http://www.jmc.sjsu.edu/student/newmedia_fang/s2009/natasha-space/index.html

Check out my dreamweaver project web site on my other hobby.

 

Well its the end of the year, we didn't finish where we wanted to be, but next year is a whole new year and we will be ready. We have 11 seniors next year, so we will be a force to be reckoned with. We have so much potential. We love eachother very much and her are a few reflective pictures. Love you girls.

Our team made it into the WAC tournament. The tournament will be from wednesday May 6- sunday. Find more information about the tournament here..http://www.wacsports.com 

Our team is very excited to compete in the tournament, hoping to come in as an underdog, and dominate the tournament with confidence in our defense and bats. Come support us... 

Update..

New word on Jen the injured pitcher. She had surgery on her labrum and is now in a sling and doing physical therapy hoping to come back strong in the fall of next year. We are forced for sure to only have three pitchers for the rest of the year, which is extremely hard to do. However, our pitching staff will step up.

Our Corner players are missing...

Updated to our list of injuries is Danni, She was playing in Texas as well when she was making a great play at third to tag an opponent when her knee was dislocated and was takin completely out of the game. We have now found she has a severe injury taking her out for the season. Danni was a star third basemen and will be missed by our team. Hopefully she will be red shirting and can play next year. Finally, I was injured, and am now out for the season because of my acl in my knee. I have had surgery before in my senior year of highschool, I had a complete knee replace ment, and had a cadaver acl put in. Now, I the doctors believe I have retorn my graph of my acl, and now am just waiting to see if I absolutely have to have surgery. I am completely bummed, and Hope I don't have to do surgery again but it looks like I will have to :(

A Team in moarning....

Well, bad news for our team, in the last month we have lost 4 of our starters. 4 of our key players that bring a lot to team chemistry and to our success as a team. Our catcher Brittany was injured in our game against New Mexico State, her hamstring along with two other key quad muscles were torn. This is greatly detrimental to our team, not only does this mean she wont be able to play the rest of the season but now we have the question will she ever be able to catch agaiOur team misses her bat, as well as command on the field. Another injusred player is Jen she is one of our key pitchers, with a nasty change and down ball. However, she was injured while we were in Texas playing, with one fatal pitch her season was over. Her arm hung limp and numb and now we have dicovered she tore her labrum and also has a broken collar bone. She is waiting for surgery. Both of these injuries are horrible and leave us missing a catcher and a pitcher.

Texas

Texas was fun! Our team struggled to get the big breaks but deep down we are all havin fun in our own ways. The top three pictures are of Kayla, Murph(aka Allissa Murphy), and me. All of these pictures were taken on our plane ride to Texas. The last picture is of Amanda P., Mo, and Amanda S. Believe me these girls are crazy.

Rained out but ready to play!

Where to start, well today is the first day in at least a week that it is sunny. Our team has been practicing inside for the last week with only hopes that we could play. However, the way things are looking we wont be able to practice on a field until game day in Texas this weekend. Even though we are bummed about our field being flooded, we still look forward to this weekend and havin some crazy times on our flight and drive to Texas.

Us cheering on our Football boys

Time to Step it up...

Our first big league tournament is starting on friday, we leave for St. George Utah tomorrow morning, so wish us luck. But for tonight its time for the girls to get together and let off some steam, a few of  the girls on the team are heading over to my house, and our fantastic outfielder Alissa Murphy is doing hair wraps, and for those of you who don't know what that is there will be pictures posted of the event very very soon. We're open from any support from any fans out there, feel free to post back and cheer us on or give any comments.

Is blogging a home run, or a strike out?

I am new to the whole blogging thing, and really I am using it as an opportunity to give insight into San Jose State Softball. I am currently a junior and this is my third year playing, I think this blog will bring life to the players, and show how much fun athletes really have. Our media on school has a page for softball for everyone to view our stats and all our cookie cutter sayings and quotes. THIS IS NOT THAT KIND OF BLOG! I will bring life to the game and keep you updated into the athletics world and break open the mainstream thoughts on college athletics. We have fun and I want to show bloggers what its all about.