Inspiration behind home plate

Disability can't stop athlete from lifting her team

The first pitch of the fifth inning, a fastball for a called strike, sent forth a huge puff of dirt from the glove of Elms College sophomore catcher Gina Gilday.

The Blazers were already way ahead, 16-1, over Johnson State, in the first game of a doubleheader last Saturday.

"All right, Gina!" called out one player as Gilday fired the ball back to pitcher Destinee Meeker.

The next pitch was fouled to the backstop, and Gilday scooted after it, propelling herself using her right palm and her glove, while the legs of her black sweat pants trailed behind her. She snapped another sharp throw back to the pitcher and called out, "Way to go, Destinee!"

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