At 4 yrs old I picked up a softball.
At 8 yrs old I learned how to pitch.
At 14 yrs old I watched the Olympics on TV.
I said “mom, dad, I want to do that.”
Today. At 25. I can say that I am going to do that.
For the 1st time ever, Mexico will be in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Yo soy Mexicana.
I am an Olympian. 🇲🇽
There’s so much to say, and in time our journey will come to light. So proud to have played with this team, to experience the Olympics with this group.... I am so thankful to have these witches in my life. I love us.
#3
✌🏼
This is why you invest in Women’s sports.
This is a June type crowd… At a February tournament. People WILL follow what you put your time and effort in to.
INVEST IN WOMEN…
it’s worth it.
I’m seeing a lot of people upset that we’re playing on a baseball field.
Softball hasn’t been in the Olympics in 13 years. I don’t care what the field looks like, we’re happy it’s back & we’ve been waiting a very long time. Our play WILL NOT change. We’re GOOD enough to adapt.
I invite anyone in the comments.... who are talking all the smack and disrespecting any softball players talent, To come hit FOUR home runs off of me or any of my current/old teammates... in a single outing.
This is awesome. And i wish her well in her career 👏🏼
Your athletic performance does not equal your self worth.
Let me repeat that 🔁
Your athletic performance, DOES NOT equal your self worth. You are more than your sport, you are more than your position. You are valued. You are important. And you are loved no matter what.
Dear (some) Umpires,
The strike zone is bigger than the width of the plate. I know that’s hard to imagine.... 🤗 but i can’t throw it over white and expect the ball to stay in the park. The zone is wider than the plate. Thanks.
This is what I’m talking about. Women in sports are BADASS. We risk it for the biscuit!
We make plays like this all the time!! If you haven’t tuned in to a game yet… guess what. It’s Saturday and everybody is playing.
I was asked this question earlier today on my Instagram and I don’t talk about this often, but the more you know. We’re talking about Sustainability ✊🏼
Since YALL are asking....
Yes that’s me in the new Jackass Forever Movie. The trailer is out.
Yes, I hit him. He took it like a champ.
Yes, We have our first Olympic game tonight, Viva México 💥
Helping
@dangerehren
test his cup in the new
#JackassForever
trailer is
@Oh_tooly3
who is currently in the Olympic Village in Tokyo where she will be pitching for Mexico's softball team against Canada at 11pm PST, less than 6 hours from now.
#TokyoOlympics
Thank you everyone for the kind words and messages over the last few days. I will absolutely miss this sport but I’m not leaving the game. To the next chapter we go, Tooly03❤️🫶
People upset that
@AdiaBarnes
used the F word. CLEARLY you haven’t been in a high stakes game or know what adrenaline feels like. It’s passion & OBVIOUSLY it’s working bc
@ArizonaWBB
is feeding off her energy & thriving having a leader who cares about them and has strong emotions
I’m carrying a duffle with a softball on it:
Man: what travel ball team do you play for? Don’t burn yourself out before you get to college.
Me:
#flattered
I play for Team Mexico & the Chi Bandits
Him: Is that ASA?
I explained everything.
but we NEED more softball on TV.
All of you who are talking shit on Kelly Barnhill can come see me and EVERYONE ELSE because that girl said what she wanted and has had one hell of a career.
GO BACK UNDER YOUR BRIDGE YOU TROLLS. or your moms basement. Go try and hit off her you’ll look like a damn fool.
Seeing a lot of people angry that people with a platform like myself, and groups such as Professional Sports leagues are taking a stand on what happened today. Here’s a secret:
I will not be silenced because you think it’s bad for my image.
Please STOP teaching 10 and 11 year olds a screw ball!!! Not a lot of people teach it correctly.
They do not need it.
Their elbow does not want it.
Alternative? Running fastball until you can properly learn true spin & mechanics.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
My backdoor curve got hit hard this weekend****
Come home 🏡
Ask husband to catch 🥎
His response:
“Only if you throw back door curves the whole time”
🐸☕️🙄
Stop ranking children. Those responsible for rankings, practicing 5x a week, asking for proof videos, giving no weekends off, need to check themselves. Let them be. Let them learn.
At this age I wouldn’t be anywhere near this list. I turned out just fine 👌🏼
MIZZOU UMPIRE: You have forced Odicci Alexander to throw TWO extra outs because you refuse to call a strike at the knees. I am heated for her. This is absolutely ridiculous. You HAVE to be better than that.
@NCAAsoftball
Your opinion is irrelevant. However. No one would be saying SH*T If this were the Men’s team. we’ll just never know bc they’re not winning like our women. it’s confirmed without a doubt that the US women’s soccer team knows how to HAVE A GOOD TIME BC THEY EARNED IT AND DESERVE IT
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. This right here. Oregon WBB STAR is returning for her senior year. She’s an absolute BEAST on court.
And all of these men... the comments speak for itself. When will we start to treat our women with the same decency and respect as men.
Ok.. So football has 63 Staff members for roughly 120 athletes. All paid positions btw. While softball has ~ 20-25 athletes, with 3 paid coaches & sometimes a voly.
Want to talk about ratios cuz that’s 6:1 vs 2:1.
@NCAA
make it make sense? A 4th paid coach? When FB has 63 staff?
My mom graduated from UCSD 28 yrs ago. Had 5 kids. 2012 Diagnosed w/ cervical cancer. 2017 diagnosed w/ Hashimoto’s Disease (autoimmune disorder). 2018 she decided to go back to school to help provide for our family & change her career. She graduated. She deserves some ❤️
I’m sure some couldn’t imagine a man as a softball coach but I played for 1 of the most successful & historic coaches in the game. There’s no reason a woman can’t do the same for male sports. We r supporting Alyssa & wait for the time when ppl stop pigeonholing female athletes
🗑
I posted this yesterday on Instagram & if it helps one more person here on this platform then I’m happy to do it. Anxiety, pressing, mental blocks, feeling overwhelmed, depression… they’re all things you can’t see but are SO real. Take the time to love YOU, & let your mind heal.
Reminder: your comments on social media regarding college athletes are READ & DIGESTED by those same college athletes. You have a right to your opinion, but don’t shamelessly bash a 18-24 yo kid on their performance. They’re doing it to themselves w/o you. You’re not their coach.
I just want to give athletes a reminder. Esp since softball season just started.
Everyone blooms at a different time. There’s isn’t a set date, there’s no special age, you will bloom when it’s your time. & when it is… all the work you’ve done will be worth it so make it count.
@NCAA
Our teammates have worked quickly to get truckloads of fitness equipment ready to send to the women’s
@ncaawbb
@marchmadness
bubble – we are standing by to deliver it and have your facility outfitted within hours! Let’s make this happen.
Making this girl throw 12 pitches a batter cuz you don’t call strike 3 down the middle. Giving chalk to the other side. I woulda been thrown out of this game already. Sheesh.
Lots of 🗣 about my last tweet regarding travel ball coaches. Here’s the next mic drop 🎤
So many r focused on winning instead of development & now the players r paying the price. Our goal is to grow the game, not make robots. A high softball IQ is a valued / necessary quality.
Straight up AGONY. Walk up to it thinking you can put it away this time and it shoots you down so fast you gotta call your dad over. Such a struggle. 🤦🏻♀️
Abortions. Got. Banned. Faster. Than. Guns.
READ THAT ONE MORE TIME.
So easy to take a basic human right away from FEMALES (bc not all women have babies, there are children who are pregnant) but the second we talk about guns it’s sensitive.
Get out of here. Disgusted.
Being a woman in sports is hard. We fight what feels like daily to be seen, heard, and valued. In doing so,we are talked down to because people think I don’t understand basic economics. I understand plenty. I’m just not a man. And that makes my word seem less valuable.
MLB Lockout gotcha feeling blue? 😕
Not to worry friend, Softball is here and waiting for you!
We’re fast paced, we’re downright brutal, and we’re on TV a lot.
Need some help channeling your fandom? Drop your Team name and I’ll plug in a familiar face 🤩
How about not doing it at all. Gen Z is now more likely to start smoking during adolescence. That’s middle & high school. Even millennials who witnessed their grandparents generation fill with disease from smoking now have a nicotine ADDICTION.
Stop Juuling. It is Toxic. 👎🏼
8-14U is a time for player development. TEACH. FAIL. SUPPORT. Winning is not the
#1
priority at that age. The women you see on tv, we’re the result of player development & hustle. You (coach & parent) are teaching them life skills & how to be good people. It trumps a 10U BAvg 💭
The all the people who had something negative to say about my criticism of the Umpire from the Mizzou Regional...
This may come as a shock to you, but I’m going to have to ignore all the expertise you’ve gained from your time on that couch. K thanks bye 💁🏻♀️
I’d say something like “female athletes should have the opportunity to make this kind of money.” But then Id burst into flames reading the comments from mostly men telling me that i don’t understand basic economics, I’m just a woman & i need to go to the kitchen & make a sandwich
Grab your friends, grab a snack and get yourself to a theatre ASAP to watch
@jackassworld
Tag me when you do, can’t wait to hear how much you cried laughing. 🤩🎥🍿😭
Travel Ball coaches who call pitches ⬇️
You cannot call the same pitch for the entire game & expect your athlete to not get hit. Move the ball around.
You HAVE TO throw their change up, good or bad. How else are they going to learn.
Your job is to help them grow!
Everyone appreciates the work that these men go through to get to this point. but WHEN will WOMEN in sports, be paid even close to the PER GAME $. Women deserve more. We put in work, we’re devout & we get paid what’s in their middle console Learn how to hit baseballs? We know how
Bryce Harper signed a 13 year, $330 million dollar contract with the Phillies. Meaning, he gets paid close to $156,695 each game of the season. Learn how to hit baseballs kids.
Montana Fouts, you changed the game for so many people. Can’t wait to watch you continue to inspire others throughout your lifetime. Passing the ball to the future,
#RollTide
🤍
@MontanaFouts
Talent, high. Production, great. Recognition on your social media? Nothing. The answer is SOFTBALL. Millions of people watching all weekend long & still nothing.
You bring the cameras, we bring the action. All you gotta do is show us off, what am I missing?
@espn
I AM SO PUMPED FOR ALL MY SOFTBALL FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE STOOD UP FOR NOT ONLY THEMSELVES BUT EACH OTHER. We create the change. We are the driving force. So empowering. Blocking the haters who think we’re a trophy generation. I LOVE SOFTBALL
What just happened in the softball world is NOT OKAY. Unacceptable & ignorant. To all my friends on
@ScrapYardFP
who were misrepresented without their knowledge, I am here. I stand with you. We as a community will not tolerate this kind of behavior.
You’ve been canceled. ❌
As we come to the latter part of May and reach the beginning of post season, I wanted to send out a reminder to everyone since it is
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
I keep seeing comments “i can’t watch, who wants to watch a game on their phone, it’s miserable to go through the effort for ESPN3” IM OVER IT.
We’re on tv! Pro SB is on a bigger platform than ever b4. Download the app, borrow ur friends login, & just enjoy watching us be bomb
Every pitcher out there is super jealous that Jordy gets to pinch run. That’s like… something we ask for jokingly knowing we are being serious.
I’m living vicariously now.
If you’re a softball pitcher & aren’t watching pitchers from AU… You should be. Here’s what to look for:
• Style
• Routine
• Spin/hand positions
• Ball:strike ratio
• Demeanor
• Sequences (order of pitches)
•Communication w team/catcher
•Response after mistakes
Ppl hoping OU loses, saying they’re getting the calls & have the advantage. They “win too much”
Give credit where it’s due regardless of opinion.
They r ridiculously good & talented. Don’t take that away from those athletes who r passionate & have created a culture of winning.
Lo, after college I gained a lot of weight, mostly in my tummy. I got caught up in the bs about my body. I’m still healing, but this will challenge the standard. I need more of me to do my job! There is no perfect athlete bc every1s needs r different. I’m behind you girl ❤️
I am so proud to be a Wildcat.
I feel like the luckiest person on the planet because I played for this man.
Mike Candrea,
@ArizonaSoftball
you changed my life.
The Sports Bra. A bar where women’s sports is always on tv. “40% of athletes are women. 96% of athletes on tv are men.” WE BELONG ON TV. I’m going to visit Portland, Oregon so I can go to this bar. Thank you 😭❤️
@TheSportsBraPDX
#Sooners
coach Patty Gasso after Sunday's win: "Wichita State - I'm going to say this again, no one's listening - they shouldn't be at this regional. They shouldn't. And it makes me sick that they were because they're too good. They deserve better than to come to the No. 1 seed."
People r so butt hurt about the Texas OU thing saying “it’s one conference game relax”
Doesn’t matter who it is, every game in conference matters. Every game in conference is gritty & hard to win. Taking 1 game from somebody is important. Don’t dismiss it because it’s “one game”
Just want to thank everyone at Cal for my time there and wish them luck in the future!
I look forward to this new opportunity on The Farm 🌲🌲
See you guys at PGF in Cardinal!
Coach Gasso is right. We r so accessible. It happens all the time. We’re not MLB so people think we’re an amateur sport. Rec league stuff. Newsflash. We’re really good. To the point where we are FIGHTING to get paid like the men. We draw crowds. We belong on TV. We BELONG here.
Today, I asked Patty Gasso on her thoughts if the
@MLB
lockout was an extended one and if
@espn
picked up a number of softball games in its place (it should). Her response was…quite interesting.
#Sooners
I’m realizing that there’s a lot of ppl who just want speed. Velocity doesn’t win championships on its own. Stop focusing on training ur kids to throw hard & focus on how to get ppl out. 21 of them. You wana win games? Find what makes YOU effective & work like hell to perfect it.
You guys this is OLD SCHOOL BALL. Like when you can count the score on one hand, 1st n 3rds, ball to the right side, down ball read, rubber matches, bunting, clutch home runs. HOW CAN U NOT LOVE THIS SPORT. It’s like a friggin telenovela romance. This is going to be a wild WCWS
Ok. I’m going to say it. HS & Travel Coaches. Please don’t give us false MPH readings on your athletes. If you tell me she’s throwing 64, & I go out & she’s throwing 60… that’s a big difference. Nothing wrong with 60, I just need the truth or else I’m sitting there like this 🤡
I was super nervous today, but I DID IT YALL. First time speaking at convention and it was really awesome. Thanks everyone for being so kind and for listening, it was so fun!👏🏼❤️ also wish i had petter pics but
@JadeHewittMedia
has had a very long day.
Thought: Where does the idea that performance = self worth come from? Some of my theories ⬇️
1. Parents (often unintentional) play well = (+) interactions
2. Social media - fear of failure & perfectionism
3. Rankings for travel ball athletes starting in 12U
Curious what the
@NCAA
will do for their senior athletes now that seasons are postponed/canceled.
Moments to be had!
Records to be broken!
Maybe give them the opportunity to play next year? I’m not sure how the logistics would work out but it’s worth a shot.
Before I go off, I’d like to thank
@clemsonsoftball
staff, auxiliary staff, grounds crew, coaches and any other members I’m missing for being amazing hosts to us and being kind during the rain delay. You guys were awesome. We’re rootin for you!!
The older I get, the more Grinch makes sense. Live alone, isolated with your dog on a beautiful mountain and you have cool contraptions inside your house.