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So yesterday my friends from work threw me a going away party. My party was at the Charlotte Knights baseball game (the AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox) where I got to throw out the first pitch. We got two suites at the game and they even made me shirts that said "Grace is going going gone - august 2, 2005". It was so much fun!

For my first pitch the girls in my department who set this whole thing up walked me down the tunnel to the field. It was funny because prior to the game everyone kept asking me if i was going to make it across the plate. Anyways, they even had a camera guy who works with us take video of me. When it was time for me to step up to the mound, the girl who worked for the knights asked me "do you want to stand at the grass or the mound?" I said "give me the mound!" So I threw the pitch and it landed right down the middle over the plate and into the catchers mit,which he didn't even have to move =) STTEEEE---RIKE! They clocked my pitch at 55 (i definitely could have thrown faster than that). The guy who was catching the ball (the pitcher) walked up to me to give the ball back to me and said "great pitch". hee hee. Anyways, I think i did pretty well considering i was so nervous.

Anyways, the rest of the night was a blast. I don't think I paid any attention to the game, but oh well. I could do this all the time.

--RD