High schooler really is in a league of her own
GRANBY — When Thea Hanscom lined an 0-and-2 fastball to left field for a pinch-hit single in her first at-bat for Hopkins Academy, she kept her game face on.
Her father had taught her to “act like you’ve been there before.”
Hanscom, a 14-year-old freshman, is believed to be the only girl playing varsity baseball in Massachusetts, according to the MIAA. It may not be “one small step for a girl, one giant leap for womankind,” but it is noteworthy because girls almost automatically are steered into softball.
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