B U S I N E S S N A M E
Bears Softball N O V E M B E R 1 3 , 2 0 1 4 V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 3 9
UPCOMING
EVENTS
PLAYING
NOVEMBER
22-23:
16U CS –
Huntington
Beach
16U JA –
Huntington
Beach
18 G -
Huntington
Beach
TRYOUTS
December 6 & 7
Twitter Meet & Greet When you hear you're going
on a tour of an office, what's the
most you can hope for? Dozens
upon dozens of white office
cubicles; a quiet workspace filled
with the sound of only keyboard
clicks and phone calls from the
boss's office? That's definitely not
what you'll find at Twitter. The
open atmosphere is the first
thing you notice when you walk
in, the way people seem to be
able to work anywhere. There
are employees sitting at their
desks, but also in separate tables
by the cafeteria, even under the
stairs. You walk in, and you im-
mediately think, whoa, I wish I
could work somewhere like
this.
We started off the day with
lunch at Twitter. The food was
insanely good, and although we
soon became full, we pined for
more. After that, we took a
quick tour of Square down Mar-
ket Street on the next block.
The small start up company had
a surprisingly productive and put
together office with the same
great atmosphere as at Twitter.
We went back to Twitter after
that, and we got to talk to three
women on a panel. They told us
about WomEng (Women in
Engineering), and their daily lives
in the office. The final tour, the
one around the Twitter office,
came last. We finished off the
day with some pictures on the
living roof, and then our day in
the job of our dreams was done.
It was so great, there's no way
you could even try to describe it
in 140 characters or less.
Isabella Mercurio 14U
P A G E 2
A Second Family
Players of the Week
enhanced our skills. We ap-
preciate how hard our coaches
push us. We are always striv-
ing to do better and have much
potential to do so.
We have another
tournament schedule for this
coming weekend and I know
we are going to fight the fight
we until win. We’ll show all
the other teams that we want
it more, and if they think nega-
tively about our team, we will
prove them wrong. We will
fight and fight until we have
defeated the competition. Our
team is like one big family. We
fight like sisters, we love like
sister, we get along like sister,
and we know each other like
sisters. Our coaches are our
guidance and our parents on
the fields. At practice it is like
we are all meeting up for a
reunion, we are all excited to
see each other, and do what
we love. I love my second
family. They are part of the
reason to why I work so hard.
Now that our fall ball season is
almost up, I’m proud to
acknowledge all of the accom-
plishments our team has made,
and all the finesses we have
fulfilled. My team, coaches and
I, can all confess that we all
have plenty of weaknesses to
work on, but we can also
proudly say we have improved
on numerous things. From,
situational hitting, executing, to
defense, communicating, and to
getting our bodies in shape. It
is safe to say that we have
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Confidence is the key of the
game. If you lose confidence then
it will really effect your game.
You may practice a lot and do
really well but when you come to
the game your confidence is just
not there. When you step in the
box it's you against 8 other play-
ers striving for the same goal but
you are the one that needs to
stay strong and confident. What-
ever position you are playing
always have the confidence you
will succeed. I know as a player
some people do not have the
best confidence but that is why
our coach has gone out of her
way to help us succeed.
Believing in yourself is an im-
portant part of softball. Any
coach or teammate can tell you
you're a great player, but it can't
help you unless you allow your-
self to believe that you are. You
can gain confidence in what
you're doing by practicing. Lots
of times, if you aren't confident,
it is because you do not think
you can achieve something. If you
put in hard work and notice that
you are improving, you will gain
belief in yourself and you will
have a greater rate of success.
Nothing feels better than putting
in work and seeing results, and
all of that comes from knowing
that you can reach your goals
and achieve success. So remem-
ber, confidence is key!
Lauryn “LZ” Zabat 16U JA
Confidence is Key Hannah Brajkovich &
Tori Alvarado 16U CS
Rachel Riddell 16U JA
She fractured her finger in practice on
Sunday, but continued to play. She
pushed through until the coaches made
her sit. She will be out for the next four
weeks, and will be missed tremendously;
she is a huge asset to our team.
Lauren, Hannah, and Alexa
12U
All pitched this weekend and were out-
standing.
The three of them gave up 10 runs total in
4 games- all of the games were close and
they really stepped up and battled.