Perfect Game

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Working a 12U fall ball game today and I got my first perfect game. It was funny because the pitcher pitched in the very first plate game I umpired 3 years ago. Incredible pitcher and a very good sport (earlier this year had a perfect game going when a girl hit a double off her in the last inning, at which point the pitcher went over and congratulated the batter on a great hit). But she was absolutely perfect today - 15 strikeouts - and just dominated a very good team. Even though it was fall ball, it was a lot of fun to be behind the plate for it.

Strange thing about the game: the entire game, when the girl was pitching, one of the parents of the other team stood behind the backstop and yelled "Her hair. Her hair! Blue, do you see her hair? Why do you think she's killing them like that?" Pitcher had her hair in two braided pigtails, just like every other game I've ever seen her pitch. But I couldn't for the life of me figure out what this coach was talking about.