US softball team battles against Australia
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Updated: 5:58 AM EDT Jul 25, 2021
By Ronald Blum, Associated Press
US softball team battles against Australia
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Updated: 5:58 AM EDT Jul 25, 2021
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Yeah, watashi wa Monica Abbott Odus was that good? My name is Monica Abbott and I am from Salinas California. I'm a left handed pitcher and I play both in the United States and Japan. My first year playing for Toyota was 2009 and more than anything, it gave me an opportunity to continue playing. Okay, we do have a league in the United States, but the league in Japan is definitely the strongest in the world. When I first came here, communication was so hard practicing with my team. Really helped just keep trying with this little bit of japanese that I knew and a little bit of english that they knew and just finding our own common language on the team. The longer I've been in Japan playing softball, the more I love being here. People say Japan's like a whole another world. But now to me it's like my world. There is a part of me that's here a lot and it sees the best in the Japanese culture. Mm hmm.