My Cousin The Olympic Gold Medalist

I have to give a BIG SHOUT OUT to my cousin Tairia Flowers, she was awarded the MVP of the Canada Cup softball tournament. She had rediculous numbers, .650 (13 for 20), 10 RBI and three homeruns. She helped the USA softball team go undefeated through the tournament and continue their domination of fastpitch softball (this is almost the exact same team that won the gold medal in the '04 summer Olympics in Athens). You know that team, the team that gave us our pride back after our mens baseball team didn't even make it past the qualifier.

I mention this because this weekend starting tomorrow, 7/13/07, is the KFC American Challenge Series and most, if not all, of the games will be televised on ESPN. So I invite you to sit and watch a game or two so you can see just how good this team is, not to mention Tairia. In the Canada Cup tournament Tairia played first base so hopefully they will keep her at that position and you all get a chance to see her in action.

I will keep you posted after the weekend but I just wanted to let you all know about the tournament this weekend and get some support for the USA Softball team. Plus get Tairia some more exposure, it is very exciting having an Olympic Gold Medalist in the family. If you would like to read up on your own here is the website for you, www.usasoftball.com.