The average blink of an eye takes less than half a second. That’s the exact amount of time it took for everything to change for Taylor Becerra. In an instant, years of games, practices and memories were no longer bound for a storybook ending.
In Arizona State’s April 27 win over Stanford, Becerra dropped a perfect bunt in front of the plate at Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium in Palo Alto. Stanford’s catcher Montana Dixon rushed the throw, the only chance she had to get the speedy Becerra at first. The threw bounced past the first baseman and allowed Becerra to head to second.