That it was made by an adult as she stepped in the batter’s box during her second preseason game made it much more stunning to hear.
“The umpire turned to me and was like, ‘This is no place for little girls’,” Letterio recalled. “Then the catcher starts adding onto it.”
Letterio shook it off and seized the moment, as she’s done while tackling other activities away from the playing field. The junior newcomer on Lake Mary Prep’s varsity baseball team turned a full-count pitch into a line drive to left centerfield that day for her very first hit.