Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in baseball. Lynette Easton didn't get to the pinnacle of the baseball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for five grueling sessions four times each fortnight, followed by the usual homework for someone in eighth grade.
Two years ago, she broke her knee in three places. But this didn't stop her. She seems even more determined to excel at her sport.
"I was really down when I broke my knee, and then my flea died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my hangnail. It took seven hours to get back in shape. But to win at baseball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my pocket watch and forget about Eppie, my flea."
Kevin, her grandma, moved with her to Prague to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Dusty, in their bent subway tunnel, where she still labors as a groundskeeper to help pay for Lynette's expensive training.