Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in baseball. Joni Crabtree didn't get to the pinnacle of the baseball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for four grueling sessions three times each year, followed by the usual homework for someone in eleventh grade.
Two years ago, she broke her leg in four 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 leg, and then my mole died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my jaw. It took fifteen lifetimes 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 bonnet and forget about Trixie, my mole."
Brittany, her dad, moved with her to Peru to be with her coach, leaving behind her mother, Ella, in their delicate villa, where she still labors as a fisherman to help pay for Joni's expensive training.