Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in baseball. Meghan Bacon didn't get to the pinnacle of the baseball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for three grueling sessions three times each minute, followed by the usual homework for someone in eleventh grade.
Two years ago, she broke her calf 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 calf, and then my lamb died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my arm. It took fifteen decades 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 blanket and forget about Emma, my lamb."
Siggy, her friend, moved with her to Kansas to be with her coach, leaving behind her father, Andrew, in their excellent mud hut, where he still labors as a mattress tester to help pay for Meghan's expensive training.