unior Veronica Piech (right)waves to fans with hersister eft) and mother (center). Piech, a ball gir1 for the Milwaukee rewers this summer,participated in a race and found herself n "Sportscenter." (Photo courtesy of Veronica Piech) Major league ball girl lands on national television as a sausage When junior Veron ica Piech got the job of "ball g irl" this summer for the Milwaukee Brewers, Wisconsin's professional baseball team , she never expected to be on ESPN's "Sportscenter." Ball girls for the Brewers had two jobs. First, they retrieved foul balls and threw them to the fans in the stands, and second, they played catch w ith the outfielders between innings. "There were eigh t of us, and we rotated in and out so no one's arm got too sore," Piech said. To entertain fan s du ring the seven th inn ing stretch, the ball girls also ran a sausage race at each Brewers game.The race, a long-standing tradition at homegames, consisted of four rwmers. Each dressed in sausage costumes including a h ot dog, bratwurst, Polish and Italian, they raced from left field to home plate. "Since the Brewers stink so badly, the sausage race is like the biggest thing in the w hole w id e world," Piech said. "The fans look forward to it." Because Piech's ltalian sausage costume left her w ith no p eripheral v ision, d uring the July 23 game against the Houston Astros, she was unable to see the Polish who was coming up behind h er. "When I came outofthe starting gate,I was doing well, but then, I just got clipped from behind by the Polish and jus t went down on all fours," Piech said. Piech knew she would not be able to get up if something happened because of the weight of the costume. "Going down I thought, 'Veronica, you cannot land flat bec,ause you will never get u p:" she said. Although she was behind with bloody knees, Piech finished the race. "The p layers w ill never let me live it down:' sh e said . Later, P iech found out that she had been shown on the local news as well as "Sportscen ter." "It was pretty much the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to me," she said. Piech's friends were surprised tohearofher appear– ance on television. "After 5E'cing the continuous reruns of the sausage race on ESPN, I was very surprised to find out that the fallen sausagewas Veronica/' junior Lacey Borger said. -Jennfl LaCaze Casey WellS-Heber Springs, Ark. Bethany Whisenant-vernon, Ala. Meredith White-Lufkin, Texas Rachel L. White-Panama City, Fla. Bradley Whitlock-Doraville, Ga. Kristin WilCOX- LynnHaven, Fla. Benjami n WilkinS-Marietta, Ga. Josh WilliamS-Rogers, Ark. Kalah WilliamS-Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Alicia Williamson-Brentwood, Tenn. Michael Wilson-Round Rock, Texas Susan WilSOn- ParkRidge, III. April Winebarger-Lititz, Pa. Bobby Ray Winner-New Lenox, III. As hlee Wolfe---Grand Haven. Mich. Jessica Woodlee-Antioch, Tenn. Rya n Woods -Dyersburg. Tenn. Carrie Wright-Wheeling, w. Va. Blerina Xha ni- Vlore, Albania Benjamin Yam-Singapore, Republic 01 Singapore Alicia Young- Nixa, Mo. Rachel Zetterberg-williamstown, w. Va. Ma rina Zhuravleva-Dubna, Russia Dorothy Zinn-Amity, Ark. juniors 89 ruml .
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