When I walked up the stairs at Farrington Stadium for the first time on February 8, 2018, I didn’t have a ton of in-depth knowledge about the game of softball. I certainly didn’t know a ton about the Arizona State softball program.
I did get an understanding that a pair of twins, Maddi and Kindra Hackbarth, who transferred in from Fresno State, were going to have a role on that eventual 2018 Women’s College World Series team.
I did not know that I’d be watching two girls develop into All-Americans and that they would help me become obsessed with the game of softball.