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Wednesday, September 20
McFalls' .367 average earns playing time
Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia -- Dot Richardson, who sparked the U.S.
softball team to a gold medal in Atlanta in 1996, will alternate
with Jennifer McFalls at second base over the team's first two
games.
Coach Ralph Raymond said he would play Richardson in the first
game, against Canada on Sunday (Saturday night U.S. time), and McFalls in
Game 2 of the preliminary round against Cuba on Monday (Sunday
night U.S. time).
"Then we'll see after that," Raymond said.
Richardson's popularity grew at the Atlanta Games because of her
bubbly personality. An orthopedic surgeon, she hit the game-winning
homer in the gold-medal game against China, but she didn't make the
team for 2½ years before she returned in late 1998.
On the team's Olympic preparation tour this summer, the
38-year-old Richardson batted .287, compared to .367 for McFalls.
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