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bigcatfan · 1 year ago

Hi Cat
First of all I am a big fan of yours.:) Just finished watching Team USA win their game over the Netherlands. Way to go Girls. I'll be watching the next game over China. I really hope You pitch the next game. I'm rooting for Gold. I know you are having the time of your life'
. I will be watching when they put the Gold Medal around your neck. Thank You

P.S. You are HOTT :)

eddievedder · 1 year ago

Hi Cat,sweet glove!!!

jenlynz70 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,
The team is doing awesome. Hope to see you pitch against China. We are cheering you on. Go get em'!
Cassidy and Jen

USA · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,

I am cheering you on. I know you guys are going to win the gold. I hope you pitch against China. You ROCK!!!!!

cats_bigest_fan_maggie · 1 year ago

hay good game this morning i watched monica abbot pitch an she did good!! you rock cat!!! hope u win against china an ttyl!!!!
ur bigest fan eve an always will be maggie

madcat26 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat I've been watching you every step of the way starting from the Bound 4 Beijing . You did great !!!!!!!!! Bring home the Gold !!!!!!!!!!
Love Ya , Madcat 26

mjshultz · 1 year ago

Hey, way to go Team USA! The TV schedule is about to kill this 42 year old softball mom. I'm getting too old to stay up so late! (especially the 3AM rain delay game!!) BUT, it has been worth every second. Keep it up! Just remember when you think no one is watching back home because it's late, WE ARE, and we are fired up right along with yall. By the way, we are LONGHORN fans!
Missy from Texas

Melissa44 · 1 year ago

hey cat!!

ur gunna do awsome in the games that u pitch! i kno it!! o my gosh this isnt realated to softball but i hav to tell u!! im going to disney in a few days and im sooooooooooooooooooo excited!!!!! i just had to let that oout!! LOL! anyway ur awsome and i want to becum jsut lik u one day and be an awsome pitcher just lik u! im going outside pitching with my dadio right now and hopefully i throw over 53 cuz that is wat i hav been throwing latly!!!!! good luck in all that u do and i kno u will alway sdo great! best of luck wishes and glory cat!!

u rock!!!!

ur biggest fan
Melissa44(now 8)

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, i watched you and your team play the netherlands yesterday, you guys were AWESOME!!!!=)=)=) i cant wait to watch you pitch again,when you pitch again i know that your gunna pitch a on hitter again cuz your on FIRE and no one can hit off of you=) you and your team are the best softball team in the world and i just know that you guys are gunna win the gold=) hopefully i can be just like you and one day pitch as great as you. i hope that one day i can pitch for the USA softball team and be a great softball olympian just like you=)=)=) hopefully i can go to one of your softball camps and actully meet you in person, and hopefully i can go watch you pitch at one of your games, and maybe meet you in person there, that would be so AMAZING!!!!!=)=)=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING GREAT, YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE UNBEATABLE AND NO TEAM CAN STOP YOU FROM WINNING THE GOLD!!!!=)=)=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!=)=)=) I JUST NO THAT YOU GUYS ARE GUNNA WIN THE GOLD, I'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU TO WIN THE GOLD IN BEIJING!=)=)=) GO USA SOFTBALL TEAM, WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS GUNNA WIN THE GOLD,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8 AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

Brian · 1 year ago

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The goal is to live
with godlike composure
on the full rush of energy,
like Dionysus riding the leopard,
without being torn to pieces.

A bit of advice
given to a young Native American
at the time of his initiation:

"As you go the way of life,
you will see a great chasm.

Jump.

It is not as wide as you think."


Best of luck today if you pitch, and remember:

All that we are is a result
of what we have thought.

;->

Mrbaseball · 1 year ago

How do you adjust to the time change that would drive me crazy, I guess thats what the coffee is for... A smile is always contagious. It sounds like alot of fun being in the cafeteria and meeting all the new people all the time. Best of luck on the rest of the games, I sure wouldn't want to face you with that sick rise ball, and their is no smile when you sling it by the batters.

DaveyA · 1 year ago

Good luck Cat! I won't be able to watch cause I have to work tomorrow, but I'll definitely be watching the replay. I know you'll be amazing as always...Go USA!!!

USA! USA! USA!

Allie · 1 year ago

OK first i would like to tell you how much enjoyment i get out of reading your posts ..and then the comments that everyone make. Im sure your fully aware of how much of an influence you are to the younger kids (13ish- and under) and how much of a motivation you are to the Girls that love..no...live for this sport. i have to admit i was a bit skeptical on learning about a new pitcher, Seeing as i only knew of jenny finch and her position, but after many hours on the internet(yes, sadly i too am a computer nerd ) watching YouTube videos, the games online, googling your stats, accomplishments, records that you've broken etc. etc, and staying up untill the early hours of the morning (afternoon for you...i think) reading articles and interviews, and i have to say i have been blown away. i Truly have. not because of the number of strike outs or how many records you have broken..no...those just numbers, sure they get you known.... but i have truly been captivated by your ambition and passion for the game and that you'll do anything to improve yourself and others in anyway you can. I am incredibly saddened about the fact that softball shall no longer be in the olympics. Not only do you not get to play, but for the girls who spent YEARS training, running, practicing, sweating, bleeding, fighting to block out the pain over and over, year after year, and that to know that what were working SO HARD for and what we have spent your whole life working for...is gone. and im speaking from experience here. Ive been working my entire life ( 16 years) to try to be able to get where you are today. So take every chance you get to savor this for this truly is what we have worked for. I hope that sometime in the future i will have the honor of meeting you. You are an amazing pitcher, but your persona is legendary.

Whatever it takes...
bring us home the gold. Go USA.

Allie

Brian · 1 year ago

Wow, what an articulate comment. Very eloquently expressed.

;->

Allie · 1 year ago

haha thanks. I have to say that i admire Cat immensely, and shes most of my motovation for the sport.

AlienMr · 1 year ago

I've seen every game so far and you girls are amazing. Whose idea was it to have a game at 4:30 AM PST anyway? Seriously though, keep up the good work and bring home the gold! Between Jessica's blog and yours, I'm getting a good idea of what it's like to be there. Have you "presented" yet? Sounds like a fun activity.

Yotagirl · 1 year ago

I work nights so I am thankful that I get to watch all of the games. Congrats on the wins. It sounds like you all are having a great time. It is a wonderful experience. Enjoy every moment of it!

Good Luck, we are all proud of you! Go USA!

bigcatfan · 1 year ago

Way to go Cat!!!!! Beautiful game you pitched tonight against China. You are the best!!
We all here in the USA Love you. Now I need a big cup of Java :) Have a good evening see you next game.

P.S. GOLD :) :) :)

dota · 1 year ago

Another amazing start, you and the rest of Team USA are dominating in China. We're all so proud!

mollybabe511 · 1 year ago

Congrats on another big win!!
You guys are doing great.
Keep up the good work and keep America proud :)

cubbygirl · 1 year ago

I've really enjoyed reading about your adventures in Bejing. It sounds like you're really having a good time and are savoring every minute of your last Olympic experience. I have watched every game so far and will be rooting for you until the very end. You appeared to be wearing down a bit in the China game. Hang in there you're just two wins away from the Gold. You have such a beautiful smile and great composure in the circle. You don''t get rattled easily and that's good. Tell your mom I've enjoyed reading her blogs and seeing her pictures. I think it's great that your family is there to support you like that. Like I said just hang in there and keep doing what you do best for two more games and the Gold will be yours. Go USA
Cubbygirl

veeman77 · 1 year ago

Congrats again! You are simply amazing. Good luck to you guys the rest of the way. You have to throw the first pitch out at a Cubs game when you get back to Chicago! Go USA!

J

madcat26 · 1 year ago

You Are My Hero Cat !!!!!!!!!!!!!
You're The One Who Inspires Me To Work On My Junk Pitching!!!!!!!!!!


Love Ya ,Madcat 26

bwindyboy · 1 year ago

CAT OSSERMAN you RULE!

I have loved watching you play since you were a LongHorn.
The sickest pitcher ever to play the game!
WIN THAT GOLD AND BRING IT HOME!

I love your pitching

By the Way, besides being the best softball player in the world, You are the hottest female Athlete in the Olympics and worldwide!

kAtie95 · 1 year ago

I'm sure Cat enjoys knowing that?????? (above)

kAtie95 · 1 year ago

Cat, you are the face of the sport all over the world and I have watched you play since you were at Texas.
Bring Home The Gold!!!!!! (To TEXAS!)

8fan · 1 year ago

Another great pitching display Cat! China didnt have a chance! Keep up the good work and good luck against Japan!

yang11 · 1 year ago

Cat,
you did an incredible job against china..so did Finch..but anyways thanks for sharing what you do in your daily lives..its really cool..learning how famous athletes do in their leisure time or their normal days..one thing i learned is any famous person is the same as everyone else..like you guys do basically the same thing we do..which is cool..and I love the fact that you are a reader and a movie watcher.. I like doing those things too.. The twilight series are a good one.. well keep up the great work..and you can count on us cheering you guys on late at night!

Yang#11

Twinsfan7 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat.

Im a Huge baseball and softball fan and i think they should bring back softball in the olympics.
You are my favorie pitcher and im so happy that you pitched the No Hitter. Thats the first time ive ever seen that happen

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, you pitched AWESOME yesterday against china!=) i watched the whole game and you and your team were AMAZING!!!=)=)=) you and your team are on FIRE and no team can stop you from reaching your goal and winning the olympic gold medal!!!=) you and your team have the BEST hitters, you have the BEST fielders, and your team has the BEST pitchers!!!=)=)=) i cant wait untill im old enough to hopefully pitch for the USA softball team and be a GREAT softball pitcher and a GREAT softball olympian just like you!=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND NO ONE CAN BEAT YOU GUYS, I JUST KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE GUNNA WIN THE GOLD IN THE OLYMPICS CUZ YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!=)=)=) CAT #8 YOUR THE BEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND ONE DAY I WANNA BE JUST LIKE YOU!!!=)=)=) I'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU AND YOU TEAM TO WIN THE GOLD!=) GO USA SOFTBALL TEAM,WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS GUNNA WIN THE GOLD IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) =)YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25=)

acts4him · 1 year ago

Hey Cat! . We have been watching you on the Olympics and we are very proud of you and the team. Our family just started with softball this year. We have 3 girls playing.
We look forward to seeing you and the rest of the ladies represent us with style as you have done thus far.
God Bless you, the team and our great country.

USA · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I am so excited that you won 9-0. You guys rock! Hope you win the GOLD!!!!!

air_x_comment · 1 year ago

hey Cat, Im a huge fan, I met you at a game in Visalia Ca in your bound for bejing tour! i was in my Texas Jersey and u were nice enuff to hook em horns for a picture with me. It was one of the coolest days ever for me..and im and oldie!! Thanks for being so nice!! n e ways i was just wondering if u were as suprised as i was at how the chinese team was connecting with your pitches yesterday and if it bothered you? i know its not a great question but i was curious. Also do you happen to know, now that there is no more olympics for softball, if there is still going to be a world cup and if you would ever participate in it? Thanks Cat, Your the real G.O.A.T.

michelletexas · 1 year ago

Say it with me ladies---GGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLDDDD!!! From all of us down in San Antonio, Texas we're pulling for ya'll!!

BACKCATCHER31 · 1 year ago

GO USA!!! Cat, you are awesome to watch. By far the best softball pitcher ever!!
Good luck to the gold! from LR, Arkansas

DRDR · 1 year ago

It's such an inspiration to watch you compete over the years. I really feel for all the abuse your team has suffered at the hands of the media. I'm absolutely infuriated by articles that dare to suggest your team would be better off losing!! You just keep on dominating, and if the rest of the world doesn't want to keep on competing against you in the Olympics, that reflects poorly on them, not your team, which has done nothing but represent this country and this sport with class.

love_softball · 1 year ago

My daughter is a very big fan of yours and started using one of your bats this year, boy what a difference it made. She has come to find Bustos also very interesting. Does Bustos have a fan site or blog like you do? We have been watching the team and want to wish you all the best of luck.

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, i cant wait to watch you and your team play again tonite against japan. i know you and your team are gunna win. you and your team are on FIRE and no one can stop you from winning the gold in the beijing olympics. but i cant beleive it, theres only a couple more games untill the gold medal games. you and your team are AWESOME and are gunna win in the gold medal games and are gunna win the gold in the olympics. you and your team are the BEST softball team in the whole universe and no one can beat you guys. hopefully one day i can be apart of the USA softball team and be a GREAT softball pitcher just like you and hopefully be a gold medal softball olympian just like you. You are my role model and when i get older i want to be just like you and go to Texas University and pitch for that team and i also want to pitch for the USA softball team and be an AWESOME softball pitcher just like you. YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND YOU GUYS ARE TH BEST SOFTBALL PLAYERS IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) AND YOU ARE THE GREATEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) I'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO WIN THE GOLD IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS!!!!!!!!=)=)=) GO USA SOFTBALL TEAM, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS GUNNA WIN THE GOLD IN THE BEIJING OLYMPICS,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

Brian · 1 year ago

"What we need, and what we love, what consoles us and what redeems us is here each moment, already within us. It waits for us to recognize its presence. We have only to give ourselves up to it, and our one life, and all life, welcomes us into its arms."

- 'The Light Inside the Dark'

Good luck this morning!!

;->

shaheyla · 1 year ago

I just want to say that I think Cat is probably the best pitcher I have ever seen. I have tried to follow her career since she was a freshman at Texas, it certainly has been fun and a pleasure to watch her. Good luck with the rest of your games in the olympics.

sliders14u · 1 year ago

hey cat,
you are so good. i have stayed up and whatched all you games accept like 2. keep up the good work. good luck.
sliders14u

8fan · 1 year ago

Well Cat I see my cable network doesnt have the game on at 9:30pm but there is one at midnight so good luck tonight and go get that GOLD!!!!! your biggest fan in Sharon Pa! .....ps i bought one of your olympic replica t shirts and i hope to have it signed by you someday....i keep an eye on your schedule to see when you'll be around here again! Go Get Em!

Melissa44 · 1 year ago

heyyy cat!!
u did awsome the other night when u were pitching against China!! i was very upset when they pulled! but i gess the game was alrdy won thanks to u! im going away to florida in a few days and im so excited i hav to tell u!!!! LOL! me and my dad just got the new cleats that u wear since my old ones had a huge hole right where i slid and they work grreat!!!!! ur awsome cat and i want to becum one of the greatest just lik u!!! but i deffinatly owe it all to my pitching coach danielle henderson! she is great! she got me through all the bad times i hav eer had! we both lov to see each other everytime i go for a lesson and i hav so much fun! who was your piching coach! lolll ! anyway ur awsome and i want to grow up and be one of the greatest(acually the greatest) pitcher out there in the world!

u rock cat!!!

ur biggest fan
Melissa 44(now 8)

AlienMr · 1 year ago

The smile on your face after that last out! Way to close the game, Cat! Just one more game...

Mrbaseball · 1 year ago

way to close it out Cat, good luck in the Gold Medal game. Oh and great article in the L.A Times today as well. Glad I live in SoCal so I could get it.

Brian · 1 year ago

never a doubt

;->

cubbygirl · 1 year ago

Nice job in relief. The smile after the final out was beautiful. Just one more win to go and the gold is yours. I 'm sure you're having mixed emotions about it all ending. Just hang in there for one more game. You and the team are doing great..Good Luck to you and the whole team in the Gold Medal game. I'll be watching and rooting you on to victory
GO USA

acts4him · 1 year ago

Hey Cat! Way to close out the game against Japan!
Our girls just started softball this year and it has been enjoyable watching you and the team play!
You are GOLDen to us!

JordanATX · 1 year ago

Way to close it, Cat!!! Give Japan their props. They are tough, but not tougher than you. Next stop, gold medal! I am so proud of you! It was a bummer that NBC and all of its netowrks didn't carry it live, but it looked great on the NBC web site. I'm typing quietly because I am supposed to be in bed. Am sneaking some of the CNBC tape of it now :p Best wishes and HOOK THE GOLD!!!

Your friend,
Jordan

BigD33 · 1 year ago

Dylan again.....You had a good team effort. I am so tired and I have football practice tomorrow. I was so scared you maybe lose your game but yo won so being tired when I am at practice will be a little better. Good job to you all. My mom says I have to wirte whole sentences since you take the time to read waht we write to you and I am tired so I dont want to write alot but I wanted to tell you taht your team did a good job. I wish my mom would not make me write whole sentences but she only makes me do that when I don't know poeple and not when I text my friends on my phone. My mom and are writing a book and we have some offers to publish it and it is called KING
ME and one of our main character has a last name of Osterman after you and if we do publish it you can know that you are part of our book. I think you would like our book and if you want to read what we wrote my mom will letme send it to you. Win teh gold and go USA.

Allie · 1 year ago

nice game against japan. it was so close. so i think you had a day off today(your time its like 10 at night i think) hope you had fun. the Whole USA softball team has excelled in the games From the very first game where you guys killed Venezuela to the rain dely comeback, where you pitched two game and the team brought us two games closer to the gold. Im so proud of you guys for trying so hard. you all deserve this so much. You have so much support over here. Every game friends and I pull all-nighters to see the team play. good luck in the Gold-Medal Game!! were all proud of you guys, no matter what happens. :]
Allie

PS: its a little late for you but in the US its like 10:30 AM on the 20th..... and its my birthday...my 16th birthday... its kida pointless but i just wanted to tell you. yeaaaa.......
Good luck. Go USA! :]

Melissa44 · 1 year ago

hey cat!!

the game last night was soo intenseeeeee!!!! BUT WHOO HOOO TEAM USAA!!! great job!!!!!!!! it must feell rlly good to hav won that game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ur going on to the medal roundddd!!! u gotta win it cat!!!! i kno u can!!! ur awsome!!!! u did great and great job to crystll!!!! that was an awsome hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyway grreat job to all!!!!!!

proudgg221 · 1 year ago

Boy, I bet you guys are really tired, because I am tired also, since I stay up to watch every game. I was really upset when you came to Killeen and they did not advertise that you were here and so when I found out that you were here and tried to get tickets, they were sold out . I cried ! I have been watching you since you played for the University of Texas. I also have followed the football team and love to watch Vince Young ,now in Tennessee. You ladies are the best example that I have seen for the young people. I hope they bring back the Team for the 2016 Olympics.

shaheyla · 1 year ago

Hi Cat, congratulations on your win over japan, next stop the gold medal final, I wish all you ladies the best of luck, you guys probably don't need it but you never know how a game is going to go on any given day. I hope the team does win because you guys sure deserve it. All of you are great ambassadors for the game of softball.

mphelps28 · 1 year ago

Cat whats up I am from Eugene Oregon but dont worry im not a Duck Fan.I play ball for a community college here and will either be attending Oregon State or Oklahoma State next year for ball. Anyways i have been a USA fan for awhile and as a joke my team mates got me a full card board cut out of Jennie and i wanted to know where i can get one of you to add to the collection?

ballchick22 · 1 year ago

hey cat! just wanted to let you know i have been watching and cheering you on every step of the way and you girls rock!! last nights game had me a little worried but i knew we were going to win! i can't wait to get up at 6:30 in the morning to watch you all win the gold! i wanted to tell you i got a hermit crab at the beach and i bought a shell painted like a softball for it to change in to and i have been dying for it to change and yesterday when i woke up it had changed, just in time to cheer you on to the gold! and the best part is that i named it cat! i also wanted to say thanks to your for taking your time to sign autographs after the ballgames. i was at the salem, va ballgame and you signed by ball and glove and my myspace profile pic is of you and me. that was the best night of my life!!! good luck against japan and bring home the gold!!!!!!!

fjones · 1 year ago

GOOD LUCK AND BRING HOME THE GOLD

merlinzcave · 1 year ago

Cat! Go get the gold medal! I too am a Longhorn, \m/ Go get the gold! You deserve it!

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, i watched you and your team play yesturday, you guys were AWESOME!!!=)=)=) i even saw you pitch in the last inning, You and Monica did AMAZING and i think putting you to pitch in that last inning was a smart choice=) i have been watching every softball game that you and your team have played in the olympics, you guys are the BEST softball team in the whole universe. im just so glad that you and your team are gunna play in the gold medal games=) i just know that you and your team are gunna win the gold in the olympics. Your team has the BEST hitters, the BEST feilders, and of coarse the BEST pitchers!=) You are my favorite softball pitcher in the whole universe. i want to grow up and be just like you, and hopefully be an AMAZING softball pitcher and a GREAT softball gold medalist olympian just like you!=)=)=) i cant wait to watch you and your team play in the gold medal games, i just know that you and your team are gunna win the gold in the olympics!!!=)=)=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8 AND YOU ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=) I'LL BE CHEERING YOU AND YOUR TEAM ON TO WIN THE GOLD IN THE OLYMPICS, SO PLAY HARD AND GO WIN THAT GOLD. GO USA SOFTBALL TEAM, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS GUNNA WIN THE GOLD IN THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8!!!!!=)=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

Brian · 1 year ago

Neither a lofty degree of
intelligence nor imagination
nor both together go to
the making of genius.
Love, love, love, that is
the soul of genius.

- Mozart


Cat, we love your love for the game and your country and we love you more than YOU know!!

One World. One Dream. One Golden Goddess.

Good luck tonight!!

;->

jteefish · 1 year ago

Cat...

this is your favorite player on the DePaul Softball Team.

that is all.

(p.S. if you dont get this right... ill be so mad at you)

lou3030 · 1 year ago

So whats it like having Cat as your coach?? i'll bet its amazing!! I am Louanne, I am 15 and I play softball for my high school. How do you get reconized by colleges? Because even though I am only in 10th grade I would still like to be looked at by colleges. please respond back

jteefish · 1 year ago

Louanne,
Hi how are you. What state are you from? and what high school do you play for? It is amazing having Cat as my coach, she is an amazing person to work with and learn from. Now about getting seen by coaches, there are teams that you can play on that will give you a chance to be seen by other colleges and there are people that you can contact. there is one person i know that is specifically interested in getting people seen by coaches if you want to give him a call. His name is Tommy and his number is 908 246 5329. He is very well versed in helping kids getting into college and will steer you in the right direction.

hope this helps.
Jackie

lou3030 · 1 year ago

I am good how are you?? I live in Texas and I play for Richardson High School. We are not very good but we do try our best all the time. Thanks for the info! :)So whats your name, what position do you play? Tell me more about your self

jteefish · 1 year ago

My name is jackie, I'm 21 and from new jersey and i am a catchEr. Your welcome for the info. So do you go to school by cat? Or near where she lived? And do you play for a summer team? Let me know.

lou3030 · 1 year ago

No, Richardson is in Dallas...not close to Houston. Yes I do play summer ball. It's the school team but we play with the Garland league...but we play different school and also some select teams as well. And we also have fall ball games it's also with Garland. Well I'm 15 bout to turn 16 in less than 2months!! I play 1st base. During the summer league we had 2 new coach's that play on the Texas Tech softball team which was really cool cuz they helped us improve on our game. So did you get a scholarship to De Paul?

lou3030 · 1 year ago

Sorry i just re-read the letter and I just saw your name at the bottom

lou3030 · 1 year ago

Ok so I tryed to respond back to what you wrote me but I dont know if it worked.I am from Texas and I play for Richadson High School! We are not very good but we all try our best and then some...we all have fun while we are playing :) Thanks for the info!! So Jackie what position do you play?? Tell me more bout yourself... where are you from?? Thanks again!!!!!!
-Loulou
p.s. my friends call me Lou or Loulou.. u can call me what ever i dont care

jteefish · 1 year ago

Lou,
I am a catcher at DePaul i dont know if you got the email that i sent you from my blackberry...but here it is again lol. No problem for the information. Its no big deal. So did you grow up near Cat? or how do you know her? or do you even know her. are you just a fan? what position do you play?

Jackie

8fan · 1 year ago

Cat, i finally had to go to bed at 2:15 am (had to get up at 6:00 am) so i missed crytls hit shes' AMAZING! With this team theres' no doubt the GOLD is yours. i'm sorry i'll miss the gold medal game cause i leave for work just as you the your first strike of what i know will be many. i predict a "no - hitter" and it ends in the fifth. Well keep that ball moving around and I know the result will be the GOLD!!!!! Your the best in the world and tomorrow you'll prove it!
THANK THE USA TEAM FOR A GREAT OLYMPICS!!!!!!!!!
Your Biggest Fan in Sharon Pa

Allie · 1 year ago

This is not allie right now, she is making us food before the 4 other girls come over. this is her friends Lacy, Rosie, and caitlin and we are rooting for yo tonight and we have the red bull all ready and the music to jam to durrin the comertials. tonight is the night we can feel it!! we will say hi later again because you are legit. :]
Caitlin,rosie, and lacy
<3
PS: Allie got her permitt today (aug. 20[16th birthday] and we made her promis not to kill us b/c we wanted to watch this game, but we still almost crashed like 50 times( she is a HORRIBLE driver!!!!!)

matthunter · 1 year ago

all i can say is, wow! way to go, cat. not only in your total domination of the sport, but also in your commitment to your website. as someone that has worked in the internet industry over the past 10 yrs, i always feel it's a part of my obligation to reach out and compliment those who make it meaningful, such as what you're doing with your site. needless to say, what a wonderful job you and team USA are doing in representing your country.
i wish you all the luck in winning the gold tomorrow/today (i know you gals will), and if i ever see you back in austin (maybe at the ranch on 6th), i'll be sure to congratulate you in person.
btw, take a look at twitter sometime. i really think you'll dig the power of it's communication, just like the impressive job that you're doing with catosterman.com.
zhu ni zou yun.
man zou.
zai jian,
matt

reiss51 · 1 year ago

Hi Cat!! Im just a very big fan of yours. God how I love watching you pitch. You have so much talent. Watching your style , your leg movement & your arms is just awsome. I am a guy so please forgive when I say your also a hot sexy woman! Goodluck to you in all your life's adventures & may all your dreams come true!! GOD BLESS

Melissa44 · 1 year ago

omg!!! cat! i just watched the gold medal game!! it was so intence!! i am rlly upset right now! not with n e of the team u guys tryed hard but just the fact that u didnt win!! its heartbreaking!!!! but i thought u guys played ur best and i thought u guys did rlly awsome!! u rocked when u pitched! it was so fun to watch u! u did great! and kudos to monica she did rlly good too! but hey at least u got as far as u did and still hav the silver! its a year to remember! u made history! u guys did great and so did the rest of the team! i kno its very hard rigth now but its okay kno that u tryed ur hardest and gave it ur all! great job!!!!!

ur biggest fan
Melissa 44(now 10 cuz some1 stole 8 from me!!!)

great effort and hard work!!!

kaus360 · 1 year ago

Tough loss.....hang in there! We're proud of you! Keep your chin up and we'll see you back in the USA!

All the best,

Kat in Austin

ballchick22 · 1 year ago

wow i know the whole world is in shock right now i just wanted to say that i am still proud of our usa team and everyone of you is awesome!!! you did a great job pitching today!! i wish there was something that i could say or do but all i want to say is that in my eyes you guys are still coming home with a medal and that is all that matters!!!!

veeman77 · 1 year ago

I'm stunned! You guys worked so hard!!! You represented the USA so well during the games. I'm in disbelief. At this point they need to bring back softball for 2012. Again, thanks for the ride and best of luck in your future.

J

wlt1717 · 1 year ago

Cat,

Congratulations to you and the entire team on a fabulous Silver medal performance. It would be natural to feel a bit of disappointment with today's outcome, but this will pass and with time you will be able to look back on Beijing with more satisfaction than regret. If softball is restored as an Olympic sport, as we will all be praying for and working toward, it will be in no small part because of the skill, sportsmanship, and honor which this '08 squad (players and coaches) has competed throughout, in victory as well as the rare defeat. An even more significant and enduring legacy of this quest may well be the many lives you and your teammates (Jessica Mendoza, in particular) have touched along the way, through your example. We are fortunate to have you wearing our uniform, and look forward to thanking you in person when you come through D.C again to play the Glory.

Warm regards,

Bill

reiss51 · 1 year ago

Your still the greatest picther on this planet. America is very proud of you & we look forward to your coming home. Cat , you are GOLD in all our Hearts. GOD BLESS & THANKS FOR A GREAT RUN IN THE OLYMPICS

DRDR · 1 year ago

Cat -- congrats to your team for an outstanding run, albeit one that came up just short. I feel for you. It's so wrong that the IOC put your team in a situation in which your success could be construed as a negative for the sport, and the media just peppered you with questions about that and glossed over your accomplishments. No athlete deserves that treatment. Every true fan of softball knows how great the rivalry is between the US and Japan and that your success in these past several Olympics was hard-earned and hardly inevitable. It's a tragedy that you will not have the opportunity to win the gold back in 2012. However, this isn't the end of international softball, and you'll have several thrilling games ahead with Japan before 2016, Olympic sport or not. And your fans will always support you, whether it's with Rockford or coaching DePaul, or in the USA jersey once again. Take care.

reiss51 · 1 year ago

Im so sorry! I actually cried ! But know that you & all your teammates are solid GOLD in the hearts of America. Team USA 2008 are America's HEROS. You have brought alot of happiness & pride to so many hearts with your sportmanship your talent & even your smile. God Bless You & Thank You

madcat26 · 1 year ago

Cat you and all of you're teamates did great !!!!!! I actually started to cry when you did . Homeruns are going to happen . Keep doing your job and I'll see you soon!!!!!

silversalmon · 1 year ago

You ladies are amazing. You should all be proud of yourselves. I am in the Air Force away from the states and have been for about 8 months now, and you made all of us proud to be serving the country. You pitched brilliantly. If you could have only heard us all cheering for you ladies. Keep the hopes and dreams alive to those younger ladies who are going to play softball, as I am convinced the committee will bring the game back and it will be up to you all to teach them,

And by the way, there is nothing wrong with a good cup of coffee :)

josa · 1 year ago

i could just barf right now! You guys are all steller! Hope you all make it home safe and i look forward to continually watching each of you (that are still playing) best wishes....
Josa

proudgg221 · 1 year ago

Well, it is over and I know that you and the team are disappointed, but I will never be more proud of you and the team. You gave it your all and that is all you can do. It is hard when you are faced with the bottom of the line up and need desperate runs. You are the best in my eyes , their pitcher was great also and that has been a switch to see. I will still hope that Team USA can return one day for another game, but until then Hold your head up and know that you are a Winner in my eyes. Hook'em ! I will wait to see if you are coaching in Illinois and watch for them to play.

Brian · 1 year ago

My heart goes out to you Cat. I know things didn't go as planned but you represented the U.S. with dignity and class, both in victory and defeat. You've made and will continue to make an enormous impact in the lives of countless people from all walks of life. You're an inspiration to us all and I certainly don't just speak for myself when I say that I couldn't be more proud of you. Just remember that you are an extremely beautiful, intelligent and talented woman and nothing could ever change that. I hope you realize how special you truly are.

;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;-> ;->

Quail16 · 1 year ago

Cat all I can say is you are my hero! Congrats to you and the rest of team USA you did great!
^_^

KVTER · 1 year ago

Win or lose it doesn't really matter you guys still have impacted thousand maybe millions of little girls and even boys. You guys have been excellent role models and nothing will ever change that. I know this loss was devastating and the look on your face actually put tears in my eyes but you guys should hold your head high knowing all you have accomplished. Seriously Good Luck in whatever path you decide to take from here and THANKS for everything.

bexters · 1 year ago

Seeing you cry today brought back those sad memories of watching your last game at Texas. Cat, you are a true hero to all softball players and as disappointed as you are feeling right now, i hope you remember to stay proud of who you are and what you have accomplished. The olympics might have ended in defeat but your grace will live on in the hearts of all softball fans. I will be watching you at Rockford and until then, chin up and hook em.'

cubbygirl · 1 year ago

I know this isn't the way you wanted your Olympic career to end but you and Team USA are still the best in the world in my heart and mind.. When the game ended and they showed you on tv with tears in your eyes it made me cry. I felt so sorry for you. Have a safe trip home and even though it's hard right now keep smiling. You have been an inspiration to many people I wouldn't have ever gotten hooked on softball if it wasn't for hearing about you your freshman year at Texas and I've followed your career ever since. Maybe sometime soon I can finally meet you or see you play. Remember one thing the loss isn't your fault your offense kind of let you down also by leaving the bases loaded twice. I hope your arm is ok I wouldn't be saying this if I hadn't watched you pitch both on tv and the internet so many times in the past. Good luck in school and in coaching you will always be the greatest to me

cats_bigest_fan_maggie · 1 year ago

it is k that u lost but u still get to play ur fav sport by next season an i hope u have a sfae trip home!!!
ur bigest fan eve an always will be maggie

cats_bigest_fan_maggie · 1 year ago

safe trip i mean srry

kat_attack21_16 · 1 year ago

HI, Cat.
I know you hear this alot, but you're amazing!
I went into a Dunham's the other day and I bought one of your DeMarini softball bats!
It's perfect.

In March of 2008, I joined my highschool Varsity Softball team as a freshmen.
My first year ever playing softball, ever.
It was the best experience of my life. You have no idea.
And I say Varsity becasue there weren't enough girls interested in softball to make a JV squad also. So becasue of that, I didn't play much.
But when I did play, I gave it my all.
But, now that the season is over and we're losing four of our loved seinors, I'll almost have a guaranteed spot of playing, next school year, in the spring.
I'm stoked!

Thought I might share this with you, Cat!

-Kat, 15
Wisconsin

P.S. Tell the team I say hi!!

:D

softballchick_430 · 1 year ago

Cat I know your heart is broken right now and can only imagine how you must feel. Nobody wants to end like that, but you just need to keep your chin up because you are still young and will have many more opportunities coming your way. This team has drawn everyone in. You still have made America proud, and when y'all were all shaken up, we cried with you. You are an amazing person, and still are and forever will be my role model. I can't wait 'till camp in Florida! See ya there!

jf4life · 1 year ago

i dont know how your fans can say " oh, its okay cat," or "at least you got the silver"
if they wanted it enough for you AND your team they would realize what just happened
Hey, i cried too

jf4life · 1 year ago

you're still on the best team in the world

tracywang · 1 year ago

hi Cat~
this is one of the volunteers from beijing FTS writin on ur "wall"~ i just got ur autograph after the final who asked for "to TRACY" before sigh on the ball!

sorry cat... soooooooo sad about the result today, i found when u girls shouted the words-- "softball back!" were cryin out...=(

keep smile! cant forget ur smile i "asked" for my digital camera today during the training before the final~ and i did remember my uncle who is the pro. of the texas A&M talking about how great u r!!!(i metioned about this 2 u, not sure u still remember me)

im a huge fan of urs! U R THE BEST!!!

TRACYWANG FROM BEIJING

AlienMr · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,

I know the loss was heartbreaking, but you still made us all back home proud. A lot of credit has to be given to the Japanese team and Ueno. They were extremely determined to get the gold by using her for 3 straight complete games. She was able to shut down the USA's offense; she's their ace for a reason. Seeing you girls cry at the end, makes us all want to shed some tears. After all that has happened, we all feel like we've been along on the journey, every step of the way. You girls will always have the gold in my eyes.

softballdiva16 · 1 year ago

Cat, u pitched a great game and all of your teamates played as best as they could possibly play. Me and all of your other fans will still admire you and want to be just like you. Cat your my inspiration when im pitching and when i have to do boring drills. I just think of how good u r and thats how good i want to be. Your # 1 fan 4 ever, softballdiva16

lovesoftball · 1 year ago

I know we are all devastated today. Of course it would have been wonderful for the USA to win four olympics in a row. No team can win every single time and the reality is that if we all want softball back in the olympics this was the best thing that could have happened. The international community needs to see that other teams can be competitive and win gold. So as someone who really loves the game and wants to see it flourish I am broken hearted, but also see the SILVER lining.

Twinsfan7 · 1 year ago

I'm so sorry and sad that you guys dident get the gold. I woke up at 530 to watch it and after the game i feel back to sleep and when i woke up i wasent sure if that actualy happened or i was just having a bad dream and when i looked online it was real im so sorry about that. Hopfully we can get softball back in 2016 and the USA softball team can just go back to winning gold

Allie · 1 year ago

again this is everyone at allies house and not just allie,
in all the games you gave your best, and thats all that counts. we are all SOOOOOO proud of you guys. you Are all such Amazing ball players, and i know that you fought so hard from the beginning win against Venezuela to the the very last pitch of japan. dont think about the score, think of all the great plays you made and how much people will fight for this amazing sport now to bring it back. you guys have put on an amazing game and fought hard. Dont worry about the score, your all champions t us, we love you and still look up to you SOO much. Have fun relaxing for the rest of the time,
love from
NHS Blue Devils Varsity softball team.

softballis4me · 1 year ago

hey cat i am 10 years old and i play softball for little league in va i love you i have your cat glove and bat you are my idol and i also pitch just like you




sincerly your bigest fan nicole

softball4life10 · 1 year ago

hey cat so sorry about your loss... just thought i'd let you know that you're still a hero to me and thousands of other girls around the world. even though i'm a catcher i still am inspired by your determination. it's so stupid that they took softball out of the olympics because not enough people to support. but what can they expect when all the game air back in the US at 12 and 6:30 am?! anyway keep your head up and dont worry, they'll figure out what a mistake they made taking you guys out of the games.

soonerfan83 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat. I'm so sorry that you guys lost. I actually had to hold back my tears because you guys played so great throughout the olympics, it was hard having to watch you guys for the last time in the olympics. But you guys are awesome as a team and dont listen to any negative things that people will say about the game. Me and my boyfriend enjoyed watching you guys in OKC. I will forever cherish that game. God Bless you!

KatherineLee · 1 year ago

Hi Cat, This is your #1 fan! I'm really sorry that you guys lost I saw everyone crying and I cried right along with you:( today was my birthday and i woke up at 6:30am to see my favorite person in the word. CATHERINE LEIGH OSTERMAN play the game we both love <3 it took a lot of Mountain Dew but I stayed up the whole time. My dad and my mom called me and they were really upset too! I felt really bad:( Your still a winner to me and everyone else in the world and that will never change. You rock! Don't get down everyone has bad days and I guess today was the day :( I've gone to your website a million times and looked at all the pictures and everything. Other people are very upset along with you so just remember were here for you.

Your Biggest Fan Ever,
Kateerine Lee (Kate) Priester

KatherineLee · 1 year ago

Hello Cat,
My daughter, Kate admires you and hopes to be as great a player as yourself. Today your team lost a game but you all have done so much for the sport of softball that you are all winners. The saying "It's not if you win or loose but how you play the game is so very true in relation to you and your team mates. You've showed millions of girls everywhere what hard work and determination will do. You've set a high standard and level of excellence all can strive for but few will reach. Eleanor Roosevelt once said "No one can make you feel inferior but yourself". Don't hang your head but stand proud and know You are an Cat Osterman, You are THE CAT Osterman, You are an Olympian, You are a Member of the USA Softball Team, You are Softball!
God Bless,
Sherri Priester

ryanhenk2004 · 1 year ago

hey kitty cat. sorry bout the gold medal run... i was cheering for ya'll the whole way.. i think its a shame for all you and your team mates not being able to compete in the next olypics especially for all that you have done for the sport i jus don't get it... but keep your head up and everything happens for a reason... hook em horns and by the way your way hotter than jenny... lol

mkunz · 1 year ago

Catherine-

It's Marty Kunz, from Houston. I wanted to tell you that, even though you are hurting, you should be proud and hold your head up. You are such an inspiration to so many young girls and women. You've helped elevate the sport of women's softball to one of "relevance" in the world. My daughters look up to you, as do so many other young softball players. Take pride in that, and take pride in what you have accomplished. You are a bright, intelligent, talented young lady.

I hate to lose, too. Most competitors do. In time, I hope that you will be able to carry with you a sense of satisfaction for all you've accomplished for yourself, the City of Houston, The University of Texas, Cy Springs High School, and Team USA. And I hope that sense of satisfaction overrides the feelings you have right now. I've watched you grow up, watched you become a great softball player, and watched you become such a great role model. Those are things not many people can say they've done.

Hold you head high, kid. I'm proud of you. Your parents are proud of you. Your many fans are proud of you. And we always will be.

Congratulations-

Marty

ckelley · 1 year ago

Cat,
Hang in there. You guys are no doubt the best in the world!! Ya'lls record speaks for itself and we are all very proud of your play and character. You ladies have made girls/womens fast-pitch an ever growing sport that will endure even if the IOC fails to realize it.. You are great role models for young girls, with your hard work and dedication.

You know in fast-pitch, if you play a solid team, like the Japanese, enough times they will win 1 sooner or later.

I have played with and against your ex-coach, Bobby Smith, for a long time and have followed your career since he told me how special you were. I even caught him some, however could not hold his rise ball, especially when he crossed me up.

All of us from the Houston area are super proud of you and good luck in all your future endeavors.

GO FASTPITCH!!!

Chris Kelley

kshra · 1 year ago

Sorry you guys had a bad day but THANKS for a great olympic experience. We enjoyed every game and were proud of the character you guys showed in every game. On the bright side, maybe this will help get softball reinstated since other teams do have a chance to win.(Though you guys were just having an off day). Again thanks for the experience, we North Carolina people enjoyed every second of it.
kshra

uncascrooge · 1 year ago

I just wanted to say that no matter the outcome of the scoreboard, you and your teammates give your families, friends, hometowns and scores of Americans reasons to be proud. Every dog has its day and today was not y'alls and someday you'll look back and realize that it's okay.

Cat...I am guy who started watching you because my elderly parents watched all thing Longhorn on TV at home. You have given thousands of young ladies something to strive towards and helped raise the level of discourse regarding women's sports tremendously.

Please don't let a silver medal get you or your teammates down.

From what I've seen and read about all of you, and I wouldn't recognize any of you if I ever saw y'all on the street, you guys are first rate athletes and while guys like T-O, and Pac-Man make and waste millions and their reputations, you guys do this because you love it.

I hope you guys continue loving this every minute that you are lucky enough to be on this planet.

From Walt Wilkens song "Trains I've Missed":

It's a big ol' world but I've found my way
And the hell and the hurt that led me straight to this
Here's to the trains, I've missed.

Give your teammates a supportive hand on the shoulder for me.

Hasta!
Scrooge

meggy · 1 year ago

Hey Cat!
I want you and all the girls of the Women's Usa softball team to know that you are all number 1 in our eyes. You all went out there and gave it everything you have. My daughter looks up to all of you so much and I couldn't be more proud to have strong women like yourselves to be her role models. Please don't give up the game. We love watching you play. It always makes our day no matter what the outcome. I hope we will see you on the national team again and watch you win the world cup . We would also love to see you in the 2016 olympics up on the mound where you belong.

CatzFan · 1 year ago

Cat, y'all did great in the finals! Y'ALL GOT THA SILVER MEDAL! THATS AWESOME!!! Cat, don't feel down cause trust me I can't even get a bronze medal! Still I'm good at Softball but your WAAAAAAAAAY better so when ya see my comment you won't feel as bad!
Well I'll be leavin' ya now! Luv U Lots <3!! :)
~Cats Biggest Fan
P.S PLZ REPLY I'LL BE UPSET IF YOU DON'T BUT I'LL STILL BE YOUR BIGGEST FAN!

MEADWED · 1 year ago

TO ALL THE WOMEN OF THE USA SOFTBALL TEAM I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU I LOVE WATCHING THIS TEAM PLAY

DaveyA · 1 year ago

As far as I'm concerned, you won the gold medal considering you beat them twice and only lost one game the entire olympics...I had a great time watching you and the rest of the team play...I know it's a tough loss, but you pitched some AMAZING games and have a very bright future ahead...way to go Cat!!!

sant8381 · 1 year ago

Silver is not losing - it only means that today someone else wanted it more. And maybe now the Olympic Committee knows that the entire world is serious about Softball. Hold your head high and show the world that Team USA are winners regardless of the score at the end of the game. I had the privilege of watching Team USA play in June at the tournement in Oklahoma. My husband, daughter and I drove from NC to Ok for the games. Anyone watching the game knows that Team USA are winners.

cek · 1 year ago

I was at a recent Texas Rangers baseball game and I overheard a man in front of us telling her young daughter that we needed to get Cat Osterman out there pitching. She sure knew about you! A lot of people know about Cat Osterman. What a terrific player and person you are!
Curtis

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, you and your team played your hardest and you guys did AMAZING!!!=)=)=) to ME and A LOT of other people you and the rest of team USA are the real winners and it doesnt matter which medal you get, you and your team will always and i mean always be the BEST softball team in the whole entire universe!=) even though you didnt get the gold, you got the silver and that is SOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!=)=)=) you and your team were AESOME in the olympics. you and your team are the best softball team ever and NO ONE can say that thats not true. in the other olympics and these olympics you and your team were the GREATEST softball team out there and you guys were undefeated and that is SOOOO AWESOME!!!=)=)=) to ME and MANY other poeple, you and your team are the ones who really deserved to win that gold medal, and to me you and your team did. and i know that every team that played against you was afraid to cuz they knew that they were gunna lose=)=)=). YOU AND YOUR TEAM DID SO AMAZING IN THE OLYMPICS AND YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE THE ONES WHO REALLY WON THAT GOLD MEDAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) I WATCHED EVERY GAME YOU AND YOUR TEAM PLAYED IN THE OLYMPICS AND I NEVER STOPPED CHEERING FOR YOU!!!=)=)=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND YOU WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!!!=)=)=) CAT YOU ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE, HOPEFULLY I CAN BE JUST LIKE YOU AND ONE DAY BE AS GREAT AS A PITCHER AS YOU AND PITCH FOR TH USA TEAM. HOPEFULLY I'LL SEE YOU PITCHING AGAIN FOR THE USA SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE 2016 OLYMPICS, I'LL BE CHEERING FOR YOU THEN!!!=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE WORLD, KENNEDY #25

catLoVeR66 · 1 year ago

OMG CAT!
i cant believe what happened in the olympics. I am so sorry. You pitched a great game no matter how the score came out, you pitched an amazing game and i am so proud of you. Unfortunately things didnt go your way. I am so heartbroken for you guys. You deserved that gold medal, you worked so hard. And that work definately payed off. Yea a gold medal would be a great thing to have gotten but you did amazing. Wun or lose you are still the best pitcher ever and you are still #1 in my heaa=rt and always will be. And a silver medal still says a lot, and you dont need a gold medal to prove how good you are. You will always be a spectacular pitcher, if you have a gold medal or a silver medal. When i saw you crying my heart broke into a million pieces. I burst out crying. You did amazing, and know one can take that away from you. You are still fantastic and you are still my hero and always will be!!
You did an amazing job in the olympics, you are an insperation to me!
Love,
kelsey

jmf2008 · 1 year ago

Cat,

I would like to THANK YOU and the entire USA Softball team for so many GREAT memories in the Olympics, I know today's game was difficult (I know because I still have not been able to get my 16 year old niece to talk to anyone today), but I hope that you know that YOU and the entire team have been the best role models for not only girls but for everyone in ANY sport. I consider it a privilege to say that I live in a country that no matter what happened today is the home of the BEST softball team and the BEST softball plays in the WORLD. I tell everyone I know that if they ever need a role model they should look to anyone (especially you) on the USA Softball team. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO JULY 16, 2009 WHEN THE 4TH WORLD CUP OF SOFTBALL WILL BE HELD IN OKLAHOMA CITY - WATCH OUT JAPAN THIS TEAM "WILL BE BACK"

LDougherty29 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I'm sorry about the loss....You're still the best southpaw in the game....Hopefully you'll be able to get over this one and all of you will be that much hungrier to get your revenge next time around. As always, great watching you pitch!! Let this one go, no point dwelling on the past....take care

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I got up this morning and before I left for work I got to see you strike out the side in the first. I said that's the Cat i know. Kicking the dirt pointing to Stacey and throwing strikes....this will be the Cat i will always remember no matter what color the medal is, If every girl across this country would follow in your footsteps and live their dream there would be a lot of very sucessful young women out there! Thank you so much for the great games! I'm sure when you get home and unpack you'll sit down smile at the fun the challenges and overall experience in Japan. One game does not a career make your still the best....
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

lou3030 · 1 year ago

Good game!! even though yall lost to japan. yall did a wonderful job you tried your best and they still beat us :( ...but you know what yall will come back and beat their buts and win gold!! I love you and your wonderful teammates!! see ya when yall return!!! GO U.S.A!!!!!! :)
-Louanne

Melissa44 · 1 year ago

cat!!!! u did great!! i felt so bad when u started to cry i started to cry!!! all u need to kno is that u tryed ur absolute hardest and the japanese just won... its not ur fault! u still got silver and that is still good! u tryed ur harest and u did great! great job!!

ur biggest fan
Melissa 10

ladythunder_00 · 1 year ago

Cat,
im 1 of ur biggest fans!!! my team number is number 8 because you have inspired me in SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many ways. I'm so so so so so sorry 2 hear bout ur lose!!!! and im also sorry that softball isn't aloud back in the olymipcs till 2016!!!!! tat is a very long time!!!! :'( i've met u in person but im sure u don't remember me!!!!!!! i wish i could c u 1 more time it's 1 thing a girl could wish and wish but that wish would never come true but yet it has i've met u but d biggest thing i could EVER ask 4 is 4 u 2 come 2 1 va lady eagles practice and work with us that would b the biggest honnor i could ever ask for and i hope u will read this and think wow this kid thinks a hole lot of me!!!!!!!! well i do!!!!! i think the world of people like u and caitlin lowe and crystal bustos and every1 else and i hope i could c u again soon
~

ILoveSoftball27 · 1 year ago

Heyyy Catttt........
Im really sorry you lost todayyy but you guys all did great and silver is still really good.
I am sure you guys had lots of fun and had a great experience.Your just a great player and you always try your best. You pitched great just like you always do, and you'll always be my favorite softball pitcher...Even though that was a tough lose you still won your other games and you should be so proud of yourself..Even though you didnt get gold your still..AMAZINGGGG =)

YOUR BIGGEST HAPPIEST BESTEST FAN FROM NJ,
C.K.

sassy79 · 1 year ago

Cat

Nothing anyone can say will make the experience you had last night against Japan any easier to accept, but hopefully it can help lift your spirits for the future. I did watch every game you played and I even got up at 3:30 in the morning to watch the Gold medal game against Japan. As I discussed things with my family after the game it was agreed that you can only face a team so many times in that short of time and not worry about the outcome. It seems unfair that Japan had that many chances to be in the Gold medal round. In fact when I looked at the way things were set up I believed that they were going to play the loser of the Australia-Canada game for the bronze and 4th place and the winner of the Aus-Canada game would play you for Gold/Silver. When I saw that Japan had another chance I seriously thought the way the tournament was set up needed some serious rethinking.
You all should hold your heads up high and when I think of the 2008 Olympics now and in the future I think of you guys, the United States of America softball team, not the medals you did or didn't win. You did awesome and I was so excited when I got to watch especially you on the mound. I loved it. You are the best pitcher in the world. And I am extremely greatful to you for signing the picture of you and me together at a game I was able to go watch in Irvine CA that I sent to you just before the Olympic games. That picture means (if you can believe it) even more now to me than it did before the Olympic games. I am so proud of that picture and of you, it is hung where everyone can see. My daughters ages 4 and 6 love watching the game and it is solely because of my love to watch especially you play, and they look forward to the day they are old enough to play. Thank you for that.

You are and will always be my hero and meeting you was dream come true (one I really didn't think ever would). Thank you, and I sure hope to see you still playing because your love of the game is so exciting to see.

Hold your head up you are the best.
pam

pinky06 · 1 year ago

Cat,
You did great today! GOOD JOB!! Words probably cannot describe what your going thru but just keep your head up. Your an awesome pitcher, great softball player & a very good role model for a lot of softball players. ( I have 4 of them & they all look up to you and so do I.) Stay STRONG!!!! Go USA!!!

jheise12 · 1 year ago

Cat,
I just want to say that we are all proud of you as you should be proud of yourself. In the end you gave it your all and you have nothing to be disappointed about. I know lossing is hard and nothing I say will ever make this sick feeling go away. However, remember that you are one of the best pitchers to ever play the game and don't ever forget that. As other people have said keep your head up be proud of what you have done and all the respect that you have been given. You have gotten respect because you have earned it and no one can ever take that away from you. Good luck.
JH

cubbygirl · 1 year ago

I know you probably don't feel like communicating with everyone right now but you really need to let everyone know that you're ok. When you broke down into tears so did a lot of other people and there are a lot of people concerned about you. So try to forget about the game and let your fans know how you're doing. You did noyhing wrong. You're still the best pitcher in softball and noone can take that and everything you've accomplished away from you. Hope to see you next July in OKC. I'll try for the third time in 4 years to see you and maybe nothing will go wrong this eime.

grehwoldt · 1 year ago

sorry about your loss, i live in guatemala, i´m a big fan of you, you are an awesome pitcher. i went to see you when you came here, your level is amazing, congratulations for all the succes you have. i hope there´s be softball in the next olympics, and you will win it.
good luck,
kind regards

USASoftball12 · 1 year ago

Cat, You are the best pitcher in the world. I knew that your freshman year at Texas, and I will always know that. I have fallen in love with your game, demeanor, and passion, even in the face of defeat. I know losing that gold medal game is close to the worst thing that could ever happen to you. No, I don't know the emotions you feel, or the things you are going through right now, and I won't pretend that I do. I do know that I would have given anything just to feel like what the olympics were like. For those of us who dreamed of playing softball in the 2012 olympics, you guys are our heros. We got to watch you live out our dreams, and do a heck of a job. USA softball is the epitome of American patriotism. No other sport has the passion and love for their country that this team had. This team was as close to the american dream as anybody can get. Thousands of girls watched in awe as you guys performed, and thousands of girls got to see how true athletes act in the face of defeat. I can speak for all of your fans when I say, One game does not define a career, and a postponement of softball can't take away the love for the sport.

sportsfan72 · 1 year ago

Great words of encouragement!!!

sportsfan72 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, hey babe I hope your ok, it broke my heart to see you so upset. I don't see how anyone can be dissappionted in this team or in you, you are amazing..but even the best fall down, but don't feel bad you are only human, this was a team loss. Just know that I am praying for you to build your strength up again, your are a strong person..uh physically too lol i hear how hard the ball hits stacy's glove :) but I still think you did very well in the game. I know its tuff but know that i am here to help you get through this moment. You have a bunch of people behind you supporting you here and who love ya!! To me you played like a gold medal olympian!!! They just gave you guys silver because they ran out of gold. ;) I know your upset but don't get in any Cat fights over there haha get it Cat(catherine) fights, yea you get the picture lol i hope this made you smile. well I let you go, I hope to hear from you, check in with you soon I'll be here when you need me to make you smile,or tell you a cheesy joke ;) love ya!!

~Rachel~

katiej · 1 year ago

hi my name is katie johnson im eight years old I wanted to no when your up to bat why do you lick your batting gloves?

ps your the best player
love katie

katiej · 1 year ago

say hi katie when your on tv

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I was just painting my living room. Every once in a while i would check the blog and read the amazing comments from so many wonderful fans. Some were short and some were long but all had so many great and justified comments. You have awesome and dedicated fans and they are proud they are your fans. Such an awesome group i've had the privledge to read. Your the best!
Can't wait to see you play again!
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

MltryNrwy · 1 year ago

In a short time this loss will be but a blip on your radar memories of your past in softball. You and your team played a great series at this Olympics and I am so proud of you. I know that you are not accustomed to losing, but look at all the great wins that you have enjoyed in your outstanding career.

It was indeed a pleasure to watch your performances since your collegs years.
I look forward to your return here to Austin to coach the Lady Longhorns, in a short time, I hope.

I wish you the very best in your time at DePaul in grad school, and coaching there.

God Bless you in all that you do.

Dennis

DougSoftballFan · 1 year ago

Ms. Osterman - Thank you for your dedication to the game of softball. You have represented your country with class. While the disappointment of Beijing will hopefully fade with time, those of us who love the game will continue to be proud of you forever. Enjoy the closing ceremony and hold your head high, because you are a champion.

BuddyB · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,

Just wanted to share some thoughts!

Who knows what's good, who knows what's bad....sometimes things don't work out the way we envisioned them to...doesn't mean it wasn't good.

When I watched you pitch for the 1st time in the Olympics, I'll be honest...I didn't know who you were. But I couldn't stop watching and rooting...you're talent is so much more than softball alone.

I think you can tell by what people are saying in this blog, that you captured more than a gold medal from your fans.

It's a tribute to you and your teammates as well.

The pressure to keep the sport an olympic event, as well as the expectation of a gold medal, without it you may have felt you let your country men down...you haven't...if anything, you have so many more supporters than before...

Thank you for all of your efforts and many more great things are on the horizon for you....

Congrats on an extremely great run....and thanks for sharing with your fans!

Buddy

volunteer · 1 year ago

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volunteer · 1 year ago

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volunteer · 1 year ago

Hey cat, I'm the volunteer who help you gather the home run balls and give you a big smile. Do you remember the gift I give you, there is a chinses word , that's mean good luck for you.
keep your chin up !!! you are the best !!!

BACKCATCHER31 · 1 year ago

Sorry you guys lost out on the Gold. But all of you are true champions. You help so many girls in the USA being a role model & player. I have enjoyed watching you play since your UT days. Hopefully everyone will have the opportunity to see even more games w/ you.
You are the best softball player to ever play the game..you ARE SOFTBALL!!!
You guys need to come to Arkansas & play sometime. Take care.

jenlynz70 · 1 year ago

Cat,
You had an awesome run...we are all very proud and in complete amazement of how you and the team performed. Hold your head high and show off that beautiful medal. You are all true champions. Enjoy the closing ceremonies and best of luck at DuPaul. :)
Cassidy and Jen V.

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, well its' 11:34 am here and 11:34 pm there. I was just at a local home improvment center with my #8 USA Softball shirt on and the check out girl said she watched the games and said she was happy for the team getting a medal. I think it was great she only cared about a medal not its' mettalic origin. Well i'll be keeping up with the blog from time to time as I continue painting my house and remember its' not the size of the trophy its' the size of the heart it took to earn it....
Your the best!
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

dlacrosse1 · 1 year ago

Cat, I played lacrosse till I was 43 way past when most people have given the sport up. But because I kept playing the game every 5 years or so a new division of lacrosse was started. In other words i was allowed to play.
I ask you not to worry about your future in softball, just keep playing whenever and whereever. Because of you and others softball has grown and this noone can stop. I am sure you will be in London. And as a now 48 year old lacrosse player I can tell you that you will still be a young and a lot smarter pitcher than you are now. You will just be hitting your prime.
I started to watch softball on ESPN after watching you at Texas and now watch women's basketball and soccer as well as all the other sports and the level of playing is amazing. Keep going as you can and do motivate people. I do not know you but I am proud of you.
Let your teammates know they have changed the world for girls everywhere annd to keep playing as long as they can. If they can get a 48 year old male lacrosse player to watch and enjoy the sport they can get anyone too.

donbrooks · 1 year ago

Hi Olympian,
First and foremost, a sincere thank you to you and the entire team for demonstrating such a spirit, level of skill, and high degree of integrity and sportsmanship during the tour and the games.

We all felt ur pain in the loss to Japan, but the only bad thing about that game is that there had to a winner....and your display of emotion was so honest !!

I have had the honor and priviledge of meeting you on 2 different occasions and have ur signed picture hanging there with several other items that over 30 years of being involved with fastpitch brings.

Cat, please continue to do what you excel at for as long as u can.

Best Wishes Always Don Brooks

catostermanfan4life · 1 year ago

Cat, you were great in the Beijing Olympics, your the best softball pitcher that our country ever had, at least thats what I say. I am a big fan of you. Keep on playing softball because I want to see one of your games, but dont know when I can. They will end up keeping softball in the olympics, thats what im hoping for anyways.

catostermanfan4life · 1 year ago

Also, how can I obtain an autograph from you? If you could let me know that be awesome.

uncascrooge · 1 year ago

Wow...I was just reading the comments on here. It truly is a testament to the quality of the ladies on this national team that there are so many people here who support all of you in victory and in defeat.

I confess that I don't know that much about the history of fastpitch but I will say that it speaks volumes about Cat that so many people care about her and are willing to offer their congratulations.

In the grand scheme of things, this is a game. No one's life depends on it but lives can be enhanced by it.

I am just so impressed by what I've read in here. I hope you ladies have a safe and happy trip back home.

bobcarp · 1 year ago

You had a great tournament Cat. I'm sure that doesn't ease the pain any right now, but you played like a Champion and you and all your teammates are still Champions in my book. Keep your head up and stay the great person you are.

As a roll model for all young athletes you should be proud in the professional and sportsman-like character you have shown throughout your entire college (Horns!) and Olympic career. Hopefully the Olympic committee will take note of how exciting the games were and the dedication you and all the women in the tournament showed in these games and will reinstate Softball as part of future Olympic Games. Take care and best of luck to you in whatever you do.

Rob
Sacramento, California

USA · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,

I loved you in the Olympics, you were great. I you be come a softball coach one day. That sticks that you geys didn't get the gold but to me you guys are the best softball team in the world.

Danavaughn · 1 year ago

Cat,
You and the whole team have done the USA proud. I am so honored to be able to say i saw the team play in person in Oklahoma City. I have my Pink T-Shirt to cherish. Try not to be sad, look toward the future. I want to see you all play again. So whatever we can do to help you get Softball back in the Olympics let us know. Im just one person but you have tons of fans, and i know everyone will help. You are a true Champion in every sence of the word.

Best Wishes,

Dana Vaughn

AngElster · 1 year ago

Chin up!!! Do you have any idea how many young ladies look up to you and the rest of the team. So you didn't get the gold --- but you got the silver!!! We are so proud of you ladies and we couldn't of had a better group of gals representing our country. My family and I had the privlage of watching Team USA play in Rapid City. Thank you for coming to our state! Maybe someday you'll come back ;>)
I have a 15yr old and a 13yr old and a 10yr old. They all dream of being just like the Cat Ostermans and the Jenny Finches of the world.
Thank you for being you:)

vrtlancer · 1 year ago

I recently viewed your pictures from Kandahar, Afghanistan where i served 2 years ago. I cannot tell you how much it means to have people like you and the other Olympians take time out of your schedules to come see us in a country where the norm for us is totally different than what you are used to. Thanks for your time and support.

jtrain40 · 1 year ago

Hi Cat -

I coach high school freshman girls softball in Michigan and help out with youth fastpich. I also follow the sport at both the college and international level. I want you to know that you are a role model for all the young girls that I have coached. Almost every one them says Cat Osterman when I ask who their favorite player is. YOu have made a great impact on the sport of softball. I know you and your USA softball teamates are feeling disapointed right now. Please hold your heads high and know what a difference you have made.

Thanks for all you do.

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, you and your team played so AMAZING in the olympics!!!=)=)=) you and your team were the BEST team out there and no one could beat you=) i saw you and your team play in the gold medal game and you and your team played so GREAT!!!!!!!!=)=)=) it doesnt matter if you won the gold or not because you guys didnt lose, you got the silver and that is soooooooAWESOME!!!=)=)=) sure it would be awesome to win the gold, but you and your team played your heart out there on the field and you guys never gave up. to ME and MANY other people, you and your team are the real winners and you deserved the gold. no matter what anyone tells me, you and your team played your hardest and YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE THE ONES WHO WON THE GOLD!!!=)=)=) i mean even though you got the silver medal, you got the sliver medal out of a million other teams and that is AWESOME!=) no other team deserves to win the gold besides you guys cuz you and your team are the GREATEST softball team in the whole entire universe. i watched every game that you and your team played and you guys were SOOOOOOOO amazing, you guys played your hardest and you and your team were the BEST softball team in the whole olympics and in the whole entire universe!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) i cheered for you and your team through out the whole olympics and you guys played SOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!=)=)=) Cat, you are my role model and i look up to you=) YOU are the greatest softball pitcher in the whole entire universe and i want to be just like you and hopefully pitch as great as you!!!=)=)=) hopefully i'll see you and the rest of Team USA play in the 2016 olympics, i'll be cheering for you and your team then. YOU ROCK CAT #8. USA-USA-USA!!!=)=)=) USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

jewlz · 1 year ago

Hi Cat,
I just basically wanted to just simply say you are amazing. Well the whole team is
amazing.... BUT.... this might get me in a bit of trouble... You my beautiful lady is amazingly beautiful.

Even though you guys won the silver... believe me in all of our heart every single one of you guys still hold the gold one.

Love ya !

peany11 · 1 year ago

Hi Cat,
My daughter just loves you, you are such an inspiration. Keep your head up we still Love Team USA ... you guys are GOLD Medal winners in the USA.

I know it's hard to look for the Silver ( no pun intended) lining in this dark cloud in softball, but let me just say perhaps the lost for the gold will strike a nerve with the IOC and see that even the USA can lose and reinstate the sport that you , my daughters and so many other young girls love.

I cried when WE lost! I say we because we were all there with you in spirit. Tell the rest of the girls that WE are pround of them all. Keep on inspiring!
Thanks for all you have done for softball.
My prayers are with you and the team,

catostermanfan4life · 1 year ago

Out of every one on the team, your the best!!! Your just not a pitcher, your an all-star pitcher for USA!!!

R!ELLY. ;] · 1 year ago

HI CAT!

My name is Rielly and I'm 13. I live in Agawam, Massachusetts and I play softball for the Agawam Warriors. I am the catcher and this year our team finished the season 36-0. Everyone on team USA is an inspiration to us. We all have the dream to be just like you guys when we get up there. You're such an amazing pitcher and teammate and you inspire us on and off the field.

I haven't missed an Olympic softball game this year. I've stayed up wickeddd late and i've gotten up wayy earlier than i would have liked. Haha but I was up at 6:00am to watch the gold medal game thursday. You pitched such a great game. Keep your chin up! Nobody wins 'em all (:

thanks for reading! please please please comment me back! it would mean a lot.
- Rielly #24

P.S. Tell monica i love her toooo. and that we need to be able to post comments on her website. ;]

Laurdogggx27 · 1 year ago

hey cattt!

i'm lauren brodeur a 13 year old pitcher on rielly's team (the warriors) as seen below! I've been a huge fan of you since your days at Texas, and it's been a pleasure watching you on tv. honestly, i do learn things from watching you pitch that i think back to when im on the mound pitching for my team. i always try to keep my intensity and focus like you do in the games. With the tips i picked up from watching you pitch, i successfully threw my first no-hitter game. Now I know the feeling! thank you for being a role model to me keep up your amaaaazing work, which i think we all know you will (: haha. Also, i'll be in the crowd watching you when you visit mohegan sun in connecticut for the softball coaches convention!

comment backk (:
<3Lauren #27

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I hope your feeling well! I've been reading messages on this blog off and on all day between finishing painting my house all I can say is AMAZING! What incredible fans you have and reading the last two from the Warrior softball team really shows how important you are to the youth of this country. It truley has been a privledge watching you play and reading your messages from China. If there are letters the fans can write to reinstate softball in 2016 i'll bet all of us will do it. Well i'll bet your anxious to get home to Chicago and "kick back" for a bit. My nephew lives up there and loves it!....well take some special time and find a nice place for that medal you deserved it.
Your the best!
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

Jshrader · 1 year ago

Hey Osterman, congrats on the medal! I'll spare you the details but I had a major family crisis last week and watching you do your thing really helped me and my mom get through it. You do good stuff and don't even know it. It was a blast watching you. Lots of folks out here you've never met care a lot about you and what you do. Thanks for the blog and keeping in touch with us. Take care chief.

bm_softball_93 · 1 year ago

hey cat! awesome job!
i was actually just wondering how the twilight series was??
i've been hearing from everyone that i should read it...

Walguy · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,

I know you're probably disappointed, but congrats to you and your teammates on the silver medal. Even Greco-Roman wrestler Alexandr Karelin, who went undefeated for 13 years, eventually lost a match. It just means you guys are human, and on one particular day got unlucky. The double and homer off you were pure flukes, those pitches were so far out of the zone no one should have been able to hit them anywhere but straight up. Our hitters kept hitting the ball hard but right at people. That game is a classic example of why titles in baseball and softball should never be decided by one game. In a series the better team usually wins. In one game anything can happen. In this case the much better team lost. All true American softball fans are still very proud of you and the team.
I was thinking today that as a result of what happened, perhaps the IOC will be more likely to reinstate softball for 2016 now that someone besides the US has won the gold medal. So as painful as the loss is now, it may well be good for softball in the long run. Maybe that thought will make you feel a little less bad. I hope so.
I don't know if I'll ever see you pitch again, so let me take this opportunity to thank you for all the hard work you've done to get as good as you are. You're like the Greg Maddux of softball, and I've loved watching you pitch when I've had the chance. You're truly awesome, and you'll probably always be my all-time favorite softball player.
Take care, and I wish you nothing but success and happiness as your life goes on from here.

Your fan,
Dave

dnpryor · 1 year ago

Hi Cat -

I will refrain from saying anything about the Olympics because I know that you already have heard many renditions of people's comments.

I just wanted to tell you that watching you play throughout your college career (yes I actually followed it), through Athens and through the latest round of international play and the new Olympics, has inspired me. You're 2 years younger than me, but you have given me a new sense of hope for what role models of our generation should strive to be. You are truly a great sportsperson, a terrifically telented pitcher and no doubt a great young woman. You provide a lot of inspiration not only for younger players coming up in the sport, but also for out-of-shape beer leaguers like me.

Thanks for gracing me with being able to watch you play,
Dustin

softballchic8689 · 1 year ago

hey Cat I've watched you play every chance i could since i saw you play your senior year of high school. Watching you completly crush the high school team i looked up to and adored was a little heart breaking but i knew even then i was watching an incredible player. You have inspired so many girls throughout your career. so when yall come home know that you're still the campions in our eyes!! we love yall!!

ilcatosterman13 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,
Great game against Japan, kinda the same thing happened to me in my championship softball game. I was pitching, they took me out, someone else pitched, and we lost to a great team. I did good and so did you. NO ONE can win them all. I saw you play in Stratford, CT. I got your autograph and you also sent me one for my b-day which meant ALOT. I have looked up to you since I saw you play for the first time on the Texas team. I wanna find a cardboard life size cut out of you, I almost got one, but some one else got it first. Good luck and when you feel down, just remember how far you've made it,
Best of Wishes,
~Dominique #13

ladyicesoftball · 1 year ago

We are so proud of Team USA, especially the great job you have done, I as a parent of a hopeful Division 1 softball player Katia (also known as Kat) am glad that the USA has such a great player like you, that can speak about softball to the world, and keep the fight going for Olympic softball. You are the role model my daughter looks up to, and a hero in her eyes. We are hopeful your travel back to the USA is safe, and we look forward to following your progress. Congratulations on a great showing at the Olympics, by the way, my daughter, who is 10, thinks she could be your catcher, a goal in her mind. Again, thank you for bringing Fast Pitch to the next level and being an outstanding representative of the Sport.

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, just wanted to say "hey" I hope your well and ready for the closing ceremonies tomorrow night... then its' home....I wonder how long it will take you to read all these awesome messages from your fans? You better set aside several quiet hours to do so. You truly are an inspiration to so many across this country! I'm wishing the team a safe trip home and all the best in the future! Remember everyone has a dream and you get to live yours and so many of us fans are living it with you! Thank you for that!
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

dawnlopez69 · 1 year ago

Congratulations on how well the USA teams have done. I do love to watch the softball team play. I just wish that we had 2012 to look forward to. I wish you all the best in whatever you do. Thanks for representing our great country so well.
Dawn

asianfry1 · 1 year ago

How can I support softball's bid for 2016? I would love to get involved since I am a Criminal Justice major (which can be used as pre-law) and lobby to get softball back into the olympics!

Cynthia

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, im just so glad that i got to watch you play in the beijing olympics. i watched every game you and your team played in and you guys were SOOOOOOOOOOO AMAZING!!!=)=)=) you and your team did GREAT in the beijing olympics and you guys were the BEST softball team out there. even though you and your team got the silver, you guys deserved the gold, hey but you and your team got the silver out of a million other teams and that is really GREAT, you and your team should be proud of yourselfs cuz you guys played your heart out and played your hadrest=) and to me, you and your team are the real winners and you guys are the ones who really won the gold. you and your team are the only team that deserves the gold cuz you guys play you hardest, you never gave up, and you guys have the BEST softball players in the whole universe=)=)=) hopefully softball will be put back into the olympics in 2016, and hopefully i can watch you pitch in those olympics or maybe i can pitch in those olympics with you because i'll be old enough. that would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT to play with you on the same team=) i really hope that i can make the USA Softball Team by the 2016 olympics so i can actully be apart of the USA softball team and play in the olympics=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ROCK AND ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!!=)=)=) HOPEFULLY I CAN BE APART OF THE USA SOFTBALL TEAM ONE DAY AND I HOPE I CAN BE AN AMAZING PITCHER JUST LIKE YOU!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8 AND YOU ARE THE BEST SOFTBALL PITCHER IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE! AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) USA-USA-USA, USA SOFTBALL TEAM ROCKS AND IS TE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=)=)=)=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

1stbaseveteran · 1 year ago

Hey Cat!
First of all, I'm so proud of all of you ladies for representing our country and our sport so well. I have been a big fan of yours for a while now and have loved watching your career progress from being a longhorn to an olympian and I look forward to watching you have even more success in the future! Let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure a spot for softball in 2016! Keep up the fantastic work!
Lots of love from Ohio,
Anya

8fan · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, I'm off to work and probably won't be near a computer until next Friday night by then you'll be on your way elsewhere. Thanks again for a great olympics! Have a safe trip home!
Your biggest fan in Sharon Pa

Allie · 1 year ago

so i enjoyed getting no sleep this past week... just kidding, i really did enjoy watching you play in the olympics. ill make this short and to the point since there will be tons of fans writing here also.
you guys played great. and now we have a reason to bring softball back, to reclaim our title. haha. but seriously you guys make this possible, you give girls something to work towards, maybe its not the olympics, but just to be as good as you or anyone else n the team. don't worry about not having softball in the olympics, there are too many people who are WAY to upset about it, to let them not bring it back. ill try to come down to Chicago or wherever you are, to see you play. have a safe flight home.
Allie

catchergirl2013 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat,
Just wanted to say I really enjoyed watching you and the rest of the girls play, in the olympics and that I'm a HUGE fan. Congrats on winning the silver medal
,CatcherGirl

paqueof7 · 1 year ago

Miss Osterman, I've watched you since you began at UT and have long been fascinated by your skills. I don't watch much sports but you and Miss Fench hooked me on women's softball. I just want to thank you for sharing your marvelous talents with so many of us from the great TEXAS and with the world. When the gold medal game ended, I was just sick for 3-4 days, mostly from feeling for what you all were going through. If there is any chance that you or someone who helps you could let me know of future games of yours that might be on TV, I would greatly love to know.
Thank you so much... I absolutely love to watch you pitch.
Paque of 7

cubbygirl · 1 year ago

How was the closing ceremonies? was it as awesome as the opening? I bet you're happy to be almost if not already home at this point in time. You've had a very long but good spring and summer and did a good job everytime you were in the circle. Forgive me for any references to baseball terms instead of softball in any of my previous comments as I'm also a big baseball fan. As you can probably tell, I'm a Cubs fan but I also like the Longhorns baseball team. I'm sorry if my previous post has caused you any problems but ever since I posted them I've read comments from people saying how are you feeling. If there is anything any of us can do for you and for softball to help get it reinstated, just let us know. Just hang in there and keep smiling. you really are a beautiful inspiration to many people who would do anything for you.
A CAT Fan Forever
Cubbygirl

Arlygirl · 1 year ago

Cat, congrats on an amazing job! You were awesome and it is difficult for me to understand why Japan would get the Gold despite losing two games. Team USA should be the gold medal winner because had no loses during the games. I am proud of Team USA and I hope that softball comes back in 2016. I also hope you can teach the future Team USA your amazing skills!

speedracer12 · 1 year ago

Hi Cat! I am a huge fan! I watched all of your games even though my parents thought I was crazy for staying up that late or getting up early. I just wanted to tell you that you did a great job and as much as I hate to admit it no one can win 'em all. Still team USA did an amazing job and you should be very proud. Especially since you beat Japan twice. I saw the picture in the USA Today with the cleats at home plate and it touched me (that wan't you though was it? It looked like Taria Flowers). It's not fair to take softball out of the olympics especially since the IOC claims they want to promote female athletes. Hopefully they'll bring it back in 2016. Have a safe trip home and keep your head up!
Speed Racer 12

traducian · 1 year ago

Cat, you are a huge hero to all of us here near your home! My family lives in the 77084 zip code. Congratulations on your awesome performance... As the chair of the Health and Wellness Committee for the Houston West Chamber of Commerce, I would like to invite you to a fundraiser luncheon we are sponsoring at the Omni Westside on Sept. 26th at Eldridge and I-10. It is a fundraiser and we don't have a huge budget, but we can pay you a little if you will be available. The event will be sold out with over 400 of your local fans in attendance and it does deal with health and wellness issues for our local community... You can contact me through the Houston West Chamber of commerce if you think you can make it. My name is Brian Davidson

JordanATX · 1 year ago

First I cried. Then I did research. Now I appreciate your accomplishments even more, Cat. Chin up, you are in great company. We still know you are the best.

Your friend,
Jordan

"26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." – Michael Jordan

MLB: Roger Clemens has 184 career losses.

NFL: John Elway lost the Super Bowl three times.

NHL: Wayne Gretzky's trade from Edmonton to Los Angeles sent US hockey popularity into orbit. Of note, however, Gretzky lost the only Stanley Cup he played for while a King.

Kennedy25 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, i thought that your team did SOOOOOO AMAZING in the olympics and you guys were the BEST softball team out there. even though you got the silver medal, you and your team are the ones who really deserved to win that gold medal and to me you did because you and your team are the GREATEST softball team out there, you guys played your hardest, and no one deserves that gold medal besides you and your team=). i watched every game that you and your team played in and you guys did GREAT!!!=)=)=) Cat, i was just so glad that i got to see you pitch in the olympics and i loved watching you pitch that no hitter game against austrailia, that was GREAT!!!=)=) through out the whole olympics, you pitched SOOOOOO GREAT, and i thought that you were the BEST softball pitcher out there!!!=)=)=) YOU ARE MY ROLE MODEL AND I LOOK UP TO YOU, SOME DAY I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU AND PITCH AS GREAT AS YOU=)=)=) YOUR THE BEST PITCHER IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE AND YOU ALWAYS WILL BE!!!=)=)=) HOPEFULLY THEY PUT SOFTBALL BACK INTO THE OLYMPICS BY 2016 AND HOPEFULLY I CAN BE APART OF TEAM USA BY THEN BECAUSE I'LL BE OLD ENOUGH AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL STILL BE ON TEAM USA IN 2016 BECAUSE THEN I'LL BE ABLE TO PLAY ON THE SAME TEAM WITH YOU, THAT WOULD BE SOOOOO GREAT=)=)=) THAT IS LIKE MY BIGGEST DREAM, TO PLAY ON TEAM USA AND BE ABLE PLAY ON TEAM USA WITH YOU!!!=)=)=) YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE THE GREATEST SOFTBALL TEAM IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, YOU GUYS ROCK AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST SOFTBALL TEAM OUT THERE!!!=)=)=) YOU ROCK CAT #8, USA-USA-USA, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, TEAM USA ROCKS,WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)=)=) YOUR #1 BIGGEST FAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, KENNEDY #25

slapie101 · 1 year ago

hi my name sierah and i love you you are my idle i am also a left-handed pitcher just like you and i love softball but i am not a fan of coffee but my mom works at starbucks lol !!!
i was wondering if you would email me someway please it would mean the world to me. do i have to give it to cuz other people can see it do you have a secret way or something but please cat all i ask for and maybe i can get my mom to send some starbucks mugs to you if i can please please please please

Hawkins · 1 year ago

Once you get back to Chi-Town...a Big Al's Italian Beef (w/peppers) and a nice game of Whirlyball

ruthyruth · 1 year ago

You are, and have been, inspiring to so many.

There is something going on in Connecticut that you should know about. Imagine if you were held back because you're good at what you do...

You are an opinion maker. Please read the following AP news story, and if it seems appropriate to you, consider sending a message to your fellow athlete or to his league.

9-Year-Old Boy Told He’s Too Good to Pitch

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press
Tuesday August 26, 2008

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player— too good, it turns out.

The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its gear and left, his coach said.

Officials for the three-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, said they will disband Jericho’s team, redistributing its players among other squads, and offered to refund $50 sign-up fees to anyone who asks for it. They say Jericho’s coach, Wilfred Vidro, has resigned.

But Vidro says he didn’t quit and the team refuses to disband. Players and parents held a protest at the league’s field on Saturday urging the league to let Jericho pitch.

“He’s never hurt any one,” Vidro said. “He’s on target all the time. How can you punish a kid for being too good?”

The controversy bothers Jericho, who says he misses pitching.

“I feel sad,” he said. “I feel like it’s all my fault nobody could play.”

Jericho’s coach and parents say the boy is being unfairly targeted because he turned down an invitation to join the defending league champion, which is sponsored by an employer of one of the league’s administrators.

Jericho instead joined a team sponsored by Will Power Fitness. The team was 8-0 and on its way to the playoffs when Jericho was banned from pitching.

“I think it’s discouraging when you’re telling a 9-year-old you’re too good at something,” said his mother, Nicole Scott. “The whole objective in life is to find something you’re good at and stick with it. I’d rather he spend all his time on the baseball field than idolizing someone standing on the street corner.”

League attorney Peter Noble says the only factor in banning Jericho from the mound is his pitches are just too fast.

“He is a very skilled player, a very hard thrower,” Noble said. “There are a lot of beginners. This is not a high-powered league. This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport.”

Noble acknowledged that Jericho had not beaned any batters in the co-ed league of 8- to 10-year-olds, but say parents expressed safety concerns.

“Facing that kind of speed” is frightening for beginning players, Noble said.

League officials say they first told Vidro that the boy could not pitch after a game on Aug. 13. Jericho played second base the next game on Aug. 16. But when he took the mound Wednesday, the other team walked off and a forfeit was called.

League officials say Jericho’s mother became irate, threatening them and vowing to get the league shut down.

“I have never seen behavior of a parent like the behavior Jericho’s mother exhibited Wednesday night,” Noble said.

Scott denies threatening any one, but said she did call the police.

League officials suggested that Jericho play other positions, or pitch against older players or in a different league.

Local attorney John Williams was planning to meet with Jericho’s parents Monday to discuss legal options.

“You don’t have to be learned in the law to know in your heart that it’s wrong,” he said. “Now you have to be punished because you excel at something?”

Allie · 1 year ago

wow, i know him. wow i cant believe this.

ladyicesoftball · 1 year ago

Know who?

chokestar · 1 year ago

way to go 8. good job gettin it done in beijing. just think eight years from now youll have another shot at it.

cuteenemo · 1 year ago

Nice job totally! Just 8 more years until the next olympics for softball (omg thats depressing :-( )! USA will dominate!

brenna_softballpitcher21 · 1 year ago

Omg! I can't believe I'm even doing this! Hi Cat! I'm like in love with you, no joke! haha. My name is Brenna and I'm a pitcher and recently pitched a game and had 16 strike outs! and only 3 walks! What are the odds of this? my godmother is very good friends with your aunt Rhonda! My godmother always sends me new updates on you. Ok, I know you're really busy and stuff, but if you do get the time would you please email me? It would mean the world to me!

Thank you bunches <3 Brenna!

drbob · 1 year ago

Hi Cat- Just wanted to say "Thanks" for the incredible job you and the entire USA softball team did in Bejing. America is so proud of you and your awesome accomplishments- My heart truly breaks for you and the team for missing out on Gold, but I look forward to seeing you back in the circle in 8 years. In my eyes, you are still and always will be the absolute best!

kt16 · 1 year ago

hey cat i look up to you so much like you dont even know youve definately been my idol since texas....i love softball so much i can never get enough of it i play for 4 teams its jus and amazing sport.sucks its not gunna be back for 8 years i really hope you return i was up for every game in 08 i even stayed up for the final game wich was on 6 am and bout that game doesnt even matter i know you guys wanted gold but in my eyes you guys def got it your the best team out there but i didnt care you were pitching so it was worth it..i have your glove,bat,your usa jersey and some wrist bands spent alot of money but definalty worth it....!!!!

aic2219 · 1 year ago

Hey Cat, knowing that you'll read this means the world to me! Unfortunately I didn't make it in line in time to meet you in Ohio. I was fortunate enough to get 10 of you 15 which was so surreal to me. I played softball from the age of 5 until I was about 18. I began playing all year around in '96 when I was in sixth grade also the first year Softball made its debut in the Olympics. My biggest regret in my life so far is not playing my senior year (just because of the coach). I had the love for the game and should have just sucked it up, who knew it would have come back to haunt me. I could have then maybe played in college if I had that extra year. I wish I could take it all back. I have lived through USA Softball since then and am so proud of what you ladies have recently accomplished. Being that I'm 24, now, I have you guys both younger and older than me as role models. I so wish I could play somewhere now, but there is no fastpitch in Ohio except for Akron Racers, however as I said before being that I don't have any records or stats I don't have a chance. I'm sure you get so many inspirational messages and helping hands, but if there is anything I can do to help support Back Softball Please let me know. My dreams are through you all now. Lastly you must know I had to say something about Beijing. I live in Columbus, Ohio so every game but a few were on at midnight live. I watched every game live on TV and online at the same time, as well as keeping track of all the strikeouts you three ladies earned. I stayed up till 4am waiting to see if the Canada game would come back on. I woke up early to see you ladies in those later night games you had, where it was 6 or 7 am here, which is huge because I am not a morning person at all. I stood by you all 110% those entire 21 days you were there, with my own superstitions to where my bound for beijing shirt with my own pair of softball shorts never taking off my red, white and blue bracelets and wearing proudly my Jennie Finch tattoo! ( Not to mention doing this while working three jobs) I fought through the lack of sleep easily knowing what you ladies were representing in Beijing for us! Gold, Silver or Bronze are only a color of medal, they may or may not represent 1st, 2nd or 3rd. To me ‘Gold’ is dedication, heart, role models, the best or a representation of ones entire country. Team USA Softball is definitely without a doubt Gold in my eyes, in an interview I believe it was you that said something along the lines of, you win some you lose some, but it was Japans day this time. Hopefully this does help bring softball back, it’s a hard thing to swallow that that is how the USA had to go out for now to prove a point, but I believe it will help. You all played your hearts out and you must be proud of your performance, you did awesome and just remember the entire games as a whole: 2nd Olympian to have a no hitter, which is a hard feat to the Aussies. You’re awesome Cat! I hope to meet you some day possibly next Spring at one of the NPF games if you play! I have 10 pictures with your teammates I need a few more to make it complete. Wanted to know if I send you a photo that I took at one of those Ohio games, if you would sign that and send it back to me? Thanks for reading Cat, and I wish you the best here on out and hopefully we’ll meet sometime soon!

slapie101 · 1 year ago

CAT I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its me sierah again please email me back

edwardsandoval · 4 months ago

Cat,

I am sorry to hear the bad news. I wish there was something that every one could do. Is there any way of starting up a petition? I am sure that the world would hate for it to end here. Again i am sorry about the bad news and i hope that some thing good at least comes out of it. Keep up the good work on being a positive role model. Oh yeah i am sure you dont remember but i meet you in the San Diego airport about 3 years ago. well go to go. Navy Chief Navy Pride.