Even When My Coach Told Me to Quit, I Never Gave Up My Unique 'Depth Charge' Pitching Technique.

Six years of pain. Six years of failure.Six years to master a pitch that shouldn't exist.They said it was impossible.They said I'd destroy my arm.They said I should quit.But I didn't.This is the story of Nozomi Ritsuko the girl who inventedthe Depth Charge—a pitch that combines submarine and forkballmechanics to create 37 inches of vertical drop.A pitch that starts like a rising fastball, then plummetslike a stone.A pitch that took my wrist, my shoulder, my high schoolcareer, and nearly my dream of playing baseball.But in the top of the 9th inning of the State Championship,with a one-run lead and three outs to go, I proved them allwrong.This is my story.