Brittany, the girl who equals boys in baseball playing without her right hand

At age 15, it is quite common to live baseball as a passion. Not so much if you are a girl.
Brittany Apgar (from Greensboro, North Carolina, USA) is a standout baseball pitcher and a girl born without her right hand.
“When I first get on the field, I can feel everybody watching me” Apgar told NBC during an interview back in 2015 “It gives me like a nervous feeling, and then once I start throwing, they’ll start realizing that I’m here to just play. Not play around”.

Watching Brittany in the video, it is impossibile not to remember Jim Abbott, the left handed pitcher who, despite being born without his right hand, made it to Team USA roster for the 1988 IBAF World Cup and the 1988 Seul Olympics, signed with the Los Angeles Angels, played for the Yankees and even pitched a no hitter in 1993.
Brittany says he’s her hero and that she hopes to meet him one day.

“Having two daughters myself, I love to hear a story like this” the web site Greensboro.com quoted Abbott, now a motivational speaker “Sports were never an obstacle to me. They were a boost in self-esteem and self-confidence. I know how Brittany feels. You feel a little different, and to be on those teams can make you feel just like everyone else.”

Brittany Apgar was born with a birth defect called Hypoplasia. She had 11 surgeries before the age of 4.
“Since I’ve never had 2 hands, I’ve never known any difference, so I just learned like everybody else did” said Apgar in another interview.
Even if her best performances on the field are as a pitcher, she can also hit, using a special prosthesis directly attached to the baseball bat.

Brittany Aphar needs a prosthesis to hit in baseball games (www.greenvilleshrinershospital.org)

As a player, she wears a number 2 on he jersey. In part to honor Derek Jeter, as many kids of her generation. But the number has also a deeper meaning to Brittany, who reveals to Greensboro.com: ““I also wear number 2 because I don’t have two hands.So that number 2 is sort of in honor of my right hand”.