One of the first Sooners out of the dugout, Kelli Braitsch is one of the few remaining. She has already autographed posters and shirts and balls, but she looks down and sees a little boy clutching a ball and a pen. Here you go. The boy disappears. The smile does not.
Life is good.
She sports a .452 batting average and has been invited to the prestigious national team camp, where 32 players will be selected to represent the U.S. in international competition this summer. It's a first step in making the 2004 Olympic team. Ray Braitsch ran track in high school at Wichita, Kan. His distance relay teams were almost unbeatable. Despite a scholarship offer from Wichita State, Ray enlisted in the Navy and served in Vietnam in 1965-66.