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When FTX MLB Home Run Derby X star Alex Hugo arrived at the U.S. Women’s National Team tryout camp in 2018, she had never played organized baseball before. Sure, she’d played some pickup games with neighborhood kids, and she certainly wasn’t a stranger to swinging a bat. After all, Hugo was a superstar softball player. She led all college softball players with 25 home runs for Georgia in 2014, finishing her career with 71 jacks — tied for 25th-best in history. She was then picked 10th overall by the Akron Racers in the now-defunct National Pro Fastpitch league.
So, when Hugo headed to the tryout camp on the recommendation of one of her Racers teammates, she didn’t know what the future might hold.
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