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Q. What factors do you feel have influenced you the most to become the player and you are today?
A. My Uncle Jesse who showed me that no matter what people say and even when you don’t have money you can find ways to work out and get better and achieve any dream you have.
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Some may find this funny. She started out as a slapper!
But two men in particular steered away from trouble and into the sport.
Her uncle, Jessie Rios, who died in 2000, used to drive from Venice to Canyon Country and transported her regularly to softball practice.
He was a profound influence on her.
"Whatever Jessie told her, it was law," George says. "If we had a problem with her - with school or talking back to me - he would tell her and he'd straighten her out."
The other man was Dale Moore. Moore wasn't just her softball coach. He was her mentor. He helped her transform her game. She was a 13-year-old slapper, but quickly became a player with a complete game with speed, power, defense and intelligence.
If anyone has ever attended a Carrier/Bustos clinic they start out saying " I did not teach her to hit, she already knew how to hit". He was her pesonnel hitting coach for 10 years and she will tell you Howard took me to the next level.
A. My Uncle Jesse who showed me that no matter what people say and even when you don’t have money you can find ways to work out and get better and achieve any dream you have.
Here is the actual ? and answer.
Some may find this funny. She started out as a slapper!
But two men in particular steered away from trouble and into the sport.
Her uncle, Jessie Rios, who died in 2000, used to drive from Venice to Canyon Country and transported her regularly to softball practice.
He was a profound influence on her.
"Whatever Jessie told her, it was law," George says. "If we had a problem with her - with school or talking back to me - he would tell her and he'd straighten her out."
The other man was Dale Moore. Moore wasn't just her softball coach. He was her mentor. He helped her transform her game. She was a 13-year-old slapper, but quickly became a player with a complete game with speed, power, defense and intelligence.
If anyone has ever attended a Carrier/Bustos clinic they start out saying " I did not teach her to hit, she already knew how to hit". He was her pesonnel hitting coach for 10 years and she will tell you Howard took me to the next level.
TRANSLATION: Carrier did not teach her how to swing.