1,000 strikeouts, countless memories: Western Mass. pitching greats take their final bows

1,000 strikeouts, countless memories: Western Mass. pitching greats take their final bows

High school softball players from Western Massachusetts have been waiting for this week for years; they will never again have to step into the batter’s box and see Greenfield’s MacKenzie Paulin, Turners Falls’ Madi Liimatainen or Franklin Tech’s Hannah Gilbert standing in the pitching circle.