FORT WORTH, Texas — In an empty batting cage on a spring Friday night, the two high school juniors would occasionally take a break from hitting to talk about what they were doing, and specifically where they were going.
They saw their future lives not in an 8 x 10 frame, but rather that of a giant mural with large, colorful, bold strokes.
Eighteen years ago, Erin Hartigan and Rachel Balkovec were teenage girls attending the same high school in Omaha, Neb., and teammates on the same softball team.
