If you’re old enough to follow the exploits of the national women’s softball team in an Asian and world-caliber competitions, you must have come upon what appear a large, shaggy bear in red, blue and white uniform manning the backstop.

That would be Leticia “Letty” Gempisao, the catcher trying to match wits with the Blu Girls’ rivals at the plate whenever and wherever the Nationals were playing – Manila, Tokyo, Taipei, Seoul. Wherever.