LA MIRADA — Jennie Finch is proud of the “new normal” at ... “I don’t know if there is a bigger face for the game. She made softball cool again in the late 90s early 2000s.

OK, we admit it: We had no idea. Sure, we'd seen Jennie Finch on the softball mound a few times ... and we certainly hadn't forgotten her performance as the runaway winner of our Best Dressed ...

The school’s new softball facility was officially dedicated in Finch’s name before La Mirada played its home opener against Fullerton.