. >> reporter: 11-year-old ellie doughty of amhurst, virginia, eats sleeps and talks baseball.or her local junior varsity team and practices big league broadcasting from her living room. >> look at his blocking skills. >> reporter: but she didn't know girls could do this as a career until she listen today a baltimore girls game. >> i thought, i can do that too. that is possible. >> reporter: ellie's proof possible is play-by-play anno announcer melanie newman. last year she reached out to melanie, in the only way she knew, her sign read, melanie, need help in the booth and her answer was yes. >> are you ready to call a pitch? >> yes, ma'am. >> this week, invited her to call part of a game, because melanie assumed that's what the girl wanted. >> we have an outside ball. >> reporter: and it was, in part. but when ellie held up that sign, she didn't just want to help melanie in the booth. she wanted to help melanie as a person. >> i was just hoping that she would see it and see that a lot of young girls are looking up to her, because when melanie was growing up, she had to push th