Batting

Falling a Little Short Most young children grow up recieving participation medals with pride while listening while their parents tell them that they tried their best. I guess that you could say that I was not raised like most children. Ever since I was able to walk my father had me running bases and playing catch. When I was 7, since there were not any softball teams available for me to join, my father even signed me up to play for a boys baseball team. It might have been weird that I was a…

Back when I was in the fifth grade. I had three injuries back to back. First I broke my index finger, then ring finger, and finally my right collar bone. The first two where due to sports, but the last one was due to the fact that I was stupid. So pretty much I stayed hurt in fifth grade. I had found it to be so hysterical that all my injuries happened on my right side of my body. Well let me explain how I got them three injuries. Well, I have played baseball from Tee-ball from Babe…

Softball is a sport that many people around the United States enjoy. Hitting the ball and the bat you use is a big part of this sport. To be able to hit well, you need a bat that will allow you to do so. The question that many people ask is what is the best bat to use for high school fastpitch softball? Of course there is not one bat that is better than all the rest, but when looking for the bat that is perfect for you, you have to consider many things. Aluminum or composite, brand and model,…

Babe Ruth: One of Baseball’s Greatest by Guernsey Van Riper, Jr., is about how the great baseball player came to be. It starts when George Ruth is around eight years old, and must be sent to St. Mary’s Boarding School when his mother becomes too ill to raise him. There he learns to play baseball, starting with playing the position of catcher. Even though it was very first time playing, he did better than most of the other boys. They were astounded by how good he was. He was too. This book…

Summary Analysis 2 In Dave Barry’s entertaining essay “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out,” he forms pictures of real life in his reader’s minds. He entertains his readers with the difference between the sexes giving examples he has experienced in his own life; men and women’s instincts are different. Two of the points he really focuses on are women’s awareness of dirt (220) and men’s sensitivity to sports (221). Women can see dirt that men can’t see at all which makes them exceptionally bad at…

know they are simply different with out a doubt. Despite the biological differences, it’s safe to say the differences are what makes the male and females connect in a way, especially when it deals with couples. Dave Barry writer of an essay titled “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out,” where he explains the differences, priorities, and sensitivities of men and women from his perspective and the experiences with his wife. Through Barry’s essay, the readers and viewers are introduced to Barry’s…

College Essay By: Jonathan Garrison 2nd period “G&G batting cages are among the finest in the world”…These are the word that I strive to hear. Baseball has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. As a child I wanted to be a professional baseball player just as every other young boy in their adolescence I’m sure. I play high school ball and I put a lot of time and work in on the baseball field and in the weight room. My senior season is going to start soon and I couldn’t be…

If a teacher was given a roster with the letter “P” next to the students who show academic promise, there is a likelihood the teacher and the students’ behavior would be influenced by this. The “P” would most likely affect the teacher by making them more biased towards the students with the letter “P” and cause them to act more favorably toward those students. For example, they may call on the “P” students more in class or give those students more positive reinforcement. Students with a “P” next…

Sophomore Brett Collins is 5-0 with a 2.69 ERA. In 26 innings pitches, he has struck out 36 batters. The opposing teams are hitting .176 opponents’ batting average against him. Another hurler for Coastal, junior Zack Fussell is 4-0 has fanned 20 batters in 15 innings and opponents’ batting average .167 against him. Other key pitchers are senior Spenser Stewart with a 2-1, 1 save a 3.57 E.RA and have struck out 24 batters in 17 2/3 innings pitched. Juniors Ryan Rockwell…

and turned them on their heads. Take batting midpoints.…