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    players started chirping back and we got into a vocal battle in between and during the innings. After a few innings of this there was a play at the plate with their biggest player coming home and I was catching. I caught the ball and went to tag him only to have his shoulder rammed into my face as he tried to run me over just to be safe. I was taken out of the game and had to sit out the rest of the tournament from a…

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    second base, short stop, third base, left field, center field and right field. There is also an umpire that stands behind the catcher, who people call Blue, that keeps count of outs. Another part of the umpire’s job is to call strikes, foul balls, runs and balls against the batter. Up at bat, a player gets three balls and two strikes. Strikes are pitches that the umpire consider a “perfect” ball to hit. It’s right down the middle and in the strike zone. A ball is a pitch that is out of the…

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    you never knew about MLB! Number Eight: The Da Vinci of Sports Deion Sanders is known as an amazing, athletic tool of all trades. Mastering the arts of both profession baseball and football, he is the only person in history to have ever hit and home run in the MLB and scored a touchdown in the NFL in the same week. In addition, he is the only person to have competed in both the Super Bowl and the World Series. Number Seven: A…

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    Ian Kinsler's Role Model

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    I never really had been interested in the Detroit Tigers until my family took me to a game last summer. I thoroughly enjoyed watching one individual player.He showed me how to work hard, always do your best, and never to quit even if you have a bloody finger. “Just wipe it in some dirt. It will be okay.” he said. He plays with full effort in every game and never stops doing the best of his ability until the very end. He has said he always wants to be out there on the field playing and hates to…

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    Athletes Hall Of Fame

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    athlete has a remarkable year, or a remarkable night or even an amazing hit, most people will wonder if they had that remarkable milestone because they are taking steroids or performance enhancing drugs. If David Ortiz hits 100 home runs next year as compared to his 37 home runs in 2015, I’d like to think that it’s because he practiced harder and…

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    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…

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    Sabermetrics In Baseball

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    Whether it be riding to Citi Field to watch my Mets play on a warm May night, or sitting on the couch at home, watching baseball has always been my favorite pastime. And a few years ago, I was introduced to an element of baseball that involves another passion of mine, mathematics. The study of the utterly distinct, yet blissful marriage of baseball and mathematics is known as sabermetrics, and it has brought my love of baseball to a new level. “Sabermetricians,” attempt to analyze baseball from…

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    It was a hot blazing afternoon without a single mist of wind in sight. Droplets of sweat started to run down my face heading towards my mouth. I could taste the saltiness and dedication of hard work for my beloved sport which was baseball. Baseball is not just any sport to me, it is my source of happiness. I play it for the love and joy that overwhelms me whenever I walk onto the baseball field. The crowd cheering you and your team on making you feel the rush through your body wanting to play…

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    tragedy Batter up. It was the bottom of the first inning and i was up, mry brother jabin was pitching. First pitch a little outside but i still swing and i connect. I run to first as my brothers race to the ball. I step on first and I hear and feel the rock crack under my foot. A chill goes through my body as i'm walking back to home plate followed by a pain squeeze in my foot. I look down to see my foot in a blanket of blood. I rush inside to find my mom and behind me follows the trail of…

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    commonly like androstenedione. Androstenedione is a strong PED that boost levels of hormone testosterone. “The substance androstenedione, a compound that can temporarily boost levels of the hormone testosterone, became famous when baseball player and home run slugger Mark McGwire admitted using it during the 1998 baseball season”(Johnson). The protection of athletes is important to the organization. “Mumford equates the choice to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to opt out of sports; it is…

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