Strikeout

In 1961, an American operation that tried to off this fool, Castro sadly failed.. “Bay of Pigs” In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev (Soviet leader) placed stupid Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba JFK(Lady Killer) figured out a way to get nukes outta there. #strikeout The Vietnam War Diem (Leader of Vietnam) was backed up by big CEO’s boy, Roman Catholics, and large landowners but poor hated this fool cuz he was a crook The enormous draft, the Tet Offensive which was launched by North Vietnamese, and…

It was one of those super-duper hot saturdays. One of those days where you woke up with PJ’s stuck to your body with sweat. It was so hot that you could stretch the tar on the street and it would squish like a melting marshmallow. It was so hot that when you went outside you would cook like a strawberry in the oven unless you had sunscreen on. You would quickly shrivel up and die. One on those days where all you wanted to do was swim in the pool. Nothing less and nothing more. You…

When a person decided to be in a sport, their main focus is being the best they can be. They just want to be the star on the team, and do what they have to do. Those amateurs usually disregard the rest of their team, and has some serious attitude adjustments in store for them. They usually have hard crashes when they do not play up to par, or do not start in the games. It takes a while for them to understand being on a team, and they will soon learn that you can not be on a…

Dingers For Days “It’s a great night for baseball, the sun is going down, there is a slight breeze but it’s not strong enough to affect what the baseball is going to do. It’s the bottom of the 9th, the TIgers are down by one and Carter Ace is up to bat. He’s got two strikes on him and the next pitch is thrown and it looks like there’s heat behind it…..CRACK! It's going, going, going, and it's gone! Carter Ace hits the game winning dinger. The L.A Tigers win the championship game in regionals,…

Another NBA season is rapidly drawing to a close and two sounds can be heard: Carmelo Anthony’s title window slamming tighter shut, and New York sports fans turning their attention to baseball. With the Knicks wallowing in yet another season of going nowhere, what can be done to fix the franchise moving forward? 1. Pick A New Shape, The Triangle Has To Go It started off so well. Everyone was completely on board. All those rings, the connection to the glory days, the zen calm and peace after…

who pushed them too far. Coaches at a little league or high school level should be focused upon teaching their players the fundamentals of the game. The best youth baseball teams are not the ones that hit the most home runs or record the most strikeouts. The best teams are the ones that can play defense, make consistent, solid contact at bat, and learn to hit the strike zone from the mound. However with the nationalization of the Little League World Series, teams have…

From a solid elite New England pedigree family there was a young man name Ernest Lawrence Thayer who had a dream to change the poetry world. Growing up Ernest was pushed to best he can be even though school came easy to him. When he graduated college from Harvard University, he followed his friend from college out to San Francisco to join his friend’s dad’s newspaper company, “Hearst’s Paper “(Author Biography 56). Working at this company Mr. Thayer worked on obituaries, ballad poems, and…

hit the ball far into left field on the second pitch. The batter ran past first base, while my teammate was able to catch up the rolling ball and hurl the ball towards me. Right before he was about to be safe, I caught the ball, getting the third strikeout we needed to win the game. We finished the game with a 12-7 lead.…

Andrelton Simmons Every child that has been interested America’s pastime has heard of all the baseball greats. We have all heard about Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth and the list goes on. All these players were great, but not a single one of them could come remotely close to what the Angels shortstop, Andrelton Simmons, does on a daily basis. Andrelton Simmons is not only the best shortstop in the league, but he is the best player in the MLB. Andrelton Simmons made his major league debut in…

Nick Pettit Mrs. Sexton English 10 8 April 2017 Where was the Spin? The knuckleball has arrived with a bang to the game of baseball, but most people do not know the knuckleball has been thrown for a long time in Major League Baseball. The evolution of the game of baseball has recently brought more pitchers who can consistently throw a knuckleball for a strike. I. Introduction A. What is a knuckleball? B. Why does it work? II. Science of a knuckleball A. The spin B. The laces III. Knuckleballers…