World Baseball Classic

WOOSH!!, the ball is high up in the air making its way down to the green,dry grass of the outer field. As it made its way towards me. I had no choice for the game rules itself, it was to catch or lose, letting the ball hit the ground rolling next to me watching it haunt me as I knew that I could of done something. But I wasn’t leaving that field with a defeat of my choice. I made the wise decision of what I thought was right, something that I knew that could represent myself as a player for what…

which now uses a standard scout 20-80 report. A 20-80 report is an analysis based on 3 standard deviations where 50% is the league average for a player type and players are evaluated and given a number in many areas of play (the “five tools” of baseball – See the Scouting Today section for a description of “five tools”). This report is a combination of observation and statistical analysis and makes it much easier for front office staff to make acquisition…

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 young girl who played third base, but it was even weirder that I excelled. Ever since then my father has claimed that playing on that team with a bunch of boys made me into the athlete that I later became. After my season with the baseball team I began playing for a traveling softball team from Latta, Oklahoma. Not much was different…

Yankees until 2004 where they won the world series. The Yankee’s on the other hand were very happy to have the Babe Ruth on there team. But Babe Ruth also was known for the things that he did off the field. He decided to marry a 17 year old waitress and also had enough money to buy a very nice house for the both of them ( Schwartz 3) . The also adopted a daughter and raised her in there brand new home. Ruth could not handle a marriage and his fame in baseball, so the marriage ended. Even…

Softball is a very fun sport to play. I have played softball my whole life. I have learned a lot over the years and I have practiced and played many times. I currently play for the Ardmore school team and a travel ball team. Softball has brought me out of my shy stages and brought me to life. First, a softball field is shaped like a diamond, and there is an infield and a outfield. When playing outfield you are on grass and while playing infield you are on dirt. On the field there are four bases…

Today is the day, the day that we get beat the people that have been torturing us with homework and test for the last four years, today we the fourth grade class will be playing the teachers in kickball. This game is for all of the respect, either we win and get the respect of the and students or we lose and go home in shame, and the teachers have been talking smack for the last few day back and forth saying that we were gonna win, but we weren't just gonna win not just win we were gonna…

sports. She has since retired from playing the game of softball but continues to advocate her love for the sport and its influence it can have on women around the world. Jennie Finch grew up in California with a family that deeply loved baseball. Her mother was a huge Dodger 's fan, she watched her brother 's grow up playing baseball, and she could not have been more excited when her father signed her up for t-ball around her fifth birthday. From the start, Jennie showed signs of being a…

Just a Blur Today was the day. My dad had been talking about this all season. As we walked up to the field before warm ups I was slightly more nervous than usual. They were our rivals. We had to win to prove we were the best softball team in our town. When we got to the field there were a few girls waiting for us. I sat down next to my best friend Sabrina, whose father was also a coach. We became great friends because of softball and because our dads were harder on us than anyone else on the…

Freedom In Baseball This country was founded on the sport of baseball. Baseball has been around forever and has been America’s number one pastime for centuries. It was a warm sunny morning in Oakland, California and I was riding my bike home from the coffee shop on 5th street. It was the summer of my junior year and I had decided I wanted to live with my aunt for the summer. There were all kinds of things to do in the city and I had to choose something to do on the day my aunt was off work. I…

awards and be successful. By allowing pro athletes to use steroids, there will be more exciting and high scoring games, athletes will be more confident, and audiences would be amazed. By supporting the use of steroids by athletes, it could make a baseball game become a contest to who the first person to hit the 110 mph fastball. Let the athletes grow stronger and better, to put amazement in the spectator's…