I have played baseball ever since I was a young kid, but somehow, at seventeen I still had numerous struggles with it. You would think after my grandpa being drafted to the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League baseball team, and my dad getting a full ride to the University of Denver their skill would have rubbed off on me, but you would be wrong. I wasn't terrible, I could hit a 90 mile per hour fastball and I could, for the most part, field a ground ball. However, I was definitely not about to be scouted by the college scouts.…
But my dad always told me to stay humble and remember everything he taught me unfortunately I was young and just wanted to hit homers. And I started to swing for the fence and I fell into a slump which means I was not hitting very well. Finally my dad told me just make good contact and the ball will fly he told me to quit swinging for the fence so I did…
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.…
The New York Yankees on Sunday have reportedly agreed to hire the services of the seven-time All-Star and free-agent Matt Holliday by signing him with a one-year deal having a value of USD 13 million to play for the upcoming new season of the Major League Baseball (MLB). Basing from the report of the The Score, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman was said to have agreed to give the 2007 National League batting champion the deal as the American baseball executive made his second major move of the winter. The native of Stillwater, Oklahoma spent the last eight seasons playing for the National League Central Division team St. Louis Cardinals, where he played almost exclusively in the left field position.…
Does someone know a guy who growing up was poor and did not have many opportunities, to becoming to many people the best first baseman to ever play the game? Albert Pujols grew up with his grandma America most of the time and they had to rely on government funds to make it along. Albert Pujols lived in a small house with dirt floors and hardly did Albert ever have shoes. But Albert Pujols always loved baseball and at times he would even play with a stick as a bat, a lemon as a ball, and a milk carton as a glove. Albert Pujols was the all-star in high school and later on was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals.…
Enter Sandman The chances of getting a hit off of Mariano Rivera are about as likely as getting struck by lightning. While this is a bit of an exaggeration, there is little debate over the fact that Rivera is the greatest closer of all time. In his autobiography, The Closer, you are taken into the life and upbringing of the dominant, humble man himself.…
Sabermetrics is regularly characterized as the target investigation of baseball by methods for insights. The term was made by Bill James as reverence to the Society of American Baseball Research—SABR. Yet, sabermetrics didn't pick up standard consideration until Michael Lewis' book Moneyball was distributed in 2003. Lewis chronicled the endeavors of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who has utilized measurable examination to direct the Athletics to five playoff appearances over the most recent eight years, in spite of working with one of the littlest payrolls in Major League Baseball. Sabermetrics has taken a few long-held bits of tried and true way of thinking about baseball and turned them on their heads.…
One night in the Spring of 2013, I was playing little league baseball in Pinetops, NC. The game was close and it was against our archrivals, the Yankees. My team, the Red Sox, were the best team in the league, and we were determined that we weren’t going to lose to our rivals in one of the biggest games of the year. It was a tied ball game, and one of the players on the Yankees named Levi came up to bat. Levi was a tall, strong, extremely cocky, but I will say, he is a really good baseball player.…
Jackie Robinson How would you like to know about the first African America baseball player and his journey to the Major Leagues? I attended elementary school, went to high school, and played four sports at Pasadena Junior College and UCLA, played in the Negro Leagues, then was the first African American baseball player to play in the Major Leagues. I, Jackie Robinson, may have had a hard life, but I made it past the color barrier and I became the first African American baseball player, which led me to becoming a notable man in history.…
It was a hot May night in Denver Colorado,when Troy Tulowitzki stepped to the plate. Regarded as one of the most prolific hitters in the MLB, Tulowitzki was already 3 for 3 with a home run. It was a 2-1 count with one out in the 8th, when Tulowitz made contact. The ball soared into the right field stands at Coors Field. On a hot day more than a mile above sea level, Tulowitzki had one of the beds gsmes for an MLB player all year.…
Hard work can lead baseball players to setting records. One of my goals is to set records and to be known for breaking them especially the players that I think are good and I like to watch. One of the main reasons I would like to break records is because I look up to most players on the Chicago Cubs. By working hard I want to achieve making it onto the Chicago Cubs baseball team and be first base, center field, or catcher.…
Life and a baseball game are immensely similar while the equipment for success is different, they teach lessons of independence, having confidence in life as well as in baseball, dealing with pressure and with failure. Life can be hard, just like the game of baseball. The game gets harder and more competitive as you get older. The pitching mound moves farther away from home plate, the bases move further away from each other, pitchers throw faster and you have to learn to become more independent and make the right decisions in the game. We will have good and bad days, but we must learn from when we strikeout or make an error, to get back up, and try to make the right decisions the next time.…
I swung, and ended up swinging as the ball passed me. The next pitch came and I waited a second longer and smacked the ball right back at the pitcher. I ran as fast as my little legs would move. I reached first base and looked at my dad to see him jumping up and down with excitement; he was so proud of me I couldn’t help but smile back at him. As the game progressed, I had no idea how I was magically given these talents.…
Inspiration The person that inspires me is Kolten Wong. He plays for the St. Louis Cardinals and that is my favorite team. When last season started he played as a second baseman and he was diving for the ball and getting down on the ball very well. He was always watching and just waiting for the ball to come.…
Bowling is Everything Bowling is my whole life. As I grew up I spent a countless number of hours in a bowling alley listening to the pins fall as the ball gently taps the pocket. I watched people who are passionate about bowling struggling or not with life who get out there and do what they love. As the years went on I grew to become more fascinated with the idea of bowling. So finally, I worked up enough nerve to talk to my mother about enrolling me into the Saturday morning kids league.…