Baseball-Personal Narrative

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It was early in the morning. I was excited to go to another city 3 hours away to play baseball. Americas past time. So back to the trip. I had to get ready ready and pack the night before, so when my dad and I awoke we can pack the car and leave. “ Another tournement to win” my dad said.“ We have arrived” my dad said. I was spooked when he said that because I was sleeping in the back seat at the time. The hotel we were staying at was absolutley HUGE. I was glad that we were not in the hood. it is really scary in the hood. “ That was a tough lose” my dad said. He was right. The tying run was on second

two outs last licks, last licks for us. Then are lead off hitter

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