Basketball Vs. Baseball

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How many times have you ever been hit in the head with a bat? On July 23, 2013 a nice and gorgeous day outside me, my brother, and his friends were all playing Basketball outside in front of my house. I decided to play Baseball because I was just getting bored of playing the same thing every time his friends came over, but that was a mistake. I learned my lesson not to play Baseball instead of Basketball. I was a little boy at the age of 9 and I wanted to combine Baseball and Basketball it would be called, Baseketball. I decided to grab a bat and told my brother’s friend to “Throw the ball here” he threw the ball alright. He threw the ball as fast as possible, and I swung the bat as hard as possible, and the ball was too bouncy. So when I

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