My original reaction was to give up on my baseball dreams; however, I began to think about all the good times I had playing and decided I shouldn’t quit and I will just push myself harder. I did everything in my power to better myself as a ballplayer: worked out regularly, ate healthier, and all in all tried to better my game as a…
Alex" Rodriguez is still alive, he is 40 years of age, and was born July 27, 1975. He’s an American professional baseball player and now plays for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He formerly played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's highly flaunted prospects and is considered one of the talented baseball players of all time. Rodriguez was born in the Washington Heights, a piece of New York City, to a Dominican family.…
Another player i have always liked is Neil Walker. He was born on September 10, 1985. He is currently playing for the New York Mets. He is the son of Tom Walker. Tom Walker was a former pitcher.…
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues for the brooklyn dodgers . He made history for that because only whites were only able to play. It was a tough life for him because he was always getting insulted because of his color. But he was also inspired for that because it took a lot of courage to take those insults.…
Jaxson Ziemann Miss Davis College Prep English 2 31 March 2017 A Hero’s Accomplishments Baseball is known as America’s pastime for good reason. The sport is does many things to draw interest to the game and how it’s played. Baseball is highly competitive, complex, and difficult to master. That is why people enjoy it so much.…
Never Give Up I have faced much adversity in my life. The one time in my life where I feel I have faced the most adversity, was in basketball. Throughout my life I have loved playing basketball, but in ninth through eleventh grade in high school I started to hate it, because of all the adversity I faced. There were many factors that were tied up into all of this too. One factor was that I use to be so nervous playing, that it affected my game in a negative way.…
I started playing baseball when I was 7 years old and at that time I was actually playing T-Ball. For awhile I played baseball for a place called Twin City. While I was at Twin City I had mostly played the second base position. Twin City was an alright organization because they didn't have players with the best attitudes. Those players with not so good attitudes affected our teams ability to win.…
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.…
I did that for the next five days, and in an instance it was the day of the tryout, the baseball was calling my name. My dad overloaded with happiness no matter how it went down and said “ Do your best, and have some fun” The tryout held plenty of nerves but as I went to pitch I was calmed down and ready to go. When the first pitch hit the glove it was like a rock hitting leather, as the mitt slammed shut. The coach said “Nice pitch” and right then and there I knew I was cut out for this, I could see and feel myself being on this travel team.…
Derek Jeter Ishii Shun There are many people who play sport in the world. Some people play soccer, and some people play baseball and some people play basketball. There are many people who are very good at playing sport. Many very good baseball players have come from American, for example, Derek Jeter and Miguel Cabrera and Babe Ruth. These people show me special play and fine play, However, one man is very special for me.…
Failure has the power to change lives; many cannot handle the presence of failure. I remember the first time I failed at something it changed my state of mind from high to low, filled me with anxiety and turned my world into chaos. What had such a powerful impact on my life is loved all over the United States, it is known as “America’s pass time,” the great sport of baseball. I originally decided to join baseball to make my family proud, no one else in my family played sports anymore due to harsh injuries. I would always hear my father say the day he had a son who played baseball would be the happiest day of his life.…
The crisp breeze rustled my hair as I walked out of my house on the fall September day with my dad drilling instructions into my head. It was my first Little League baseball game ever, and my dad wanted to make sure it wasn’t my last. Being seven years old and never touching a baseball was something that had scared me; a lot. I had no idea what to think about this foreign, petrifying, game could possibly be about. The car ride from my house was only a few minutes away from the fields where I would begin my baseball career.…
When I grow up I want to be a MLB baseball player there are many reasons why I want to and what position I want to play. When I grow I want to play professional baseball. I always wanted to play baseball since I was about 5. I used to like the cubs. Then, when I turned about 9-11 years old don’t know when exactly, but I became a Yankee fan.…
During those times I realized that I am built for this. It was during the hard times that I thought about all of my failures in life. All the times I missed notes, missed baskets, or didn’t hit the ball over the net. More importantly I thought about my intentionality and purpose during those moments I realized that all of the little lessons I learned while participating in all of these activities would add up and lead to greater opportunities. Opportunities to improve, to learn, to grow, but more importantly to become a better person.…
I was now playing on a select team and also on a premier club team. I was feeling great. During my eighth grade school soccer season, I was the top scorer for my team and I had high hopes of making Varsity soccer as an entering freshman. Two weeks prior to the start of soccer season, I broke my ankle playing indoor soccer. I was overcome with more disappointment than imaginable.…