Baseball Informative Speech

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Hunter Needham
Mrs. McQuiggan
Public Speaking
1 February 2018

Introduction
I. I like to think everyone knows me. Im loud, outgoing, generally i'm a nice guy. But everyone doesn't and for those of you that don't my name is Hunter Needham.

II. Im that guy that can sit outside all day and be content. I want go to college to be a police officer. The last thing I want to tell you about the best sport baseball.

III. Lets get started and hopefully you will learn something about me you didn’t

Body
I. I'm a real outdoors kind of guy.

A. I don't like the city that much, the traffics bad, and generally always too many people.

B. When you go to a forest your lungs just open up. Thats how its supposed to be. When
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I’m going to go to college from my baseball ability and I would like to elaborate. III. Finally I want to talk about baseball.

A.It's always been my favorite sport (it’s also my best). I've been playing every since I can remember.

B. Me and my dad would go to the park and just take ground ball after ground ball. I'm the type of person that if I do something I have to be good at it. So in this nature there was always something else I could learn or do.

C. Im at the point where I’ve learned virtually everything and I just have to work on my fundamentals(basics). When my dad talked I was discerning. I listened to what he had to say and it has taken me far.

D.I haven’t signed with a college yet but I do have a few offers and that definitely feels good. It's nice to know that my athletic ability has pushed me to do great things, and now I have the chance to go to college for a substantially lower cost.

E. It is always fun to enjoy something with your friends. But when i play baseball i feel like it’s my job. I always have to do my best and if i can go to school for free it will be my job. I’m trying to go big or go home and it all has to start somewhere. Im

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