One Throw Heinz Analysis

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The story “one throw” by w.c. Heinz shows that integrity is the most important characteristic for success.
1 Quote: “I mean there’s nothing wrong with playing. I’m hitting .360 right now. I lead the league in stolen bases, there’s nobody can field with me, but who cares”(Heinz 3). It takes something impressive to get someone’s attention and that’s exactly what happened. Heinz was grabbing the reader’s attention with his integrity with adding that in.

Quote 2: “if I get a big hit or make the play he never says anything”(Heinz 3). Heinz know that it takes integrity for something big to happen. When someone makes that hit, they need time to think about what one just did. It takes strength and integrity to take a hit and run with it. within

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