Personal Narrative: How Baseball Changed My Life

When I came to Hargrave in the 9th grade my plain was to better myself in academics and in baseball. Baseball has been one of my true passions since I was a little kid. My freshman year I was the youngest player on the Varsity team. I didn’t play much, but I knew it would be a learning experience so I accepting riding the bench the entire year. Then my sophomore year rolls around and I was a cocky kid who thought he was untouchable on the baseball field. I didn’t take my offseason workouts seriously, and practice seriously. New kids came who were honestly much better than me, so when tryouts came I was ill prepared. At the end of tryouts I did not make the final cut. My coach told me I didn’t make it, because I didn’t take anything serious during the offseason. I was very upset and chose not to believe …show more content…
I emailed an old coach of mine and we started doing hitting sessions for three days a week during the summer. When I got back to school I had a chip on my shoulder from last year and I was going to show everyone why I was so highly touted coming into the 9th grade. I realized what my coach had done for me also. He was looking out for me as a person more than a player. The lazy person cannot succeed in life it just doesn't work that way. People who put in hard work day in and day out are the ones you see succeed. My junior season I made the team by coming to every off season workout and practice. By the start of the season I was in the starting lineup for my team. The feeling you get coming from rock bottom after getting cut and then starting for the team was amazing. The emotions hit me hard especially looking back on being a little 9th grader who was cocky to getting cut and then making an impact for me team. I thank god and my coach everyday for what they did, because if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t be the player or person I am today. Failure is part of everyone's life, don’t let it define you, but make something of