Barriers Beware
To everyone else what does the number 1 stand for? To me it means a whole new legacy. To me it means a whole new side of the leaf. Right now I know you think I’m crazy, and that’s cool. Now let me explain what I’m rambling about. This is a story of perseverance through very lop-sided odds.
How do you get good at something? You get good at it by trying over and over again until you have something mastered. So when I decided I wanted to start playing baseball it really wouldn't have been that big of a deal… if I would have started playing around the age of 4 like all the other boys. But here I was starting at 9 years old. Obviously when I first started I was in little league coach pitch, a very non-competitive league for beginners. …show more content…
After only playing 4 seasons of little league compared to kids that have been playing since they were 3 and 4, I had surpassed them. The beginning of this “era” started when I made my first travel ball team “The MegaStars”, up until this point I had always been different number because you don’t get to pick your number in little league. I originally wanted to be #42, the number of the baseball legend Jackie Robinson, only to later find out that his number was banned from anyone else using it. Frankly, no one ever told me that this rule was only for the MLB. So I flipped and I had 24. For 4 years I have grinded to get better. I’ve taken harsh criticism, only to show those people they didn't know what they were talking about. I now play showcase baseball which is a travel ball team that plays in front of college coaches, on college fields, and against much harder competition. The 24 dynasty was going to carry me on all the way to the major leagues. That was my train of thoughts until the date: February 16 …show more content…
To my surprise of ALL the kids that made fun of me when I was younger about my “skills” only 3 of them even tried out. All them rest of them had excuses as such: “I’m not gonna’ make it”, “Oh, tryouts are this week?” or my favorite “It’s all just politics the team is already set.”. In my mind I knew they really they had all just quit. Anyway, after all the days of tryouts were over the roster of the 2016 Raiders was on the locker room door. When I got there, there were at least 10 other people there. I nervously aproached the paper streamed with names. Right in front of me was my name “ Elijah Knight”, the fact I had made the team was amazing,but… The fact that not a single person from the group of boys that teased me just 5 years ago didn’t even make the practice team was even sweeter. Elijah Knight the only “1” from the graduating class of 2019 from northwest little league made the team. When it came time to pick jersey numbers I stopped and started thinking. The dynasty of 24 was amazing, but it was a time of playing catch-up. So now it was time to start a new dynasty. Since I was the only one to make it out of all those boys I hastily picked the jersey #1. Now the era of number one is not to be compared to #24 because I’m not playing catch up anymore. It’s domination
To everyone else what does the number 1 stand for? To me it means a whole new legacy. To me it means a whole new side of the leaf. Right now I know you think I’m crazy, and that’s cool. Now let me explain what I’m rambling about. This is a story of perseverance through very lop-sided odds.
How do you get good at something? You get good at it by trying over and over again until you have something mastered. So when I decided I wanted to start playing baseball it really wouldn't have been that big of a deal… if I would have started playing around the age of 4 like all the other boys. But here I was starting at 9 years old. Obviously when I first started I was in little league coach pitch, a very non-competitive league for beginners. …show more content…
After only playing 4 seasons of little league compared to kids that have been playing since they were 3 and 4, I had surpassed them. The beginning of this “era” started when I made my first travel ball team “The MegaStars”, up until this point I had always been different number because you don’t get to pick your number in little league. I originally wanted to be #42, the number of the baseball legend Jackie Robinson, only to later find out that his number was banned from anyone else using it. Frankly, no one ever told me that this rule was only for the MLB. So I flipped and I had 24. For 4 years I have grinded to get better. I’ve taken harsh criticism, only to show those people they didn't know what they were talking about. I now play showcase baseball which is a travel ball team that plays in front of college coaches, on college fields, and against much harder competition. The 24 dynasty was going to carry me on all the way to the major leagues. That was my train of thoughts until the date: February 16 …show more content…
To my surprise of ALL the kids that made fun of me when I was younger about my “skills” only 3 of them even tried out. All them rest of them had excuses as such: “I’m not gonna’ make it”, “Oh, tryouts are this week?” or my favorite “It’s all just politics the team is already set.”. In my mind I knew they really they had all just quit. Anyway, after all the days of tryouts were over the roster of the 2016 Raiders was on the locker room door. When I got there, there were at least 10 other people there. I nervously aproached the paper streamed with names. Right in front of me was my name “ Elijah Knight”, the fact I had made the team was amazing,but… The fact that not a single person from the group of boys that teased me just 5 years ago didn’t even make the practice team was even sweeter. Elijah Knight the only “1” from the graduating class of 2019 from northwest little league made the team. When it came time to pick jersey numbers I stopped and started thinking. The dynasty of 24 was amazing, but it was a time of playing catch-up. So now it was time to start a new dynasty. Since I was the only one to make it out of all those boys I hastily picked the jersey #1. Now the era of number one is not to be compared to #24 because I’m not playing catch up anymore. It’s domination