Stereotypes In Baseball

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David Wright once said, “ I take positives out of negatives all the time.” In baseball I do that all the time in baseball. Everyone has to do that in baseball because everyone has those games where they have things to work on. I had a baseball game where I over slid into second base and with my cleats as big as his leg I slid into Billy's leg. Right after I slid into his legs Billy dropped down and started crying. Billy hated me for what I did to him. When he was down on the ground I glanced over to their bench and the parents, coaches and players had a angry face and were not happy with me.Then when I was up to bat and Billy the kid that I slid into was pitching. “I am going to hit you,” Billy said.
“ I am going to hit the ball right at you,” I replied to Bill.
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It felt like it was in slow motion because the white and red ball was coming toward my red helmet so, then I turned, but I turn the wrong way and then hit hits me square in the cheek. I dropped down to the dirt. As I was laying on the dirt I could taste the hard rough pebbles in my mouth it was nasty. As I was laying there I could feel the rough dirt digging and cutting into my skin. It was hurting so much I forgot about the pain where I got hurt in the first place. I could smell the awful stinky sweat in my jersey because of the blazing hot sun shining down onto the

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