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Underdog's Ryan Reynolds is a very good baseball player. Someday he wants to play for the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB (Major League Baseball). But right now he plays for caledonia high school.
“ I’m the catcher #77, and i’m very proud to be where I am and how far i’ve come to play high school baseball,” he exclaimed with Proudness. “I always thought that I was a good baseball player, But people always said that I was the underdog and that just being on the team doesn’t make you a good baseball player. And some people just think that they are better than me, and I agree that it might be true. But I always say back to them that we are equal because we were all good enough to make it onto the team. but no one would ever listen to me,” he said
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The next day, Ryan got to have a birthday breakfast at Bob and Evans. he had chocolate chip waffles with strawberries, and a ton of whip cream. When they got home, they were watching TV for about 20 minutes or so, and then the mailman came by their house and put some mail in the mailbox. So Ryan’s mom asked him if he could get the mail. when he opened it he found a bunch of junk except for two envelopes that said for Ryan Reynolds. so he took it inside gave his mom the mail except for the two envelopes. He sat down on the couch and opened the envelopes. when he opened them he started getting excited because he knew what it was for when he saw the college pictures for the best two teams in the country, for baseball. THen he saw that the Vanderbilt Commodores and Virginia Cavaliers, had offered Ryan a full on scholarship for baseball at both of the colleges.
“Which college do you think you will go to?” his mom asked
“I’m not sure yet.” Ryan said Then all of a sudden, Ryan’s Iphone rang. He looked to see who it was, and saw that it was Landen. So he answered it…
“ Hello?” Ryan said
“Hey, I need to talk to you about something.” Landen said
“Ok.” Ryan said with

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