What Does My Dad Mean To Me

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Has your dad ever helped you with your homework or a sport that you play? Well my Michigan hero is my dad. My dad taught me how to play baseball and taught me how to pitch. He helps me with my homework and he is nice. My dad was born in Grand Haven and worked on a blueberry field. My dad comes to almost all my baseball games and after every game he tells me how I did and tells me if I could improve on something. My dad is good at math so he helps me with it if I don't understand one of the questions.

My dad taught me how to play baseball when I first started. Once I was in 2nd grade I wanted to pitch so my dad taught me all the stuff he knew about pitching. He always comes to my games. We play catch everyday and after a while he had to

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