Baseball glove

my dad loved baseball. The red white and blue colors were everywhere as fans came from every direction into the stadium. My dad and I walked to the outfield where the opposing team was warming up for the game. Turner Field in Atlanta was not only home of the Braves, but a home to many baseball fans. The concessions and amenities for the fans, as well as the game of baseball are the most prominent observations I made as I entered the stadium on a Saturday afternoon. The game of baseball has been…

Baseball…- a ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. It is played chiefly in the US, Canada, Latin America, and East Asia. (Dictionary.com) The only thing I’ve ever cared about though, it intrigued me from an extremely young age. Amidst the time when my brother and cousin played this mysterious game outside my grandma's house every other week. I’d sit and watch them throw the white baseball with red laces, outside next to an oak tree in…

and down by one run is both a baseball player’s most glorious dream and most onerous nightmare. This dream was my opportunity as I stepped up to the plate in the Delaware Regional Senior League championship game. The few metal bleachers near home plate at Leroy Hill Park were packed with families from all around Delaware, meanwhile those without a space set up lawn chairs around the outfield fence. Every single person at the field, whether they have played baseball since they 6 years old or…

I’ve always loved the crack of the bat and the pop of a baseball in a worn leather glove. The first warm day of Spring finds me yearning for the baseball field. I long to strap on the catcher’s gear and adjust it so everything fits just perfectly. I daydream of playing in big games and giving baseball my all. However, the Spring of 2017 wasn’t just a dream of playing baseball. Playing baseball became very real when we earned the opportunity to play in the championship game of the Roff…

Americas favorite game and past time has always been considered the game of baseball. Across the ocean and around the world the game of cricket is played in various different countries and it serves to them as baseball serves to us. Most people just look at the big picture of these two games and just assume that baseball and cricket are the same. Reasons of believing these would be cricket and baseball both are two well-known sports that involve a bat and a ball. However, when you dig deeper…

ever have shoes. But Albert Pujols always loved baseball and at times he would even play with a stick as a bat, a lemon as a ball, and a milk carton as a glove. Albert Pujols was the all-star in high school and later on was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals. Albert Pujols started almost every game as a rookie and later on won many awards. So overall, even though Albert did not have many opportunities growing up, he still kept his love for baseball and later became very successful.…

school boys, the pop of the ball falling into the glove, and the grunts from the effort to throw the ball back towards home. This American classic revolutionized movie production. Directed by David Evans, The Sandlot is a comedic motion picture jam- packed with terrific acting. The movie takes place in the San Fernando Valley in 1962. Scotty Smalls is the new kid in town, and with his mom bugging him about getting friends, he heads to the nearby baseball field. Little did he know, soon he was…

As a young boy that come from Dominican Republic a country where sport is a big passion, and knowing how to work hard to reach another level. I always had a passion for sports especially basketball. Before I come to this country I had a big dream to become a professional basketball player. But everything change when I come to U.S. It was something that God put me in my way for the first time that I been in this country. I found that I have talent that didn’t imagine that would able to do, that…

not. He helps mentally and physically because he has been down that road before, “I pretty much grew up playing sports. Baseball, football, basketball, and golf. My dad was my influence. He coached my baseball teams from when I was eight until he passed away when I was 14. He was very competitive and that’s a trait I got from him. I started out playing football, basketball, baseball, and track my freshman year. By the time I…

movie tends to portray imagery, the course of events in the book tend to contrast to those of the film. This became abundantly clear when I read the book and watched the movie, The Natural. In both the novel and the film, we learn about the life of a baseball player named Roy Hobbs, who was born with a talent and was given the ability to pursue his goal of life. Although his mindset was determined to break all the records in the game, many obstacles stood in his path ultimately skewing his…