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Attending a baseball game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia, is something I believe people must experience at some point in their lifetime. Watching the Braves play on the television is a daily ritual for my family, but nothing compares to seeing the 2-D version of the players and stadium coming to life right before my eyes when I visit Turner Field. Excitement builds up inside of me as my family and I make the trek to enter the baseball…

Ironically, many do not give credit for one of his most famous ideas; Americas favorite pastime, baseball. In fact, the Civil War enhanced the game of baseball which lead it to the national league that it is today. The Civil War expanded baseball throughout the country and soon made it a professional business. Prior to the war, baseball was restricted to New York since the New York Knickerbockers Baseball Club was created. However, during the war there were long periods where soldiers had to…

Albert Pujols has been amazing for Saint Louis baseball, he shaped their program into what it is today, a winning, successful team. He is known for hitting over 500 career home runs, which is a feat very few baseball players have achieved. He has won awards such as the MVP, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron, Gold Glove, and many more awards like those. He has been playing professional baseball for over sixteen years now and has played for both the Saint Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels.…

A Moment In Time When I was younger, I used to play in an Inter City baseball league in Coudersport. I was 11 years old when I first started pitching. My coach had called me over from practicing defending ground balls to try out for pitching. He said I had made a great first impression and that I would definitely be starting many games for our team. Finally, my first game on the mound came along. I came in at the 4th inning as a relief pitcher. I had struck out the first two batters, and the…

There are many examples where athletes have taken advantage of these rules, like in 2005, 39 major league baseball players were suspended from baseball for using performance enhancing drugs during the season. There was also another case in 2013 when 13 major league baseball players got suspended from baseball from using performance enhancing drugs during the season. Some of the well known baseball players that have been caught are Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Sammy Sosa, Mark Maguire, and Jose…

Roberto Clemente “He made the word ‘superstar’ seem inadequate. And what a wonderfully great person he was.” Roberto Clemente’s loving soul changed the world. He will never be forgotten. Roberto is the best, and kindest baseball player to ever come out of Puerto Rico. Roberto Clemente had been hard working ever since childhood. Roberto Enrique Walker Clemente was born on August 18, 1934 in Carolina, Puerto Rico. He was the youngest of six siblings. He was born during The Great…

Friends Through Baseball (Prompt 1) The pitch is thrown with such skillfulness. As the hitter sees the pitch in the corner of his eye, he recognizes immediately, this is the pitch he loves. Progressing from a relaxed, calm stance to a high energy, high powered swing, he goes for the pitch. At full extension, “boom!” the crack of the bat echos around the stadium as the crowd begins to cheer almost at once. Everyone looks to the person standing next to them with hands held high screaming at the…

The Impact of 1970’s Sports Sports are so much fun to play and watch; now an average major league baseball player makes three million dollars a year. Much of what is on television today are sports and highlights. Sports have created many celebrities over the years, like Michael Jordan and his wildly growing company with his clothing, and shoes. 1970 sports have been affected by new sports, feminist movement, and politics. The 1970’s was filled with a lot of political and social events. The…

I was at the baseball field and it was a tuesday that night. It was cloudy with a chance of rain. I was in the dugout out and we just got done with taking grounder. I was talking with my team mate Dawson and he was having fun. Then the coach comes in and says were taking batting practice and I was pitching and Dwain,Grant,and Sam were batting. Grand came up and I thought him a few pitches and then I hit him. It may or may not been on purpose and he is bad because he wanted everyone…

To be a baseball catcher it is very important you have the right setup of their body in back of the plate. Baseball catchers have to go through a lot of strength training and drills to gain that ability to have the right stance and be able to keep that position and be able to change positions when needed. It looks like a very easy position but in the end it is one of the most important positions in baseball. To start off in the position you will have cervical extension to be able to watch what…