Baseball glove

Ever since I was a child I have loved baseball. My parents let me play and watch all sports as a child, but I was drawn to baseball for as long as I can remember. I played baseball from the time I was five years old to the time I was fourteen years old, and the only thing that stopped me, was an injury. In eighth grade, I managed to tear the labrum in my left shoulder by diving for a ball and jamming the shoulder while landing. Sadly, I had to switch over to golf, but I have never lost my…

I knew that I loved it the first time that I witnessed its beauty. The sweet smell of the fresh cut grass. The amazing sound of the ball hitting the glove on a perfect strike. The incredible sound of the ball hitting the wood bat in the sweet spot, and being sent four hundred or more feet for a homerun. Baseball captivated me and it also gave me, an un-athletic big guy with a neck problem that disallows playing any contact sports, a place in the world of sports that I love so dearly. I…

Life Throws You a Curveball For 12 years I lived, breathed, and slept baseball. I sacrificed attending funerals, birthday celebrations, and family reunions to hone my skills for the national pastime. I would have to be physically ripped away from the game that I loved to stop playing for even a few minutes. The day I was forced to hang up my cleats came in March of my junior year when I was cut from my high school baseball team. Astonishing, my life scale at that moment balanced. There was…

anything I picked up out of the bucket. I didn’t know that this would lead to a new life. A year later when I was 4 I was allowed to play t-ball and soccer. I really found the love and passion for baseball at this young age. Instead of practicing many sports with my dad, now we mainly practiced baseball. We did many different drills. He would pitch me many different kinds of balls. Anything from bouncy balls to plastic footballs, and I would learn to hit anything.I always used a plastic yellow…

playing on a travel baseball team, but I knew this could be a great opportunity for me, so I took a risk and after all it, payed off. I asked “Dad would you think I would be able to compete and play on the travel baseball team” He smiled “Yes, but one thing I learned when I was young and playing baseball is; it is a game of mistakes, and the only way you can succeed is if you practice over and over to improve.” My dad was very excited that I would start playing travel baseball, but I on the…

Art supplies are an artifact of my life because of the role they’ve played in my life so far. Another artifact to describe my life would be catcher’s gear from softball. Catcher’s gear is protective padding, a glove,and a helmet that is worn by the catcher in softball and baseball.…

I would not say I am extravagant at baseball, yet I would not say I am substandard at the game. I was player full of anticipation and optimism, but my coach did not know that. He assumed that I was reticent, and I was not capable of playing the sport. Also, most of my teammates did not believe in me and what I could do as if I was there to be their “waterboy.” Throughout the whole baseball season, I have obtained zero hits in twelve games. For some reason, I could not get a hit . As if I hit a…

Performance Enhancing Drugs. One of the most popular topics in all of sports, particularly baseball. It’s been around the game for the past few decades, and possibly even before that. When you think of Performance Enhancing Drugs, or PED’s for short, you think of a drug that are considered illegal, narcotic, or even dangerous, depending on how much you use. This stuff is no joke. These drugs are also considered an abusive substance, meaning you can do more harm to other people, other than…

hitter with a .322 batting average. Hank Aaron did not want to replace all the great baseball players like Babe Ruth and Moses Fleetwood Walker also known as Jackie Robinson. He just wanted to be known as a great player. Hank Aaron was a big contributor to American society and has a great significance in American history. Hank Aaron’s life was influenced by his youth when he had grown a major obsession with baseball. His major contributions to American society including winning the MVP…

Breaking my nose playing baseball is my worst memory of ever playing the sport. It hurt like nothing I’ve ever felt before, and I didn’t even know what happened. At first, I had no clue what had happened. When I was ten, I signed up to play for my first select baseball team. They were from Waterloo and called the Blue Diamonds. I was only okay with playing for them because my friend Sam played with me. They had the tryouts in August, and we both made the team. We were a pretty good team and we…