Baseball positions

as a sport that is similar to baseball but that is played on a smaller field and with a ball that is pitched underhand and that is larger and softer than a baseball When playing softball, you have to have a glove for catching, a bat for batting, cleats for playing in the field and a uniform to match your team. Some other necessary gear you would need is softball pants, team shirt, high top socks, and a bat bag to hold all of your gear. Although different positions call for different items. Like…

Baseball is the prefect sport for all season long. Getting dirty in the sand, making awesome plays, hitting home runs, and making your own team, that is cool. It does not matter where you are, as long you have a baseball bat, a glove, ball, time, effort, and leadership, and sport man ship. Does not matter if you are in the street, backyard, garage, or a football field. It also shows you a valuable lesson, even for me sharing. Yep that is it sharing, you take turns to bat, get the ball, and play…

always played as the left fielder in baseball. Playing this position was always easy for me. When I estimated the trajectory of a ball speeding through the air, I could always run to where I thought it would be and catch it. It was as if the outfield became my home, I was comfortable there. One day during practice, my coach told me to try and play as the first baseman. This position was so much more difficult than playing in the outfield. Switching to this position is one of the hardest things I…

Baseball vs Basketball What is it like to switch from baseball to basketball? This is a question many people ask me. Baseball and basketball are good in their own separate ways. Haven't experienced both,I can tell you that there are plenty of similarities as well as some very big differences between the two types of sports.There would be some big adjustments between them too. Baseball and basketball have many traits in common.Both baseball and basketball are sports.They both have…

It's the bottom of the 9th and Joe's team is down by 3. Joe's coach calls everybody into the dugout and inspirationally explains, ”We have been down by much more before. I believe in every single one of you. Now, go make this a night to remember. Get out there and show them who's boss,” said joe’s coach. The pitcher walks the first 2 batters and the New York Marlins bring in their closer. On the loudspeaker, it announces now coming in to pitch number #25, Bob McFarlane. Joe remembers hearing…

green bleachers, bee stings and sunburns, chatted casually about the back-to-school sales for the upcoming year. A handful of men, still intently focused on the games, paced by the backstop, shouting advice to their progeny, perhaps envisioning a MLB baseball legacy. Sticky younger siblings, covered in cotton-candy, played tag beneath the bleachers, oblivious to both the parents and the ball game. The blacktop of the adjacent street steamed in the heat, almost beckoning a mirage to appear in…

On a blistering Tuesday afternoon in late May, I was up to bat. The second inning of the softball game was underway, and I could already feel the perspiration rolling down my spine. A light breeze kicked up, but administered little relief from the suffocating heat. Inhaling deeply, I took in the fragrance of the freshly cut grass. The umpire bellowed, “batter up!” and I spit out the last of the salty sunflower seeds that were in my mouth before advancing into the batter’s box, shirking the…

softball and baseball are basically the same sport, there are some pretty important differences. After Yale’s victory against Harvard’s football team on Thanksgiving Day, 1887, a Yale alumni, in Chicago, jokingly threw a boxing glove at one of his Harvard buddies, who then swung at the glove with a broomstick. George Handcock playfully yelled “Play ball!” and unknowingly…

Baseball Skills Each year, there are 1000’s of kids that want to play a high level of baseball that get cut or do not make the team. This statistics shows, that most kids do not make their school team or the team that they try out for, so an individual needs to improve their skills. In order for an individual to get better at baseball, they need to improve their batting and baserunning skills, practice perfecting their pitching and fielding skills, and learn how to work to improve other areas of…

The baseball diamond has a magical effect on my emotions, which produce so much energy it seems to take over my body and mind. I’ll never forget my first baseball glove and bat. It was spring time in 1983, the snow had finally melted, robins were singing on bare tree branches and the maple trees were blooming. My father took me into town driving our Burgundy 1980 Chevy Malibu Classic. As we parked the car, I asked my dad” what are we doing here”? With a smile on his face “it’s time to learn how…