Baseball positions

Softball. According to the dictionary, softball is a modified form of baseball played on a smaller field with a larger ball, seven rather than nine innings, and underarm pitching. But to me it is more than just a modified version of baseball, to me it is more than just a game. It's not about the pitching style or the smaller field or the number of innings. I have grown up playing the game and it has made me tougher. It has shown me how to love sports and be a competitive athlete. “Come in…

Bob Kalp contains all of the qualities of a man influential in my life. Bob Kalp participated in almost everything possible. He instructed beginning drivers, taught chemistry, coached basketball, and currently coaches softball. At 72 years old, he still resembles a young man. His white hair and skinny body do not fit the image of a softball coach. However, he coaches one of the most successful softball teams in the country. Kalp just finished coaching his 21st softball season. His third…

called kickball-baseball. It was basically baseball. However, we only played 2-on-2, so we had to have a better way of getting outs, we incorporated the kickball rule that a fielder could throw the ball at the offensive player to get an out. The game always took place around sunset on the beach. The traditional game was underway and nearing the end when we noticed a couple of kids…

There are lots of very influential people in this bracket. However, our most influential Americans are Jackie Robinson, George C. Marshall, Martin Luther King Jr., and Henry Ford. The most influencial American needs to be somebody that not only affected his time period, but also affects ours. For that reason, I choose Henry Ford. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play a professional sport, which opened the door for others to play at the proffesional level. But he didn’t merely…

not the aspect that makes you good. Range is how far you can shoot from, usually you don’t see centers shooting threes. Your range should not change your form because you don't have enough power to get it to the basket. Depending on what position you play really does determine where you should be shooting from, if you're a wing or point guard then you can be shooting beyond the free throw, or 15 footer. If you're a post or center, than you really should be shooting inside 15…

“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket,” as stated by Will Rogers. After taking this personal finance class I have learned that the quickest way to double my money isn’t to fold it over and put it back in my pocket. The quickest way to double my money is to be smart with it and know where it’s going and what the time value of it is. I took this business class as a pre-requisite for my bachelors of science and nursing. It wasn’t something I…

Basketball has been around for about 125 years and people continue to shoot the basketball the wrong way. Of course from the beginning no shot form was established. Any way you could get the ball to the basket and into the basket was acceptable. In the 50’s and 60’s we began to see the formation of a general form used to shoot the basketball. There are three very important things when correctly shooting a basketball balance, hand placement, and eye contact. First is hand placement, hand…

Baseball and cricket are two similar and well known ball games in the world. While the basic principle is similar, they differ in their equipment, scoring system and rules. Both are team sports where they take turns between offenses and defense. Baseball and cricket are famous in two different parts of the world. Cricket is mostly famous in the eastern part of the world like, England India Pakistan and more), whereas baseball is in the Western part of the world like in America. Just as people…

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.-- Tanner Campbell's lights out performance propelled the West Virginia University baseball team to a 5-1 victory over Eastern Michigan on Wednesday at Monongalia County Ballpark. The freshman right-handed (2-1) tossed five innings of one-hit baseball. He struck out two and walked two. Campbell took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. The Mountaineers (16-11) relied on its youthful lineup to defeat the Eagles (12-16). Its freshman starters picked seven of WVU’s eight hits up.…

Every time that I run my fingers along the raised stitches of a softball, I think back to the time I played softball. My fingers needed to be in an exact position on the stitches in order for me to throw the perfect pitch. It’s a chapter of my life that doesn’t bring back all happy memories. I spent six years of my life being a star, and I’ll admit it. I had extreme talent when it came to playing softball. It was like I was born for the game. Everything came so naturally to me. But I wasn’t born…