Batting

On April 8, American Sign Language (ASL) 1 went to Bakersfield College to watch “I See the Crowd Roar”. “I See the Crowd Roar” is a movie about William “Dummy” Hoy, who was a Deaf baseball player in the late 1800s. William Hoy, was born on May 23, 1862, but he was not born Deaf, he became Deaf when he was around three years old due to meningitis; from that, he lost his hearing. Baseball was starting to pick up as a common past time and thus as a young boy, William wanted to learn and play just…

Softball What started out as a men’s football game in Chicago, Thanksgiving day of 1887, lead to the greatest women’s sport, softball. At the end of the Yale football game, brooms were being used as “bats” to hit boxing gloves that were being thrown. There may be a lot of women’s sports, but what makes softball the best of them all? Is it because it was a sport that generated from one of the manliest sports? Or was it because of how it has changed tremendously throughout the years? Years ago…

The hot rays of the sun dazzle the windows of the ice cream shop as I peer in nervously, hoping that nobody I knew was inside. “Come on Ava,” my mom says, holding the shop door open. “I can’t stand here forever!” In the corner of my eye, I catch a glimpse of Heather and a couple of her friends laughing and eating huge ice cream sundaes complete with a mountain of toppings at a table in the back of the shop. Reluctantly, I trudge through the door, trying to keep my head low, in hopes that…

42 (2013) is directed and written by Brian Helgeland, which is a biographical sports movie based on Jackie Robinson. The film depicts the difficulties Jackie Robinson has to face while entering his baseball career. This film also captures the emotions of blacks when they see Robinson play for the Dodgers since he was the first African American to play in MLB. The film not only shows the difficulties a talented black man has to face during his baseball career, but it also depicts segregation in…

Major Mechanics The day I hit a slider was a significant point in my adolescence. There're some things that are too hard to be self-taught, guidance from the dugout is needed. I learned the slightest adjustments of attitude makes the difference, reading a person on and off the field, and mistakes are bound to happen. Overtime these mentoring sessions stretched outside the foul ball line and into other parts of my life. Growing up I bonded with my father watching the game of baseball, every…

What would someone do if a new member showed up and created problems to the team they have had success with? Would you just ignore the problem at hand or step up and take a sacrifice for the team? Nobody wants the one kid who will ruin the team’s future. They only want them to be a team player. A team player is supposed to be a person who is willingly working in cooperation with others. I am sure everyone has had that one person on the team or several people who have not earned their role as a…

Concussions aren’t the only injury that can occur during or after the initial injury. “Second Impact Syndrome occurs while the brain is recovering from an injury and suffers another blow” and “if the brain’s ability to regulate blood flow is obstructed, a patient can die in as little as three minutes” (“Head”). Second Impact Syndrome is the reason why after a player is concussed; he has to sit out for the rest of the game to prevent further injury. Sometimes, in professional sports, the player…

participants at least administered 300 volts even though it was labeled as dangerous. These conclusions demonstrated that even though the participants were identified as normal people who were not violent they still harmed another person without batting an eye just because there was a power figure urging them to continue. Later these participants were interviewed and they were disgusted that they felt no guilt while they were carrying out the experiment, and the majority were surprised that they…

My Dad has always told me to think positive even when the time may not seem like you should. So that's what I did, I thought positive. As soon as i got into the batting box i had my eye on the ball, Bam! the pitcher released the ball as I saw it coming toward me I remembered a tip that my Coach and teammates told me, to use my lower body while swinging. The pitcher released the ball, I swung my bat, as soon as I…

There is no question that in American society baseball is America’s pastime. Although, most American’s would argue that football has taken over as the most popular sport in America. But for those who truly admire the game, like me, would absolutely disagree. Watching two rival teams duel it out from the first pitch to the last, or a pitcher going for a no-hitter, nothing is more exciting. ''Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball,'' Jacques Barzun, the…