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Mateo Ramirez Dr. Ainsworth English 1301 18 April 2017 More than a Game The movie 42 (2013) is an American sports movie directed and written by Brian Helgeland. The movie is about the introduction of African Americans to American baseball. The main character in the movie is Chadwick Boseman who is playing the role of the first African American baseball to sign to a professional American baseball team his name is Jackie Robinson. Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. The…

inside the ball player’s backpack, you may be pleasantly surprised! Snacks No athlete can compete without the right fuel, so it will come as no surprise to find a collection of great snacks in a baseball player’s bag. Sun flower seeds are classic dugout snacks. The vitamins and healthy fats in the seeds help keep players in tip-top shape. Plus, chewing the seeds and spitting out the shells is great way to pass time on the bench. Big league chew bubblegum is another staple for ball players…

A role model of mine, John C. Maxwell, once said in his book, Developing the Leader Within You, “Everyone talks about it; few understand it. Most people desire to cultivate a high capacity for it; few actually do.”. I acquired leadership through a team sport that changed my life, and put me in many situations that shaped me. The best thing that has ever happened to me has been the ability to play softball. I started at five years old. Being apart of a team was always something I loved. A…

that we went to the field we were playing on to get warmed up. The field we played wasn’t the biggest field I’ve played but it was average. We started warming up and taking some pop flies and once that was over it was time to go. We all got in the dugout and coach, Jason gave a pregame pep talk to get us focused for the game. We were batting first and i batted 4th that day which is the cleanup hitter. I got up to bat for the first time and i hit a line drive that hit the fence if someone would…

During the Great War, spanning from 1914-1918, many Canadian soldiers fought in trenches throughout Europe. The soldiers’ experiences in the trenches was not pleasant, as the food available in the trenches was limited and did not meet the soldiers’ nutritional needs. Many days, soldiers would only be served hard biscuits or tinned corned beef. Additionally, while fighting in the trenches, soldiers suffered from various negative mental and physical conditions such as trench mouth, trench foot,…

others ways like the fact that David was instructed to do this all by himself and Casey had teammates to help him. David went out there to Goliath by himself, yes, Casey did walk out to bat by himself, but he had his teammates on bases and in the dugout cheering him on. In David and the Goliath it says, “David took off the armor and picked up his shepherd’s stick. He went out to a stream and picked up five smooth rocks and put them in his leather bag. Then, with his sling in his hand, he went…

We shake hands with the other team before running back to our dugout. "So captain, how did it feel to hit the winning homer?" My teammate Arin asks, and I shoot her a wide grin. "Just about as great as the red velvet cupcake I ate this morning." "Huh, that amazing?" Arin and I laugh as exited the dugout, only to be greeted by Blake and Kara. Blake mckenzie was the captain of our baseball team. He was egotistical, and the biggest…

The movie I picked was The Trench written and directed by William Boyd. It was released in the United States November 22, 2000, and starred Paul Nicholls, Daniel Craig, and Julian Rhind-Tutt. The movie starts off in the summer of 1916 and shows the British Army getting ready for the Somme Offensive. It opens up with some information on the setting, “while hundreds of thousands of soldiers massed in the rear, a small force was left to hold the trenches” (The Trench). The movie gives us an…

Opia. The ambiguous intensity of looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable. Although I have been playing for seven years, the feeling still transpires throughout my body as the umpire indicates that the game has begun. Each athlete I encounter possesses a potential different than the next. However, our intentions were that of the same. Yet only one team will prevail as a result of determination and precision. We did not instantly become the miraculous…

As the sweat rolled down my face my grip on the bat got tighter. The pitcher fired a heater and my swing didn’t touch it. The sun beat down on me as I stumbled in frustration back into the dugout. My confidence was wavering as I tallied yet another strike out. Mixed emotions scurry through my head as I try and comprehend my struggles at the dish. I even wonder if I should just hang it all up at quit. Throughout youth athletics I had never encountered failure face to face. Growing up I had a…