Dugout

Swinging the bat slowly in the September sun thinking about the motions of hitting the ball. The day seemed perfect enough for the day I had been waiting for for two years, getting my first home run. I always doubted myself when it came to something big. Usually I worked better if I had something to work towards, but what? The heat was reflecting off the field onto the players The day seemed perfect enough to be the day I had been waiting for for two years, getting my first home run. I always…

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is a book written by Siegfried Sassoon about World War I. This fictional account of Siegfried’s life during and immediately after the war was first published in 1930. Not long after its release, it was renowned as a classic, and it was even more successful than its predecessor, Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man--Sassoon’s first book in his trilogy of autobiographical war novels. This particular book, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer covers the period of time from 1915 to…

Baseball is America’s pastime. Little boys play catch and grow up dreaming of playing in the World Series. Families have picnics on the grass and watch a church baseball game. Friends plan a trip to a Major League game and share in the excitement. Ballplayers travel the country together while playing the game they love, becoming friends and often family. God created humanity for community and fellowship, which is a perfect opportunity for baseball. The characteristics of baseball players often…

ball to me. The ball was released and in the corner of my eye I see the girl running so I run to the base, the catcher throws me the ball; I catch it and get the girl out. “She’s Out!” I heard the umpire said and all I hear is cheering. We run to the dugout and Coach tells us the batting order I am third to bat. I get my helmet on and watch the two girls in front of me bat. The first girl gets a hit and runs to second base. The next one gets to first because she got hit. I’m up to bat and I got…

Martin Xu Ms. Oberfield 6QHA March 14, 2016 One Weird Trick to Identifying Asian American Literature The term “Asian American” itself is a conflict, a clash of culture. Asia and America are as separated as two regions can be; even Europe and Asia share the same landmass. Asian American (AA) experiences are all about adapting to new cultures and environments, and Asian American Literature (AAL) reflects that struggle. Therefore, if an average white person writes a story about an AA, it is not AAL…

“You can do this, Sam! Swing away!” was all the advice he offered me. I took a practice swing, then strode back into the box. My team in the dugout hollered, cheered, and pounded on the fence, causing a cacophonous popping…

“Elijah contemplates what Grey Eyes has suggested. I can also see that Elijah’s tempted to take his knife to Grey Eyes’ throat,” (144). Elijah seeks the medic however, the medic does not grant him any morphine either. Elijah, “… walks back to the dugout, his anger watered down by fear,” (146). Morphine has made Elijah incapable of controlling his emotions and restless enough that he considers killing a fellow solider. His tears represent frustration and worriedness as he cannot bare the pain of…

they had to make as a team was being more intimidating, in one incident, a game was going on and Michael realized that he “resembled a scoop of Vanilla ice cream, with four pick- up sticks jutting out from them”, Michael noticed that the other teams dugout “needed a shave”. Michael didn’t feel unnerved though his team had just lost the game; he was more worried about Couch Fitz reaction to their failure. One of the punishments that Couch Fitz would make them go through was running until they…

More than 65 million men from 60 countries fought in World War I, a war between the Allies and the Central Powers. The German army enlisted approximately two million eight hundred thousand soldiers to fight for the Central Powers. One of those men, convinced by his schoolmaster Kantorek to enlist as the patriotic thing to do, was a nineteen-year-old student named Paul Baumer. Paul encountered many hardships during his time on the front. Despite these hardships, in the novel All Quiet on the…

Freedom In Baseball This country was founded on the sport of baseball. Baseball has been around forever and has been America’s number one pastime for centuries. It was a warm sunny morning in Oakland, California and I was riding my bike home from the coffee shop on 5th street. It was the summer of my junior year and I had decided I wanted to live with my aunt for the summer. There were all kinds of things to do in the city and I had to choose something to do on the day my aunt was off work. I…