Fastball

grandpa being drafted to the Pittsburgh Pirates, a Major League baseball team, and my dad getting a full ride to the University of Denver their skill would have rubbed off on me, but you would be wrong. I wasn't terrible, I could hit a 90 mile per hour fastball and I could, for the most part, field a ground ball. However, I was definitely not about to be scouted by the college scouts. The team I played for last summer, the Mead High School legion team, was a group of pretty talented…

It was a warm but windy summer afternoon, We were about to play in one of the biggest games in my life. I was starting to warm up and I heard from behind me someone say. “You ready.” “Heck yeah I am!” When I was done answering the question I had a smile big enough to make me look as if I had 1000 teeth. Coach yelled over. “Bring it in ladys, it's show time.” When we got over to the dugout he gave us a huge break down on to never stop and never give up. He also told us to have faith in ourselves…

The baseball world was stunned early Sunday morning in hearing that beloved Miami Marlins superstar, Jose Fernandez's life came to a tragic end. Fernandez who was just 24 years old when he was killed from a boating accident off the coast of Fl., was the Marlins ace and was just in the beginning of his promising Major League Baseball career. Most importantly, he was a father to be and was finally settling into life after a chaotic childhood. The news of his death rocked everyone in MLB,…

“Crack!” The sound of a baseball flying 400 feet off a bat. “Smack!” The sound of a 103 mph fastball hitting the catcher's mitt. “Whoosh!” The sound of a sprinter breaking the world record. These sounds represent what will happen if doping is legalized. Although these sounds may be more exciting to fans, steroids are not allowed in sports for a reason. Despite the positives of performance enhancing drugs, doping should not be legalized in professional sports because it would ruin the “spirit of…

Precision of Pitching In the game of baseball, the pitcher is one of the most vital players on the team. He must follow a precise sequence of steps to throw the pitch the way he had intended to. The best way for a pitcher to throw hard and throw strikes is to choose the proper stance and pitch, execute the pitch, and follow through into an athletic fielding position. Before the pitcher steps on the mound, he must first decide what type of stance he needs to be in. If there is a runner on base…

and this shortcoming may prove fatal again for the Tigers. Aging Stars Despite Justin Verlander’s excellent second half, there are some concerns that he may be on the steep decline. He has had several abysmal years and has declined in his average fastball velocity almost every year, from 95.5 mph to 93.1*, which usually spells doom for pitchers. Combine that with concerns of Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, and Ian Kinsler’s decline and you have a potential recipe for disaster for the Tigers. …

have hit Alara it greeted face. He ran over to make sure she was fine because he had hit her twice. Alara was perfectly fine, she told Kaeden “it didn’t even sting”. So Kaeden continued with the game. Right before the bell went off Glass fired a fastball randomly. It pounded Alara in the face at close range. It was like getting shot by a sniper at close range. The News Team checked in with Alara and she was not too shabby. All the evidence is there that dodgeball is changing. Schools have…

Bottom of the 9th. Bases loaded. 2 outs. Title on the line. I knew I would be the one to lead my team to victory and send us home. We had been battling the Harvard Westlake Werewolves for 6 grueling innings. A pitcher's duel to say the least, as Division I bound Kyle Nicol had thrown a shutout up until this point. Unfortunately for us, so had their ace pitcher, McCabe Slye. All of our hard work came down to this point. We came into this tournament against all odds. Our entire starting lineup…

Women have struggled for years to gain equality with their male counterparts. In the 1960’s, women were expected to marry in their early 20’s and devote all of their time to domestic chores in the home. She was expected to watch after her children and have dinner ready for her husband he arrived home from work. Because of this, women had fewer opportunities in sports and were seen as inferior to men. It wasn’t until a famous tennis match in 1973 between a woman, Billie Jean King, and a man,…

will be more exciting and high scoring games, athletes will be more confident, and audiences would be amazed. By supporting the use of steroids by athletes, it could make a baseball game become a contest to who the first person to hit the 110 mph fastball. Let the athletes grow stronger and better, to put amazement in the spectator's…