Little League Baseball

My Story I love baseball. I’ve practically played it my whole life. I started out alright but then I moved leagues therefore, moving teams. All new people with an all new coach, I gotta admit I was a little scared. I was in 6th grade so lots of things were new because i had just gone to middle school, but at least I had friends and the classes weren’t to bad, but when it came time to baseball practice, I was a completely different person. I usually would play third base but since I was on a new…

professional baseball player in America, some out of amazement, and some out of necessity. They just don’t dream about baseball though, they play it, constantly. They are extremely good at it, and are constantly being scouted by American teams, both in the minor and major leagues. When we decided to play baseball with them, many laughs were had, but you could tell sometimes they’d have to bite their lip considering how bad we all were. The players who make it to the minor or major leagues,…

broke the record for the most home runs in a single season. “The 1998 Major League Baseball home run chase in Major League Baseball was the race between first baseman Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and right fielder Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs that resulted in both players breaking Roger Maris’ long-standing and highly coveted record of 61 home runs. McGwire broke Maris’ record on September…

My favorite baseball player is Rod Carew and I decided to read the book he wrote about himself as a kid and as a ballplayer. In the beginning of the book Rod talks about his life growing up in Panama and how he did not have a lot of money. In the middle of the novel Rod talks about his career for the Minnesota Twins and what it was like to become a professional ballplayer. Towards the end of the book Rod talks about the end of his tenure with the Twins and him joining his new team the California…

perform exercises and drills to improve their skill and personal health. Other athletes cheat by using steroids and other performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to improve their game with little to no effort. The use of steroids can boost your performance and statistics but should not be allowed at any level of baseball including majors, minors, college, and high school. On August 13, 2002 a drug program was initiated that would start testing athletes when less than 2.5 percent tested positive in…

is how social issues such as racial problems and deficiencies contribute to August Wilson’s Fences as a whole. Racial discrimination prevented Troy Maxson from excelling as an athlete when he was young, thus preventing him from playing Major League Baseball. This is a fact that haunts Troy throughout the entire play, he…

Youth baseball is declining. Once the backbone of youth sports, baseball is losing kids each and every year to other sports like lacrosse, soccer, and basketball. Tryout numbers for club baseball teams and leagues are shrinking across the country. If you find yourself running a baseball organization in this very predicament, we 've got four tips that can help you get more sign-ups for tryouts. Market Your Program Properly Are you marketing your program properly to expand? We’ve seen that most…

Baseball brings passion, pain, and excitement to people all over the world; from little kids that run the bases at a major league baseball game to a previous President of the United States that throws the first pitch. Baseball is one word in which would describe my identity. The pain that I endured, the struggle that I overcame, and the championships I won have truly made me the person I am today. From the early morning practices to the midnight championships, I have learned how to become a…

The baseball bat has been around for a very long time. It is to be expected then, that like other pieces of sporting equipment, the baseball bat has evolved over time to take its present form. Originally, the players used to make their own baseball bat or get a wood maker to do it for them. This resulted in a huge variety of sizes, although the round baseball bat was always the most popular. With all this variety, the game was starting to swing in favour of the batter over the pitcher, so rules…

Reynolds is a very good baseball player. Someday he wants to play for the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB (Major League Baseball). But right now he plays for caledonia high school. “ I’m the catcher #77, and i’m very proud to be where I am and how far i’ve come to play high school baseball,” he exclaimed with Proudness. “I always thought that I was a good baseball player, But people always said that I was the underdog and that just being on the team doesn’t make you a good baseball player. And some…