Major Dad

I was 8 years old and my dad went to take a weekend class to get his hunter's license. I wanted to go with him and get it to, But he thought i was to young and couldn't make it. So after trying to convince him to let me go he said yes and i gotta go take the class and try to get…

Underdog's Ryan 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…

When the spring season approaches, the end of one season comes to an end and another one arise. The World Baseball Classic gives fans a tease of baseball before the real season’s starts in April. The World Baseball Classic is when different countries put a team together and play each other for bragging rights. As it approaches one only must look at Team USA roster, and go down the list of names and see familiar names and faces. Based on the MLB.com, The team is made up of 34-man roster, but I…

Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental disease that causes 1 to have memories or flashbacks relating to a traumatic event. There are three million American PTSD cases open each year. Post-traumatic stress disorder is most commonly found in those who have served in the military. However, PTSD is not limited to just that. Post-traumatic stress disorder cannot be cured but can be treated. PTSD is a chronic disease that requires lifelong testing and treatment in order to survive. Many PTSD…

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, more than three million adolescents aged 12-17 reported at least one major depressive episode in the past year, and more than two million reported have severe depression that impeded their daily functioning. Studies shows that anxiety and depression are affecting kids behavior, their ability to learn, their social life, their…

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Baseball People enter competitions with a clear goal, to win. Every game involves different teams or members that seek only one purpose, to find the way to defeat their opponent, while doing the best he, she, or they can to score the most. Unfortunately, this drive to win sometimes comes at any cost. Starting with our Ancient Greek ancestors, people tried to cheat in competitions, performing better than others, and paying a particular cost for the enhancement of…

Introduction Money rules in Major League Baseball. The more money a team has, the more likely they are to do better during their season. That is why teams such as the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants don’t have much difficulty building a strong team. With such a high salary cap, they have the ability to sign the best players. With better players, that leads to better development as well as an easier way to attract better free agents. Due to that, very rarely do teams with low salary caps like the…

signing autographs like they are professional athletes. Some of these kids have never played on a nice field like the ones they play at in Williamsport. So, a kid at the age of 12 years old would be so amazed and feel like that they are playing on a major league baseball field. Sportsmanship, kids should be taught this as they grow up playing a sport. While the kids are at the World Series, not practicing or playing games, they would be bonding with other teams, even teams from the…

The Fear of death is what I think is the major theme in this book. The main character Jack, and his wife Babette, shows a fear of death in most parts of the book. Jack was afraid from the beginning of death and when he got exposed from the toxic, he got even more afraid because he knew he was going to die. Babette on the other hand didn't get exposed but instead she seeks pleasure in drugs that she buys from a guy named Willie. I think they are cowards because they show so much fear…

Do you have an idol that demonstrated heroism? There were many people who did heroic things before. People I believe showed heroism are Jackie Robinson from ‘How Jackie Robinson changed baseball’, Theseus from ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’, and Harriet Tubman from ‘The Underground Railroad’. This essay will show how these idols showed heroism. Predominantly, I believe Jackie Robinson from ‘How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball’ demonstrated heroism because he became an idol by ignoring all the…