Minor league baseball

second round of the playoffs. I felt like this was our year, it was a warm and beautiful september. The Pirates had recorded the second best record in all of baseball. The top three records in all of baseball all occurred in the Pirates division: the NL Central. The only problem is that we were going against the hottest pitcher in baseball Jake Arrieta, with PED speculation circulating all over the place he still managed the best second half of a season ever recorded by a pitcher. I keep…

started to run after it, the ball completely missed my glove and hit me directly in the face. Baseball has always been a big part in my culture, same with family tradition. Baseball runs in my family. My Dad played it all throughout highschool and same with both my brothers. My dad was very good at baseball, if it wasn’t for a knee injury he would of got drafted. My brothers played baseball in highschool as well, me and my older brother learned from my dad. My dad used to play with…

the ball game baseball or America’s pastime, as it is also known as. Baseball has been played for over a century. However, baseball is declining in popularity within the United States of America. Americans are shifting towards football as their sport of choice. To reenergize the game, a new sport was created called blernsball. Inside this essay you will find out how to play blernsball and also learn some tips and tricks for the sport. If you already know how to play regular baseball then that’ll…

Have you ever wanted to go to a postseason game? It was the middle of October and the Giants just beat the Nationals in the NLDS. My family was watching the game in the living room. My dad had asked us if we wanted to attend NLCS game 1. Obviously being a Giants fan and the game being in St. Louis we would be able to go, so we all agreed we should go. Then my dad said that if we go to the NLCS game and the giants go to the WS and so do the Royals, then we would not be able to go to a WS game.…

fall to a show about rampant zombie attacks? The answer is complex and requires examination of baseball and history to understand. Baseball started out as a sandlot sport that peacefully coexisted with professional baseball that centered around three largely independent groups whites, African-Americans, and the Caribbean people. However, with calls for integration and increased commercialization baseball, the independence of African-American and those in the Caribbean was lost. The effects of…

First of all I had a really enjoyable time reading the book, The Glory of Their Times, written by Lawrence S. Ritter. This book was simply about the author recording the memories of baseball players from the early 1900s etc. I’ve learned a lot from this book, it showed me that there is always a way to achieve your goal no matter who are you are and what you do. Some of the players had even gone through the Progressive Era, which was a time of social activism and political reform in the U.S. and…

biographical sports movie based on Jackie Robinson. The film depicts the difficulties Jackie Robinson has to face while entering his baseball career. This film also captures the emotions of blacks when they see Robinson play for the Dodgers since he was the first African American to play in MLB. The film not only shows the difficulties a talented black man has to face during his baseball career, but it also depicts segregation in public facilities. Additionally, it shows how social advantages…

side of Chicago, in Wrigley Field ,their stadium. They compete in the MLB or Major League Baseball. They went through many transformations from the year they started. They went to many World Series, but didn’t win most of them. This essay is about the history of the Chicago Cubs. Early Cubs History- In 1870, the Chicago White Stockings were introduced into the baseball world. They joined the NL or National League in 1876. Their first NL game was against the Louisville Colonels. The Chicago…

Pitching is my dream; pain is my problem. For the past four seasons I have been unable to complete a full season without pain or injury. This began in the spring of my eighth grade year when I was informed that I had a stress fracture in my elbow caused by a result of pitching. This devastated me as I knew I would miss most of my season after working all offseason to get ready for the season. Luckily, I was able to come back with approximately a month to go in the season, however my velocity was…

“No man ever steps on the same river twice for it's not the same river and he's not the same man” -Heraclitus I have been playing baseball since i was 3. Baseball has been my favorite sport for as long as I can remember. If it weren't for baseball I probably wouldn't be where I'm at right now, and I wouldn't be the same person either . Baseball has shaped me into the person I am today, because It taught me to work hard , never give up and not everything goes the way you want.Baseball has…