Positions of authority

Baseball vs. Softball Ted Williams once said “Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.” Softball is exactly the same way. Some people may say softball and baseball are the same sport. However, they may be similar in some ways, but there are also some major differences. In softball, the ball is normally bigger than a baseball. Also, the bases are 60ft apart. In baseball the bases are 90 ft apart.Girls tend to…

¨Time to go!¨ yelled Mom, ¨Ok let me just put away my toys and grab my gear¨ I anwsered. It was Summer 2013, I was 7 years old and I was going to my final game of the baseball season.Thinking about how I would, considering I was playing with kids 2 to 3 years older than me. When I had arrived the team was already starting to practice. The game was about to start, so I got ready to gear up and play. We were defending intially and the opposing team was hitting…

"How do my selfies produce or obscure a sense of my identity?" The selfie is a compelling type of snapshot, which allows us to give meaning and make sense of our lives and they are used as a form of communication. Selfies are also a way of reminding others of our existence. They demonstrate an individual's attractiveness as well as reflect on their current mood/activity and is then normally posted on a social media site to share with their pubic. The selfie represents a way of saying, "look at…

On Sunday I went to baseball practice at 2 o'clock at the middle school. Not everyone was there and there were some new kids that were not there last year. For the first half-hour all we did was throw to each other and stretch. My partner was Theodore. Coach said if we miss it was five pushup. Next I started out playing first base, we started out a little rusty but then we were all doing good. One drill was we had to take a ground ball and then run and get another ball and throw it to…

After the game, Jessica’s dad ran over to the girls and congratulated them with hugs and high fives. “Awesome game girls, let's sit in the shade and get some fluids.” Amanda and Jessica followed him to a shady spot near the tree and stripped off their socks and shoes. They knew better than to run around in the sun and heat when they had three more games ahead of them, and they definitely knew that they shouldn’t argue with their coach. Their hour break was flew by; the girls lounged in the shade…

For the last few years of my life, I have been on my school’s PSAL Baseball team playing third base. And, while playing baseball generally requires an abundance of skill in applying critical thinking, one incident during my time with the team stands out to me. It was a sunny spring day in Brooklyn with a gentle breeze picking up the dirt of the field and carrying it off towards the New York high rises around the fields. At the time, our team was undefeated and, since none of the games were close…

As my spiked cleat slides across the torn and tattered mound, familiar vibrations run up my leg. My foot finds its place, and once again I explode off the mound, whipping my arm around my body as fast as possible. The ball flies out of my palm and toward the catcher, a sharp popping sound ringing through the air as the ball finds its way into her glove. The ball is quickly thrown back to me as the first strike is called and I pace around the white lines of the pitching circle, my cleats…

Javier Baez Jaquelyn Hochrein It was the sixth game in the world series against the Dodgers! Only one thought was going through Javier Baez’s mind as he bolted down the third base line when all of the sudden the ball that Jon Lester had just hit a bunt with landed in the pitcher glove. “Uh, Oh… I when a little early.” Baez said, as a grin grew on his face. “Or maybe really early, I guess.” Javier Baez plays infielder (2nd base) for the 2016 World Series winning team “The Chicago…

It was a 2-1 count. My team, the Cardinals, were just one out away from winning the game, and I was just one out away from getting a perfect game. A knuckle curve was called from our team’s catcher and… strike three! You’re out! When I was around nine years old, I pitched a perfect game. When I was six years old and had never played anything, but soccer and flag football, my dad asked me whether I wanted to play baseball for the summer or soccer. Of course it was like the toughest decision I…

going to know what to do if you don’t pay attention. When you play, you want to be able to play multiple postitions so that you don’t have to sit the bench. I was taught to play all positions but my main posistioins are shortstop and centerfield; if you are fast you will play one of those positions or third base. All positions need a player so if you are playinga postitioin that you don’t like just remember that you put your team before yourself and always be a good sport. I think that the most…