Scouting

the far beach, I see a glimpse of tourists riding jet-skis toward the infinite horizon. Palm trees swayed back and forth with the wind. Seagulls speckled the sky wandering around in circles. They seem to be whispering in their own kind of language scouting for their next fish to devour. As I look up at the sky, I can’t help but to gaze up at the cotton candy clouds as it takes me back on a journey to my early childhood when my parents bought me cotton candy at the state…

TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) POSITION: OF BATS: Left THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-foot-3 WEIGHT: 205 lbs. ACQUIRED: The Houston Astros chose Fisher in the first round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. He was a supplemental selection for the Astros, taken as the No. 37 player selected. He was chosen out of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The Texas Rangers had previously selected him out of…

Fthew. The ringing of the gunshots were still fresh in my ears as the bullets whizzed by my head. I was about ready to pass out from exhaustion, mainly because I had been running for the last five minutes at almost a full sprint and, to be honest, I never got higher than a B- in gym. I breathed a sigh of relief as I noticed a store with a door open, most of the buildings I’d passed were foreclosed and chained shut. Quickly I made a turn into the building and hurried to the second floor in an…

about many new talents. In 1927, Ralph Peer of Victor Records noticed that most musicians had to travel to New York to make their debut, therefore, he took recording to the talent of Bristol, Tennessee in hopes of finding “hillbilly” musicians. His scouting was successful, and he signed record deals with the Carter Family from Virginia and Jimmie Rodgers of North Carolina. In their recordings, instruments such as the acoustic guitar, mandolin, autoharp, fiddle, and banjo were present, however,…

The ‘Moneyball Era’ may have ended but, every organization in Major League Baseball still functions with some sort of acknowledgement of sabermetrics. Most baseball teams have developed a balance between sabermetrics and classic baseball scouting. While some teams favor subjectivity and traditionalism more than the numbers game, the objectivity and success of Moneyball cannot be ignored. The advanced metrics available today are an important and indelible part of baseball. They focus on…

Caltech: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. (250 - 650) In my home, I am known as the IT department. Whenever anyone in my family needs technical support, they come ask me. My family first noticed my knack for computer skills when we got our first family computer. I would always be playing around with settings and games. One…

Girls showing their strengths Benjamin Franklin once said, ¨You can do anything you set your mind to.¨ Well in this case that is exactly what these three strong courageous women thought. One woman named Jen Welter wouldn´t let the fact that there has only ever been male football coaches drag her down. According to press, Welter will be helping coach the linebackers for the Cardinals. Jen will only be there for the first four preseason games but this marks another big barrier for women in…

It all started a couple months ago in the middle of the country, at a small community college, I heard from my coach that I just met, “Give it all right now because you never know when you caught your last ball, threw your last ball, or hit your last ball.” This quote gave me thought and I figured that he was right, like what if I get into a car crash and the aftermath of the accident meant that I lose my legs, my arms, or I even die. That’s when I reflected on the idea that I should make the…

Joseph & Ethan Meeting my fourth grade buddy, I felt nervous, unsure of who I would get. Would I know the person from before, or would I have never met him before? As we were getting our partner assignments, I felt anxious. When I got partnered with Ethan, I talked with him, and we got to know each other. I felt excited working together, and we eventually became friends. He came up with ideas, we agreed and disagreed about things, and we talked about our outside life. When I first met my…

Throughout my school career, I have always been exploding with questions about the ins and outs of the natural world and as I have gotten older, this fascination has developed into a curiosity for life at a molecular level. It blows my mind how such complex organisms function as a result of the instructions from the tiny molecule that is DNA; how can it not fascinate you how an entire organism is dictated by the sequence of 4 singles bases? The content this degree will cover, for me, is really…