Social position

If you love baseball this is the perfect story for you. This is about baseball. This is a different story because everything is true. Everything happened We are a team of eleven. All 12 or 13 years old. We at first when we first met we were all just getting to know each other by asking ‘What school do you go to’ and ‘What's your name’. But after about the first few practices we were talking to each other like we’ve known each other all our lives. We a had…

Perspective 1 (Me): Allergies drove me crazy as I waited my turn for the Star Drill at softball practice. Discreetly wiping under my nose, I shifted my weight as I watched my teammates throw the ball around the bases. The catcher threw the ball to Tess, who was standing about ten feet in front of me. I saw it coming in high compared to Tess' small frame, and got prepared for the ball coming at us. Tess jumped up to get the ball, tipped it off her glove, and next thing I knew I was on the…

Freedom In Baseball This country was founded on the sport of baseball. Baseball has been around forever and has been America’s number one pastime for centuries. It was a warm sunny morning in Oakland, California and I was riding my bike home from the coffee shop on 5th street. It was the summer of my junior year and I had decided I wanted to live with my aunt for the summer. There were all kinds of things to do in the city and I had to choose something to do on the day my aunt was off work. I…

Sunday, the Cleveland Indians won 1-0 against the Tampa Bay Rays. It was Roberto Perez who slid securely into the home base as their opponent’s catcher Curt Casali dropped the ball in the 9th inning of the June 21 game. Everyone thought that Indians were already beaten, but when Perez stoop up from his slid, he noticed that the baseball was out of Casali’s hands. Finally, the Indians capture their first walk-off victory of this season. At last, the team got through with the bases filled. David…

As I walked up to the plate, I wiped the beads of sweat dripping from my head while I was looking at my 3rd base coach and he gave me the sign to wait to swing till after the first strike. I felt butterflies in my stomach as I stepped into the batters box. The first pitch was a strike and then the next three pitches were balls. The kid that batted in front of me had the same count count and he got a changeup down the middle and hit the ball to right field. So as I was standing in…

“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” Jim Rohn said this and it powerfully connects to me. The quote means, are you killing time aimlessly or exploiting it purposefully. I try to live everyday with at least one goal, a purpose, an objective. My life can best be described by a softball stolen from a field, memories of my family, and my future career. A softball is a symbol of my life. My life would be completely different if I didn’t play softball. I wouldn’t rush to practice every day…

In life, everyone finds a passion, a hobby, an outlet that brings them joy, and often that pastime can be taken to the extremes where their infatuation gets the best of them. A significant example is baseball and its vigorous fans cheering and booing at an athlete’s encounter with the flying ball. Will he hit it or strike out? How far will he hit it? Will someone catch it? Can he make it to that base before the ball does? This excitement of fans translates as if they are a part of the team and…

I’ve always loved the crack of the bat and the pop of a baseball in a worn leather glove. The first warm day of Spring finds me yearning for the baseball field. I long to strap on the catcher’s gear and adjust it so everything fits just perfectly. I daydream of playing in big games and giving baseball my all. However, the Spring of 2017 wasn’t just a dream of playing baseball. Playing baseball became very real when we earned the opportunity to play in the championship game of the Roff…

the plate. Baseball catchers have to go through a lot of strength training and drills to gain that ability to have the right stance and be able to keep that position and be able to change positions when needed. It looks like a very easy position but in the end it is one of the most important positions in baseball. To start off in the position you will have cervical extension to be able to watch what is going on with the pitcher and also people on base at all times. The most important muscles in…

Every day of life consists of a variety of stressors, and each person has a different way to cope with the stress. Some people turn to athletics to reduce stress, some turn to music. One common stress relief tactic in teenagers is participating in school sports. In this paper, the female version of baseball, softball, will be discussed. The basics of how softball is played, the equipment required to play, and the other members of team besides the players are all important aspects to know, in…