Starting pitcher

it was. He tore a piece of his clothes and put it on the wall to mark his starting point. But once he started walking around the cold, damp, slippery…

staff was only able to work with 2 players in the program at a time. Coach Guthrie and I made a schedule so I could work with pitchers, a position the coaching staff agreed we needed to develop because we graduated all of our top pitchers the year before. At this point in the season we were focusing on building arm strength by implementing a pitching program, it including starting with a flat ground bullpen at 50 feet of 20 pitches at 70 percent, than 60 feet of a mound of 20 pitches at 70…

Matt Ryan is currently #2 and the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, his is 217 lbs and stands at 6’4”. He is has been to the playoffs a number of times but has never gone to the super bowl. Hoping and praying with 6-2 as of right now he and the falcons will continue the race to the playoffs and the super bowl. As he was growing up Matt went to school at William Penn Charter High School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He played in several sports. He played quarterback in…

Baseball brings passion, pain, and excitement to people all over the world; from little kids that run the bases at a major league baseball game to a previous President of the United States that throws the first pitch. Baseball is one word in which would describe my identity. The pain that I endured, the struggle that I overcame, and the championships I won have truly made me the person I am today. From the early morning practices to the midnight championships, I have learned how to become a…

Hunter Eikenberry “Walkoff” It was going to be a hard day, and it was a big day. Everyone was happy about today. My family and I woke up in the morning feeling great. We went down into the lobby of our hotel to get some breakfast. Then we went to the baseball field where I was playing in the championship. We were playing solid and I was having a good game going three for three with one home run. We felt confident because we were the home team which meant we had the last…

It was a warm but windy summer afternoon, We were about to play in one of the biggest games in my life. I was starting to warm up and I heard from behind me someone say. “You ready.” “Heck yeah I am!” When I was done answering the question I had a smile big enough to make me look as if I had 1000 teeth. Coach yelled over. “Bring it in ladys, it's show time.” When we got over to the dugout he gave us a huge break down on to never stop and never give up. He also told us to have faith in ourselves…

“Babe Ruth Story stated that that the young pitcher had a habit of signaling his intent to throw a curveball by sticking out his tongue slightly, and that he was easy to hit until this changed” (Appel, M 2012). The manger Creamer pointed out in an interview that it was common for inexperienced players…

different things that you're not used to. Also because the coaches are looking and watching you. When or if you make a error they notices. At bat it is really scary because you don't want to miss the ball you want to hit it and hit it far. If you are a pitcher or a catcher you have to also try out for that. It is really scary when they out the radar gun on you to see how fast you through. Waiting for the call to hear how you did is really scary. It is scary because when the call it might…

In the novel Of Mice and Men, two men George and Lennie show what it is like to live in 1937, and the problems they faced. Lennie being disabled through the story shows how hard and discouraging it was during this time to be mentally disabled, for him and his companion George. This book was written by John Steinbeck about laborers in dusty California fields. The charters Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Lennie is a main…

As the sweat rolled down my face my grip on the bat got tighter. The pitcher fired a heater and my swing didn’t touch it. The sun beat down on me as I stumbled in frustration back into the dugout. My confidence was wavering as I tallied yet another strike out. Mixed emotions scurry through my head as I try and comprehend my struggles at the dish. I even wonder if I should just hang it all up at quit. Throughout youth athletics I had never encountered failure face to face. Growing up I had a…