Starting pitcher

Gone, 8-7. The day was beautiful, and you knew it was a baseball day. Two teams were going to go out there play their hardest until they had nothing left, especially me. I wanted to show everyone everyday what I was made of and what I had to show for it. Southwest Little League baseball field had such a nice field that it had felt like second home when it came to All Star games. I was so nervous that sweating so much it was like I was a cold glass of water sitting outside on a hot summer day.…

There is something so unexplanatory about the game of softball. The way you can almost immediately smell the freshly cut grass. The way the leather of your glove perfectly matches your hand. That feeling just as you take the field before the biggest game of the season. That is what has shaped me into the person I am today. This game will humble you when you are feeling high. It makes you appreciate the satisfaction of a win, after knowing all your hard work has paid off. But on the other hand,…

For my entire life, I wanted to be a professional baseball player, until I met Franklin Mirabal. Back when I was 14, I used to be a catcher in a baseball little league team in the Dominican Republic. Like many Dominicans, I was passionate about this sport. My inspiration was Yadier Molina, a catcher that had a graceful arm and tremendous style; displaying his abilities by throwing out most of the players who tried to steal a base. No catcher in the baseball league could play the position like…

comment to explain to me of how dependent I am on these upcoming moments for the team, so don’t make it any worse. To start off and to have the power to set the tone of the whole inning. I have never studied on another human being as much as I did the pitcher that I was soon to be up against. During the summer before this season he was on the same team as me and we really enjoyed the game with the same intensity, but now he is the only person who can stop me from not getting on base.…

played softball. She pushed me to be at the top of my game and play every game like it was my last. As she played high school softball I dreamt of playing second base and wearing her jersey. And that's exactly what I did. Four years later i'm the starting second basemen wearing number nine (the same number she wore). Wanting to top the 2013 team, we knew what we had to do. In 2013 they won 3rd place in the state tournament. So in 2015 we did something that Tahoma softball has never done, we…

Finding the Right Softball Gloves Aside from softball bats, the important equipment in softball is fielding gloves. These are specifically designed to help and protect players in catching softballs. Softball gloves tend to lessen the impact of the ball to prevent injury. Before, softball gloves are made of leather which only covers the palm. Nowadays, manufacturers use high-end tools in creating softball gloves. Modern-day gloves are made of highly specialized materials which enhance the…

In a game of failure, it’s only expected that failure would be around each corner. Every pitcher has a bad start, from Clayton Kershaw to a pitcher trying to make a level three team, I have found myself in this exact situation several times. At Lakewood High School around midsummer I was scheduled to pitch against one of the best teams we would see all season. This was Team Colorado. Not only was each pitch laboured but my arm was sore and my legs were weak. From the time I began my warm-up in…

Why Batting Cage Nets Is Important In Softball In the past, softball team never take batting cage seriously, they have always think it is useless and of no benefits. However, in recent times, softball players have seen the important of batting cage. This is because of the fact that it gives opportunity to players for more practice. Generally, players that have batting cage tend to improve their softball skills faster and derive pleasure for playing the game. If the practice is done regularly…

The first object I would say is one of my life’s artifacts would be art supplies. My art supplies are mostly made up of pencils and paints, such as colored pencils, watercolor pencils, oil paints, acrylic paints, and water based paints. This artifact is important to me because ever since I was a small child I’ve been drawing wherever I could. When I became older my older brother would sit with me and teach me all of the techniques that he used when he drew. Art supplies are an artifact of my…

One situation where I found myself in a fixed mindset was when I was a freshman at Mountain Pointe high school trying to make the baseball team. At the time, I had a half-hearted passion for baseball that made me want to be on the school baseball team, but I felt that everything would come natural to me because I was Dominican. I was quite proud of how Dominicans were typically great at baseball quite naturally it seemed. However, with this knowledge I became highly critical about everything I…