Starting pitcher

started pitching. My coach had called me over from practicing defending ground balls to try out for pitching. He said I had made a great first impression and that I would definitely be starting many games for our team. Finally, my first game on the mound came along. I came in at the 4th inning as a relief pitcher. I had struck out the first two batters, and the third batter came up to the plate. I had a 1-2 count on him, I just had to strike him out and my first inning would be successful. I…

6 children. Growing up he frequently played the game of baseball, and at the age of 15, he began playing on a semi-pro team in Donora. (Stan Musial.) It was there that St. Louis Cardinal scouts discovered him and they offered him a contract as a pitcher in 1938. Musial accepted, and over the next 2 years,…

My Injury “Snap”and my life as a pitcher was finished and possibly my high school baseball career! Those were my thoughts as I walked to the dugout. My pitching arm was lifeless. The next day, I sat in the doctor’s office with a swollen elbow. I was sixteen years old when the doctor told me I would never pitch again without extreme pain. I had torn my ulnar collateral ligament, commonly known as the Tommy John ligament. This ligament is located inside the elbow and stabilizes the elbow joint…

Born into an underprivileged Puerto Rican family, José Rodriguez has overcome the seemingly impossible. Today is the seventh and final game of the Major League Baseball World Series featuring the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Due to an injury in the pitching rotation for the Dodgers, José Rodriguez has been called up from the minor leagues to pitch if he is needed. This is a very interesting decision by the Dodger’s coach, Dave Roberts. There is nothing more risky in baseball than…

geologist a week earlier. Even Willie Mays, former Giants center fielder, almost didn’t come to the stadium because of the way the air felt. He said there was a warm, eerie feeling in the air. To describe the earthquake, Mike Krukow, former Giants starting pitcher and present day announcer, said the quake felt like a 600 pound gopher had drolled into the stadium from the right field fence,…

I. The year was 1918. Woodrow Wilson was president, World War 1 was ending, the Spanish flu became a pandemic, and the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. The last event would not occur for another 86 years until 2004 when the Boston Red Sox emerged victorious. II. The 2004 Boston Red Sox season was a magical rollercoaster ride that had all the thrills of a Hollywood blockbuster. In the end, it culminated in sweet victory for the long suffering fans of one of baseball’s most historic franchises…

was known as a sadistic serial killer and cult leader. His deviant nature began at such a young age due to the life he was born in to. His mother was a prostitute and alcoholic that did not care too much for Charles. That lead him to commit crimes starting at such a young age leaving authorities no choice other than putting him into juvenile centers to live most of his childhood and early teenage years. After he was out he met women who he had children with and married but all three of those…

A History of Pottery In America Pottery has been a part of the American heritage, but when did pottery become so prevalent in America? The early Americans came to this land with only what they could carry, having to at times remake their cooking pots and bowls, clay was a readily available substance they found. Over the years, the earliest Americans added decorations to their pottery, adding beauty to the everyday objects. The Colonial Americans used pottery because most were too poor to have…

quick decision making because it is in a game but also is quite a simple skill to master and easy to perform. Whereas a very simple skill has few cues and if any then small decisions that aren’t pressed for time for example a pitch in softball the pitcher has no pressure as to when the opposition may choose to swing as it doesn’t affect them. Complex and simple skills can also be relative to the athlete someone who has never played softball before my still find pitching to be difficult even when…

My eighth grade year, however, presented much more competition and pressure. Again, despite my small size, I found a way to sneak into the starting lineup. My first game that year really taught me how tough and fearless you have to be to play football at a high level. The first half of the game we were outscored by twenty-eight points. I knew this was partially because of me, I was running routes…