Starting pitcher

It all started at softball nationals. My team, the Upper Arlington Bears, qualified for a national tournament in York, Pennsylvania. I can not express in word how excited I was to play and hang out with my team. I thought that this was going to be a great time to get to know my team better because I don't live in Upper Arlington so I'm not as close as everyone else on the team is. This also made me nervous because I didn't want to be left out. The first day was great. We got to go to the…

he didn't embarrass me. We did amazing. My friend surprised me. Me and my friend played many more games. One game we were facing someone all lot better and bigger than us. We weren't frightened. He was very cocky. Once we got into the match I was starting to get a bit scared. He was targeting us. We tried to defend our self for a while. Then my friend came around him and shot him 10 times. The guy got very mad. He ran after my friend. I knew that this wasn't going to end…

always be found watching baseball with my dad, playing in the backyard with my brother, or playing with my friends through the recreation department and the school teams. My parents once told me that by the time I was four years old, I knew the entire starting lineup for the Red Sox, and who everyone was - that has not changed since that day. I fell in love with the game ever since I was young. I made the decision to start playing T-Ball when I was five and I haven't stopped since the year…

lessens glare from stadium lights or the sun. The usual size of an outfielder glove ranges from 9-15 inches. Outfielder gloves are larger than those of infielder gloves which allow them to reach wider range and cover larger space. Softball Gloves for Pitchers and Catchers Pitcher’s gloves don’t actually need to be special nor have as much padding compared to other gloves. Usually, this will reflect the players’…

There are lots of other places that I would rather be than school. Places that have great weather, great people, and fun activities. I have been to lots of different places that can be described by these words and would love to go back. Some of these possible places include being at the beach in Florida or California, hiking the Grand Canyon in Arizona, and visiting Chicago and attending a Cubs game. I really enjoyed the warm weather when I was on vacation down south but being able to attend…

What is the hardest decision you have made in the past two years? Have you ever felt terrible for doing something good for yourself? When I was 16 years old I changed summer traveling softball teams to make myself better so that I could play softball in college. I had played on the team that I was leaving for 9 years and my dad had started the team and we named it the Beatrice Drillers. I loved playing with that team because they were all my friends and I had played with them for so long. The…

In the Brothers K by David James Duncan the characters change a lot throughout the the book. One of the main characters in the book is Hugh. Hugh was born in Chicago in 1929. For the majority of this story he is in his early 40's. When he was a kid his father was a high school couch and his mother was a scientist. His mother wanted Hugh to go to collage but Hugh wanted to play professional baseball instead. During WWII Hugh's father went to Germany for fight in the war and was killed. Hugh has…

The Throwing Skills to Pay the Bills Of the key elements of a well-rounded softball player, a good throwing arm is definitely near the top of the list. While some are lucky enough to be born with throwing skills, even they won't be hurt by softball throwing drills which aim to improve distance and accuracy. When demonstrating these softball throwing drills, make sure to run through each drill at half speed first before increasing the pace. Also give every player who desires a chance to practice…

My freshman year of high school I went out for softball. I had loved softball when I was younger and had always been the star of the team. I wasn’t expecting to come in and be a hot shot, but I also wasn’t expecting to be the bottom man of the totem pole. We had a large team and the coaches knew that to get everyone playing time they would need to have some of us suit up for the first game and save others for a different game that would be easier. I was thrilled when coach said my name in the…

“Be remembered!” echoes through my mind every time I get up to bat. From Tee Ball to now, softball has made a huge impact on my life. Ever since I was 5 years old, I have been playing the game that I love the most. Imagine standing on a softball field expected to perform at the age of 5. Even though the butterflies in my stomach were fixing to start a war, nothing was going to stop me from stepping on that field to play my first tee ball game as a Little Tiger. Fans cheered, but what I…