Starting pitcher

The Field The insane feeling that you get when running out to your position on the field butterflies in your stomach not thinking about anything other than getting there as fast as possible. Stop and smelling the amazing fresh air hearing the birds chirping. Hearing the umps yelling “let’s play ball” everyone cheering, first pitch is thrown heart sinks to your feet as you watch it spin till it snaps the catcher's glove, “Strike one” feeling relief your heart goes back to where it is suppose…

to achieve our final objective of a true happy and quality life. Is Shifting to Plan B for a Richer Balance making more sense now? It is step up to the plate, time! Are there any curves of life coming your way? This is my first pitch. A great pitcher will have at least 7 to 11 different types of forms and movements as well as speeds and angles. I am purposely going to throw you off speed, so to speak, and make you swing when you don’t feel like it. If you are going to have a critical…

Our team had just finished the second game of the day in Cooperstown NY. We had already lost a game and we had to win the next game to move on. I was pitching this next game. I was prepared and then went to warm up. “10 minutes to game time!” the umpire yelled. We were the visitors team which meant we hit first. Everybody on my team was ready to play when the game finally started. The top of our line up went up to bat. We scored two runs in the first inning and then it was time for me to start…

Another cool rule they made deals with pitching and catching.Like if the catcher misses or catches the ball you and run as long as it’s not a pop up.That’s called a steal.The pitcher has even more pressure on her because the bal has to be pitched just right across the plate.It can’t be too,high, or too low.Sometimes it can be a little high or a little low but most of the time it has to be right in the middle.The catcher has a…

I was walking up to the baseball diamond at Hyatt Elementary. I was eating a greasy piece of pizza. I saw the dark clouds in the sky, but I didn’t expect the rain to come, because it was hot and muggy. This is because it was June of 2017. When the game started we (my team and Fenton’s team) sang the “ Star Spangled Banner” on the 1st and 3rd base line. They were blaring it. We went on to the field and started to warm up. Soon as we started to warm up the umpires stopped the game for 30 minutes,…

Many people think that playing travel baseball is a piece of cake. That is if you can handle everything it throws at you. But there are still many things that people do not see that is needed to do, while playing travel ball Weekly schedule. Practice is mostly every, for my team they are every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and sometimes even Friday or Tuesday. They last from anywhere ton a hour an a half, to three and a half hours. And it's not like you can just miss, you have to have a really…

Kankakee Valley High School athletics has given me so many opportunities I never even thought I would be able to experience. I had the privilege of being a member of the KV Varsity Softball team all four years of my high school career. I have been playing softball since I was eight years old and since then I have played all over the country from California to Virginia. Though none of that can compare to playing in ‘The Region’ and for the purpose of representing my community. Without KV…

batter got to third we all were nervous after that. Our coach brings in Nick to relieve Jackson. As a matter of fact, Nick struck out two batters and almost three. The count was two strikes three balls I know this because I was catching for this pitcher, but the very next pitch the batter hit a HOME RUN over the left field fence. After that some of us gave up. Some of us kept our heads up and kept believing. It would take the entire team working together for this come back to happen, not just…

I played sophomore baseball for Senior over the summer. It was the best season I've ever had as a Dubuque Senior High School baseball player. I was the pitcher on the team, also known as the "Ace". Before the last couple of games we had an anonymous team vote on which award people should get. At the end of the season we had a potluck with the varsity team and the sophomore team. Everyone showed up with haircuts and their parents. When I got there I just saw everyone in a circle talking to each…

Precision of Pitching In the game of baseball, the pitcher is one of the most vital players on the team. He must follow a precise sequence of steps to throw the pitch the way he had intended to. The best way for a pitcher to throw hard and throw strikes is to choose the proper stance and pitch, execute the pitch, and follow through into an athletic fielding position. Before the pitcher steps on the mound, he must first decide what type of stance he needs to be in. If there is a runner on base…