Starting pitcher

Pow! First hit of the game and I am sprinting hard to each base “get down! get down! get down!” my coach screams as I am running to third base. It all started when I was only four years old. It was tee-ball at first. When I turned six years old I started playing coaches pitch. Then, I turned eight years old that’s when the real excitement came in with fast pitch softball. I have realized that the passion I have for softball is very strong. Softball has really helped me establish honorable grades…

As technology advances all around the world, baseball pitchers are exposed to new ways to throw the baseball at high velocities. This is causing baseball to become a lot more competitive. Players are often playing baseball year round instead of participating in other sports. This year round throwing and arm fatigue is putting more stress on pitchers’ elbows than ever before. This is part of the reason why the number of UCL Reconstructions, commonly know as Tommy John Surgery, is on the rise and…

Thomas Flacco has proven time and time again that baseball is the sport he is meant to be playing. Throughout his four years on the Eastern Baseball team he received many tremendous achievements. He has never doubted that baseball is the sport he wants to be playing. “I stayed with baseball because it was all I knew. I loved playing it as a kid and I never thought about not playing it in high school.” Tom said. Baseball was one of the many sports Tom played during his time at Eastern, the rest…

nervous about how I would do in this particular race. So, I practiced before the race started and was getting prepared. Then after I practiced I felt very confident. Then people who worked for the track meet started to say that the 200 meter race is starting to line the kids up. Later on I got called for the race. THen the official shot the gun and I ran off. In my first 100 I was passing a lot of people. That got me to be in first place. Then I realized that I won the race. I was so proud of…

whether it be by going to the batting cages, hitting off a tee, or facing live pitching, in hopes of improving my batting average. It would be impossible to count the number of times I have swung a baseball bat throughout my life. While I do not face pitchers who throw 90 miles per hour, as a varsity baseball player and captain, I still play against fierce competition.…

When I was 9 years old I played on a baseball team. Although I was doing ok playing baseball the coach and I thought I could use some improvement. ¨Strike Three you are out!¨ I struck out again, I remember after that I felt motivated to practice more and more. I needed help practicing so I thought of someone who could help me, my grandpa. I talked to my grandpa and I said ¨Hey Grandpa can you help me practice baseball?¨ ¨Of course I'll help you practice baseball!¨ he said. I was so excited to…

On Sunday I went to baseball practice at 2 o'clock at the middle school. Not everyone was there and there were some new kids that were not there last year. For the first half-hour all we did was throw to each other and stretch. My partner was Theodore. Coach said if we miss it was five pushup. Next I started out playing first base, we started out a little rusty but then we were all doing good. One drill was we had to take a ground ball and then run and get another ball and throw it to…

Since graduating from the University of Michigan she has been nominated and has won many awards for her spectacular work. Also since Sierra has gotten bigger and more popular not just in the world of softball she has made her own website. Sierra has also made her own eye black and a tool that goes with your glove. Also rumor has it that Romero will be playing in the 2020 summer olympics.Sierra Romero is a very smart and talented women in and out of softball that is why she is my idol. For her to…

For the last few years of my life, I have been on my school’s PSAL Baseball team playing third base. And, while playing baseball generally requires an abundance of skill in applying critical thinking, one incident during my time with the team stands out to me. It was a sunny spring day in Brooklyn with a gentle breeze picking up the dirt of the field and carrying it off towards the New York high rises around the fields. At the time, our team was undefeated and, since none of the games were close…

As my spiked cleat slides across the torn and tattered mound, familiar vibrations run up my leg. My foot finds its place, and once again I explode off the mound, whipping my arm around my body as fast as possible. The ball flies out of my palm and toward the catcher, a sharp popping sound ringing through the air as the ball finds its way into her glove. The ball is quickly thrown back to me as the first strike is called and I pace around the white lines of the pitching circle, my cleats…