The Last Home Run

though he did win eight of his final 10 decisions from June 23 through the end of the season. His work so far in 2016 has been admittedly impressive — 5-0 with a 2.76 ERA and 58 strikeouts in 49 innings — but even when factoring in his success late last season, that hardly seems like enough to declare that the real Strasburg, the $175 million Strasburg, now walks among us. But maybe Washington's feeling lucky. Or maybe the Nats feel certain. Maybe this is the real Strasburg, one who can keep…

It’s all the way to the wall! This guy’s coming home! Jordan’s at second! Stop Jordan! Yeah!” My grandpa blared into his phone speaker. On a warm day in the Summer of 2014, I geared up to play in my last baseball game ever. My high school baseball team had squeaked into its first playoff appearance in five years and we were set to play as the underdogs in the CIF playoffs against Ventura High School. After a hard fought game, we reached the top of the last inning and were down 1-0 with a man on…

The Sandlot - An American classic The cracking of a wooden bat, hollers coming from the mouths of middle school boys, the pop of the ball falling into the glove, and the grunts from the effort to throw the ball back towards home. This American classic revolutionized movie production. Directed by David Evans, The Sandlot is a comedic motion picture jam- packed with terrific acting. The movie takes place in the San Fernando Valley in 1962. Scotty Smalls is the new kid in town, and with his mom…

Babe Ruth was very significant to baseball. Babe Ruths real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr.Professional star Babe Ruth was very popular he had one sibling and was married to two people. When Babe Ruth was at a younger age he started to do bad things like chewing tobacco, drinking and a lot of other things that kids did not do and his parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really…

move of the winter. The native of Stillwater, Oklahoma spent the last eight seasons playing for the National League Central Division team St. Louis Cardinals, where he played almost exclusively in the left field position. Holliday will likely serve as the designated hitter or see time at the first base of the Yankee Global Enterprises-owned professional baseball club.…

feed him after I was taught how. After I started feeding him, I became attached to him. We named him Babe. Mom said that if he lives, then we can keep him. I got my hopes up. It is March 11, 2016. He was fine in the morning before school, when I got home from school, he was weak and not moving much. I rush into the house and get everything ready. I tried to feed him, but he didn't eat. Everything either came out of his nose of right back out of his mouth. I knew then that it was the beginning…

“I loved baseball for a while, then wasn’t so sure, then loved it again” (Ankiel 1). In just one sentence of the Autobiography, The Phenomenon, Rick Ankiel described the many difficulties that came along his route to success. He was budding into one of the best young pitchers to step on the face of the earth, but then came the pressure, the yips, and the pitch that changed his life. Ankiel’s book is an incredible story of how a big leaguer overcame the mental roadblocks in his mind to become a…

The game was against our district rival Englewood High School and it was a nail biter. We had played them earlier in the season and we won so we had confidence coming into the game. It was a win or go home situation. Both teams were playing hard and giving it all they had. I remember like it was yesterday. It was bottom of the sixth inning and we had a runner on second base, score was tied 1-1. Tony tells the runner on second base to steal. The runner…

from like, everybody. I got some from my brother and also wannabe brother. I decided to get out of the country. I bought an island in the pacific and booked a flight in the next morning. "Please fasten your seatbelt." Little did I know, that was the last thing I would hear in my life. The plane crashes into a mountain. Or at least that's what I thought. Act 2: Not so…

To some, playing Major League Baseball is a dream. Michael Fulmer, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, has fulfilled his dream of playing in a Major League game. Fulmer has used his time in the majors a learning experience and a life lesson. The writer is able to connect Fulmer’s career and Fulmer’s life together in this article. In Stephanie Apstein’s article “No Pipe Dream” from the January 23, 2017 issue of Sports Illustrated, she effectively employs ethos and pathos to show how Michael Fulmer…