The Last Home Run

states that the catcher is not allowed to block the plate without giving the runner a lane otherwise it is obstruction. If the runner hits the catcher or doesn’t slide when it is a close play at the plate then the runner is out. Some games come to a last-second play at the plate. This rule ends games in a very controversial way. I had a game end this past year because I was called for obstruction. It was a suicide squeeze and the runner…

1973 as a part-time first baseman for the New York Mets. He then worked as a part-time hitting coach with the Mets until 1979. He was the first ballplayer with more than 3,000 hits and 500 home runs in his career. Mays won two National League (NL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, ended his career with 660 home runs - third at the time of his retirement and currently fifth all-time - and won a record-tying 12 Gold Glove awards beginning in 1957 when the award was introduced. Mays shares the…

signed in the off-season with the New York Yankees. He is a 2 time All – Star, a 5 time Gold Glove Award winner, and a 3 time Silver Slugger Award winner. In 2009 Teixeira was the AL Home Run Leader and RBI Leader and was a member of the World Series New York Yankees (“Mark Teixeira Bio”). Mark Teixeira, currently runs the Mark Teixeira Charitable Fund with his wife Leigh. The Mark Teixeira Charitable Fund was set up in memory of his friend who was killed in a car accident which gives…

Falling a Little Short Most young children grow up recieving participation medals with pride while listening while their parents tell them that they tried their best. I guess that you could say that I was not raised like most children. Ever since I was able to walk my father had me running bases and playing catch. When I was 7, since there were not any softball teams available for me to join, my father even signed me up to play for a boys baseball team. It might have been weird that I was a…

commonly like androstenedione. Androstenedione is a strong PED that boost levels of hormone testosterone. “The substance androstenedione, a compound that can temporarily boost levels of the hormone testosterone, became famous when baseball player and home run slugger Mark McGwire admitted using it during the 1998 baseball season”(Johnson). The protection of athletes is important to the organization. “Mumford equates the choice to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to opt out of sports; it is…

batter but then be the best fielder on your team. I feel numbers are just numbers they change all the time so I personally don’t think you can see how good an athlete is by statistics. Just like one of the guys said at the end of the movie that hit home and took the words right out of my mouth. He said “It’s all about the heart and dedication you put into the game. Also the group of players you put together to play the sport. You can’t approach baseball from a statistical beam counter point of…

Baseball is America’s pastime. Little boys play catch and grow up dreaming of playing in the World Series. Families have picnics on the grass and watch a church baseball game. Friends plan a trip to a Major League game and share in the excitement. Ballplayers travel the country together while playing the game they love, becoming friends and often family. God created humanity for community and fellowship, which is a perfect opportunity for baseball. The characteristics of baseball players often…

The difference between baseball and football, that is a great question, first, they are not even spelled the same. The only thing I can see that is similar is that they both have the word “ball” in the spelling. Baseball seems to make sense by the spelling; it is a game with the involvement of bases. Football, by the spelling seems to be a game that involves your feet, which we all know is not the case, but seems ironic because most games are won by a field goal. A field goal is when the team…

First Home Run The pitcher steps on to the mound and is ready to pitch, and whoosh in comes a fastball and crack the way I hit the ball sounded like banging a hammer on a piece of metal and as I took off running I watched the ball sail out of the park for my first home run. As I rounded second base I could hear the voices of sister Larissa my mom Leeann and my dad John screaming for me and could feel a lot of excitement from the crowd. In this story I am going to tell you about when I hit my…

started to get better for Pete’s life. Peter Friedman was just an average teenage boy who loved to play baseball and taking pictures. He loved the game. Pete unfortunately got hurt in a game and . Pete once said, “If i had known it was going to be my last baseball i’d ever play, i would have asked my mom to bring the video camera.”(11) He looked like a baseball player…