The Last Home Run

When you think of steroids you probably think of bodybuilding or wrestling but in the last 10 years, Major League Baseball and steroids scandals have become linked. MLB players like former stars Mark Mcgwire and Jose Canseco as well as former NY Yankee Jason Giambi came clean and admitted to using steroids in their careers. The Mitchell Report, a file that was published by former US Senator George Mitchell that investigated the use of drugs in MLB was published in 2007 and revealed a number of…

“This record is not tainted at all, at all,” Bonds said. “Period. You guys can say whatever you want.” This was Barry Bonds in the post-game interview after hitting his 756th career home run to beat the record previously held by Hank Aaron. Reactions to this were varied, as some stood up for Bonds, while others bashed him. Either way, the use of steroids is wrong. Athletes that are proven to have used steroids in their careers should be forced to forfeit their titles because they gain an unfair…

broke out of his slump, going on to hit .361 with 11 homers and 50 RBIs during his stay in the minor leagues(ESPN). Nine years later in the heart of mantles career on September 10th, 1960 Mickey Mantle supposedly hit what’s now called “the longest home run ever” measured in at 643 ft. By the end of his career, he got on base almost half the time…

So you see the Yankees had a pretty good offense. Like most MlB there were times where the Yankees struggled to score runs so even well pitched games like a one to nothing game the Yankees still lost because of the struggling offense it happens to every team during a season it is a common thing for every team during a season, no team can have a great offense all throughout…

The coaches game plan and their strategy to score against opponents were not favorable by a team’s fan base. Barry Bonds, with the help of a couple other notable home run hitters, reeled in fans across the nation to watch them play and hit home runs. On a baseball team’s line up for batting, the fourth hitting spot in the lineup of nine was designated for the most powerful hitter on the roster. With this tactic coaches, across the MLB, hoped for their first…

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…

I slipped my feet into my dirt filled cleats and tied the old crusty laces. I heard the thud of a baseball hitting someone’s mitt as my teammates began to play catch and start our warm up routine. I could feel the crunching of dirt from my cleats as I trotted out to my usual position of second base. I fielded the ground balls thrown by our first basemen and heard the classic yelling of, “Coming down!” from our catcher as he threw the ball down to me covering second base. We threw the ball around…

Softball The first softball wasn't a ball it was a glove! There are a lot of softball players in the hall of fame. Softball is a very popular sport. In this sport there is, pitcher, catcher, 1st base, 2nd base, shortstop, 3rd base, left out field, center out field, right out field. There are 2 kinds of softball the fastpitch, and slowpitch. Softball is played over 140 states. About 30 million americans play softball every year.…

I truly enjoy all aspects of baseball. I started playing this sport at the very young age of four when I joined my first baseball team. I remember not being able to come close to hitting any ball pitched to me and practicing endlessly with a batting tee until I was able to finally do so. My love for baseball was also nurtured by the first major league game my father and I attended at the age of five, which was between the NY Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. From that point on I always associated…

This is the game of baseball is really fun. You should have Nine players on the field. The game of baseball is really competitive. There is a starter pitcher and a relief pitcher, closer pitcher that ends the game. I hope you enjoy this story about baseball.These are the type of pitches that you are going to need to know. There are curveballs It fools the batter by going straight in plate then sliding in the plate.fastballs are made to going right down the plate and making the batter…