Umpire

“Lust is wanting to sleep with them. Love is wanting to wake up next to them in the morning’’ - Dan Simmons, American fiction writer. Romeo and Juliet is a play about two so called “star crossed lovers” who think that their love is so strong that they will be brought together even in death if they cannot be together in life. However, due to their young ages, and small amount of time that they knew each other, they were not in actual love. There is no doubt that they lusted for each other, but in…

Before the start of a cricket match, the captains of the two teams under the supervision of the umpire, along with the two team caption tosses a coin to decide which team will bat first. who gets to bat first. The winner of thise toss decides whether to bat or ball first. Can we What are thecalculate chancesthe chances of each captain of winning the toss? Yes. Can we calculate the chances? The chance of each captain winning the toss is his or her probability. Probability is the chance of an…

The Smell of Dirt I kicked the dirt again, I could barely breath as the dust filled my lungs, the sweat dripped down my face mixed with the dust making my skin crawl with itchiness. I could hear my kids screaming at me from the stand. I looked back and saw my girls jumping up and down, I saw my oldest son holding his hands in prayer with his eyes looking above, my other boys looked as nervous as I felt. For a brief moment, my eyes connected with Mitch's. They were as wide as a deers caught in a…

It was a 2-1 count. My team, the Cardinals, were just one out away from winning the game, and I was just one out away from getting a perfect game. A knuckle curve was called from our team’s catcher and… strike three! You’re out! When I was around nine years old, I pitched a perfect game. When I was six years old and had never played anything, but soccer and flag football, my dad asked me whether I wanted to play baseball for the summer or soccer. Of course it was like the toughest decision I…

Kentucky State Police Officer The goal to pursue a career as a Kentucky State Police Officer (KSP) has been part of my plans since I was in elementary school. To my first job as a Pee Wee League Umpire to my current position as a Community Education Assistant Supervisor for children, the majority of my work and volunteer services has been serving others. Serving in this commonwealth and keeping others safe is a passion of mine. A career in law enforcement is a respectful job, as police…

“I” has so much power; it’s insane.” (Rankine 71) For instance, in the story of Serena Williams, Rankine mentions the story of Williams, who were racially prejudice during her tennis matching games in 2004 and 2009 US Open. In the year 2004, the umpire called five bad calls against Jennifer Capriati. Rankine asserts: “It is difficult not to applaud her for existing in the moment, for fighting crazily against the so-called wrongness of her body’s positioning at the service line.” (Rankine 29)…

. Youth sports have really turned into a shell of what it used to be. Sports are supposed to be fun for the kids, with competition, but not an overwhelming amount of it. The kids need the competition, for it was David A. Feigly, PhD, of the Youth Sports Research Council at Rutgers University, who said “True sportsmanship cannot exist unless there is an honest desire to win” (Robinson 19). Part of sportsmanship is putting in the honest desire to win, not just being a fair athlete. Being fair is…

difference between softball and baseball is ,baseball consists of nine innings, while softball consists of seven innings. Baseball has one and only one classification ,and the game is played the same way all over the world. Softball is classified into fast-pitch and slow-pitch which are both different from baseball. Softball and baseball are related, in fact softball originated from baseball; however these two sports are still very different. The difference between baseball and softball…

Major League Baseball or MLB should not recieve anymore the benefits of the antitrust exemption. The antritust laws are there to support and protect the consumer , fans int this case, from monopoly and greedy corporations/busissnes.Antitrust laws were designed to protect the consumer and it is up to Congress to remove their exemption from antitrust laws.Therefore,I dont agree with the MLB recieving the antitrust exemption because Baseball, it is sport that cross and goes beyond state lines, it…

Athlete My career is being a professional athlete. Do u have the talent energy speed and ambition to make it to the top of your sport? Yes, well ok so here’s what you got to do... Professional athletes make their living by competing in sporting competitions. If your really want to make it as a professional athlete, you will need to compete at the highest level. In order to do this, you will need to train, train and then train some more! Only a small part of a professional athletes time is spent…