World Baseball Classic

The baseball field is where I spend most of my weekends and evenings with my family “cheering” on my brother. In reality, when I get there, I have parents waiting for me to watch over the younger siblings of the baseball players playing that day. One of my favorite memories from the field was when I handed the kid I was watching a package of gummy worms, and he looked up at me with his smile hidden under his chubby cheeks. When I was younger, I would always look up to teenagers because I felt…

summer day with a nice windy breeze, I was in maryland for a lacrosse tournament. I was playing for my travel team Koopers and were playing against one of our rivales Crabs lacrosse we were both one of the best teams in maryland and top 10 in the world. The opposing team was zipping the ball around stick to stick they were moving it in a circle motion switch their hands when passing the ball around. Then the player on the left side of the field cut through the the middle and left that side…

Growing up in a small town, where success in the girl’s softball program was excellent, it was every little girl's dream to be a part of that program. When I was a little girl I remember sitting in the stands watching the varsity softball team play thinking about the day when I would get the opportunity to be a part of the program. As I grew older I would think to myself, if I had the chance to play for the program would I excel like all the other girls have done in the past years? Also, I…

Troy Maxson: A Villain and Hero The playwright Fences was written by August Wilson who is known as one of America’s most celebrated dramatists (1427). Fences is based on the life of Troy Maxson, an African American who hoped to play baseball in the Negro Leagues, but is now a garbage collector. In the playwright, Troy could be classified as both a hero and a villain through his words and family. Troy Maxson could be portrayed as an average African American who wants his child, Cory, to…

the players and coaches of our team, were the only people that believed that we could beat the Alton Redbirds. Since I was a little kid I’ve dreamed about playing varsity baseball for the Civic Memorial Eagles. It’s probably been every baseball players’ dream as a kid that has been to Bethalto. I’ve always went to their baseball camps and meet the coaches so they would know who I was every year. It would be an honor to wear that uniform and to represent your town and school. My dad and uncle…

How The Civil War helped formed Baseball into the great game that it is today. In this paper I will start with telling you how baseball began and where it originated from. Then I will tell you about the original rules , equipment, and uniforms. Then I will finish up by saying how the game has changed from then and now. Nobody is really sure how baseball got started many say it has roots to the English game called Rounders. The one big difference between baseball and rounder is that in rounders…

Whatever you do good or bad comes back to you. I am doing the right things. I am being blessed in this school, in this country, with nice people that care about me, with a baseball team that supports me. With a good coach that cares about the players, and he wants his players to succeed in life. I know I will receive good things in my life, because I’ve sacrificed my childhood and my prime years in things that will improve the conditions of my family. She just came to me and she gave me oral,…

A personal issue that people face is the courage to try new things. People are afraid of being ridiculed by others who have experience in a certain field. I sometimes question why others will make fun of a someone because they have the courage to try something that they are unfamiliar with. While there are some who will deride a person for having the bravery and determination to be successful in a field that they have no experience in, the majority of those who are experienced will display…

endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles”. Through his life, Christopher Reeve suffered greatly after a tragic accident and endured great struggle afterward. Ironically, he played an almost immortal character, Superman who was a terrific hero to the world. Much like Christopher Reeve along with his character of Superman, Roy Hobbs of The Natural demonstrated godlike strength and power as he is portrayed as a somewhat humanlike hero. His life becomes filled with adversity that he must overcome…

Every night, before you go to sleep, you hear the chirping of hundreds of crickets. From mole crickets to a cricket literally called the cooloola monster, every male cricket can chirp. Now, what if I told you that crickets don’t chirp at random, but the speed of the chirps depends on the temperature outside. If I have a male house cricket and put it in a temperature controlled room and turn up the heat. Since crickets like all other insects, cold-blooded, they take on the temperature of their…