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Personal Narrative: The 12-Inning Game
The 12-Inning Game THUMP! The ball was hit into deep left, and it had some distance to it. The infield stared as the ball made contact with the bat and rocketed over their heads. They probably should have covered their base or gone out and get the ball from the outfield but they knew that it was all or nothing. The outfield would determine the fate of the game. The left fielder ran and ran. Finally, the ball came down from space and into the Blake Lindsly’s sure handed glove. Out number two. He looked at the pitcher with an expression that said dodged a bullet there. The team erupted into laughter. Even the coach joined in. Sure, the game was intense, but baseball was a fun game and it took plays like that to have fun.
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Everybody from the team was there at the field. If you looked at our team you might think that we were just a bunch of small town screw-offs. We definitely gave the other team that impression as we warmed up. Our team didn’t take things too seriously. In the batting cages, we practiced our home run swings, and trots. The infielders, including me, bare handed the ground balls hit to us by one of the coaches, and jump threw the ball back to the first baseman pretending we were young Derek Jeters. The outfield dove at every ball that was hit at them. Even if the ball was coming straight at them, they ran back and come forward again so they could dive and get the ball. Yes, we were a bunch of …show more content…
The batter immediately saw this and balked. The batter was fazed. Caleb saw this and smirked in his mind. Caleb started his motion, coiled up, and threw the ball as hard as he could. The batter swung and sent the ball sailing into left field. Blake ran and ran and ran. Finally, the ball came out of orbit into Blake’s sure handed glove. Out number two. Blake sent back a priceless expression that summed up the entire game. “Dodged a bullet there” he yelled to us. The entire team erupted with laughter. Even Coach joined in. It took a light-hearted phrase like that to lighten the mood in such an intense game. Baseball was meant to be played for fun, not just to
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