I am not a fan of baseball. I don’t consider it a sport. This is most likely due to the idea being drilled into my head by my middle school lacrosse coach. He had a bumper sticker that had a little cartoon boy next to a lacrosse goal, whizzing on a baseball, but I digress. Walking into the room, I had the preconceived notion that it would be boring. Because baseball is a boring sport. They don’t even move half the time. I decided to keep an open mind anyway, because I needed material to write an essay for my English class and because I was at a new school, starting a new chapter in my life.…
I started playing baseball when I was seven years old and I am blessed for the opportunity to play in college. I view baseball as a mirror of life. A large group of people view baseball as a dull and uneventful game, which is partly why I find it is strikingly similar to life. In baseball nine players play and they all focus their attention on one ball. That ball might never come to a couple of those nine players, but every player has to remain focused and prepared every pitch. If they lose attention or get lazy, their opportunity to make a play may vanish in seconds before they even know what happened. In life there are millions of people and their focus is being successful. Not everyone can be the big shots in their workplace immediately, so they must work persistently and prepare for their opportunity to prove themselves. If they are not prepared and don’t perform then they will not be successful. Life has a way of catching us at the wrong time when we are not prepared, but I feel like baseball has truly better prepared me for moments like this in life. Parents need to understand the skills…
One of the best feeling that i get comes from my favorite place. It’s the batter's box i love the feeling that comes along with being their. Your team cheering for you or you smacking a ball. You learn and have an amazing time in the box it might not always go your way but that is the learning part of it. People who don’t play baseball or softball won't know what i'm talking about it's just that feeling that it gives you is like you are an amazing person and that people are pulling for you to do something good in your life.…
As a child, I grew up carrying a baseball glove and a pearly white baseball wherever I went, hoping for the chance of finding a partner to play catch with. The game of baseball was never just a game for me; it was a lifestyle that I had fallen in love with. With that being said, the fundamentals of baseball had no immediate effect on me as a kid. However, as I have matured along with my love for baseball, I believe that the game my life has been centered around for nearly twelve years has shaped me into the person I am today.…
“1, 2, 3 strikes you are out at the old ball game.” Baseball has changed over the years there is more to baseball than what people know. The old methods of baseball are starting to vanish and new more effective ways of coaching and drafting are in use. Small less paid teams are able to compete against big rich paid teams. This is only possible if you strip down the old baseball game as the Americans knew it. Michael Lewis an author goes into what really makes up baseball starting from the team, players, managers, and future players. When choosing the players, scouters looked at there potential not at their current stats. America wanted people they could look forward to, and to hope on, but after a while they started noticing that most of the…
Baseball is what many people call, “America’s Sport.” Many enjoy setting in front of their television, with a bag of chips and a cold drink while they watch their favorite professional team. People become fans for different reasons; some enjoy being outside, hanging out with friends or eating a stadium hot dog. There is a group of people that find baseball to be more than that. For them it brings them back to a time of playing with their “buddies,” going to get ice cream after the big win or maybe it’s memory of playing baseball when they were young, because after all little league baseball, is first and foremost meant to be fun.…
Yeah people might think I’m good at baseball but nobody knows what I had to go through to get where I am today. It took me sometime to realize baseball was more than just a hobby and I'm glad I did. Without the change I wouldn't be the same athlete I am today. Today I look back on myself as the same athlete I am today even though I take baseball more seriously it's still a game it's just played differently and takes a whole lot more to continue on and play at the next level. Baseball is more than a passion, it's a…
Baseball is an important part of my life, it allows me to have fun with friends while striving to become a better ballplayer every day. I’ve been playing since I was four and overtime have learned numerous key things about the game. Baseball not only requires physical strength, but also demands an amazing mindset. In order to become the best baseball player possible, I must have a great mindset including qualities such as mental preparation, concentration, and a positive attitude.…
The way baseball is managed to me is a business like every other business, you have the owners, the general managers, the middle management, couches, assistant couches, and the team. They all have an extremely important part that they do in the operations of the franchise. All members work to acquire the same goal and that is to have a chance at being in the World Series, so every decision effects the way that can happen, weather it is the franchise recruiting a new player or the couch not playing a certain player, or the pitcher not throwing the ball correct, it is a team effort by all involved.…
Baseball is not a game for the weak minded. You can strike out 6 out of 10 times at the plate and still be a great batter. One thing baseball will teach anybody who plays it is comradery. A brotherhood within the players that will always be there! I don’t believe there is any other sport out there that gives you that sense of trusting one another. Baseball is the only sport I know that is an individual sport and team sport at the same time!…
Growing up I played baseball to me baseball was everything i could think of. i couldn't wait to the weekend so i could put on that dirty uniform and pick up the new bat and nice leather glove and play baseball. When i was young i played in a big park in NYC where everyone saw you play so as i grew up everyone expected me to continue playing baseball and get better and work hard my mother always signed me up for baseball and i met a lot of coaches who help me gain more talent throughout the years. So as i grew up baseball started to be more and more of a priority to me i went to baseball practice two times a week one during the week and one on the weekend and with baseball practice i attended a baseball program which is twice a week meaning less and less time for homework and time to study. that being said i believe that time management and dealing with less and less sleep is the biggest problem with high school sports.…
Ever since I was a little boy, I have loved the game of baseball. I would always be glued to the television when a game was. The game and me were unseperateable. The biggest thing i think i struggle with is when people tell me that im wasting my childhood away playing so much baseball. That im putting all this work in to make it no where. Dealing with these people is defiantly a hardship. Only because there are so many people who believe that there is no chance for me to play at the professional level.…
Baseball is one of Americas favorite past times, as well as mine. There are many different sports for boys to play, however, baseball was the only one my heart got attached to. It has always given me that adrenaline rush that made me want to continue playing even up to today. Baseball is one of my fondest memories because it was a huge part of my childhood, it introduced me to some of my best friends, and helped mold into the person I am today.…
My love for playing ball started about when I was about five years old. I started out playing t-ball and then I played C team baseball and eventually started playing town-ball for softball. I was getting to be a better player and my mom thought it would be a good idea for me to play travel ball. At first I didn't like that idea because I didn't know anyone and I didn't think I was going to make it on the team. Luckily I did make the team and I loved the idea of getting to play softball all summer long. I enjoyed softball but then my coach had started to bench me and wouldn't tell me why and I wanted to quit softball altogether. I wanted to quit until a coach that was watching me for awhile and wanted me on his team. In so many ways I'm glad…
Throughout high school, my life has been consumed by sports. Being a student athlete has made me become the person I am today. Ever since I was sixteen, I have also worked at a daycare in town, TASK. This has showed me how much little kids look up to student athletes. Working at TASK has also showed me how much these little kids want to grow up and be like us student athletes. Without sports and working at the daycare, I would not be the role model I am today. Since working at the daycare, I have realized I want to be the person little girls are talking about when they say, “I want to grow up and be just like her.” Being chosen team captain has made me into the leader I am. I have learned how to push my teammates…