In a press release by the Maui County Police Department, Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was indeed arrested in Maui, Hawaii, last month for allegedly assaulting his wife,…
Though short and straightforward, Hurtt attempts the 5-7-5 form to illustrate that a shortstop from the Cubs has been injured, but his name has 8 syllables instead of 7. This is presented in a humorous manner. There are many possibilities here as the shortstop could have been injured during practice or a game, Regardless, Hurtt illustrates that it’s part of the game and can be shown through sports haiku.…
He is constantly involved with love triangles, gambling, and more than his fair share of death. This book begins with the woes that Roy Hobbs experiences while a member of the Chicago Cubs, and coincidentally, the 2016 World Series just provided the first world victory for the Cubs since 1908. As I watched some of the games a few weeks ago, I could not help but wonder about the extreme highs and the destructive lows which a professional athlete must…
In this article Strike out Little League by Robin Roberts, He talks about how the Little Leagues became the next big thing. Little League baseball was systematized by three individuals Bert and George Bebble and Carl Stotz of Williamsport, Pa. There are approximately 25,000 teams and 5,000 leagues involving kids 8-12, that participate to go to the Little League World…
I strongly suggest every high school, college, and pro pitcher take a good look at this email because it directly impacts you.…
In the story “Inside Out”, the author, Francisco Jimenez, describes a rather quiet character. Francisco’s family moved from Mexico to the United States, so he had trouble speaking the English language at his school. While in school, he met a kid named Arthur who could speak some Spanish. The two became friends because they can communicate with each other. However, whenever the teacher hears him talk in Spanish with his friend, she tells him to speak English.…
Cody Risner is the smart, big hearted 15 year old young man who loves God and his family. Cody has an older sister and two younger brothers. He is very dependable and hardworking young man who loves making people laugh. He is a freshman at Montgomery High School who runs Cross Country and wants to play baseball for his high school team. From the day Cody stepped on the baseball field, he fall in love with the game, and baseball has been the place he could always go when things in life got hard. When Cody’s father left him and his siblings, Cody ran to the baseball field to find the peace he needed to get thought this hard time. If you ask Cody to describe his favorite summer he would say it would be a summer full of playing baseball and…
The book The Only Game by Mike Lupica is a realistic fiction book about a young boy named Jack Callahan, who loves the game of baseball but suddenly quits one day. During the story, Jack is pressured by all of his friends and teammates to play again, but there is only one person who doesn’t pressure Jack to play and that is a girl named Cassie Bennett. Cassie is a star softball player that is on the softball team that Jack helps coach. Jack also has another friend named Teddy who gets picked on because of his weight but Jack thinks that he has the potential to be a good player and with his and Cassie’s help they might turn him into a baseball player. Now you may think that Jack trying to make Teddy a baseball player is the main problem in…
Alex Rodriguez is one of the many children in America struggling with childhood obesity; childhood obesity is when a child’s BMI-for-age is over the normal weight for a child’s age. This disease can be directly linked to the following: dietary issues of quality and quantity, lack of physical activity, and financial status of the family. Effects of this disease not only are short-term, but also life-long and emotional effects. While childhood obesity is indeed a problem in america, it can be relieved by government programs and acts. These acts and programs relieve the overwhelming numbers of obese children by providing healthier food, more exercise, and the convenience of the food and exercise. In the case of Alex Rodriguez provided that…
All throughout generations, humans have desired to know what to put their faith into when it appears that God is not there. To Louie Zamperini, he finds that if he does not put his trust in the Lord and does not ask to be saved, that he would surely be put to death. Through Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, pastor Billy Graham displays how impactful God is through maintaining faith and how to live that life through Him: “What God asks of men, said Graham, is faith. His Invisibility is the truest test of that faith. To know who sees him, God makes himself unseen.” (Hillenbrand 190)…
Every moment in life is counted as a memory of something special weather it is a humiliating event or a relationship that lasted for a month. People die every day unexpectedly without doing the thing they most desire. However, a boy named Ben Wolf proves that every second in life needs to be lived as if they were going to die the next day. He started his senior year with a terminal blood disease that is incurable and is required special treatments in order to prolong his life expectancy. Without a doubt, he refuses to get treatments because he thinks he was born to die at that time of what his doctor had told him, in his case a full year. He accomplishes three things that needed to be done before his death will come. Chris Crutcher argues…
In the short story “Dance for the Devil” by Edward McCourt the preacher within the course of the story is the protagonist and a dynamic character. He comes across as a confident man unsure of his surroundings but true to his words. Coming into a lawless town as a man of religion on a mission to clean up coyote gully could be a daunting task. A very spiritual man when it comes to tasks because of his religious background. As a preacher he is quite distinctive because of his eagerness to what has to be done.…
I believe that America’s pastime has a major influence on a person’s character. Whether you are on the field, in the stands, or even on the couch, the game of baseball seems to always have an effect on you. Baseball and life can be synonymous, and I believe that the lessons learned by playing the game can play a huge part in the way you live your life.…
“The Closer” is an autobiography by Mariano Rivera. Mariano was born on November 29, 1969 in Panama City. He pitched for the New York Yankees from 1995 to 2013 and is seen by many baseball fans as the greatest closing pitcher to ever play the game. Mariano totaled 652 career saves, which is a record in Major League Baseball (MLB). A save in baseball is when a pitcher enters the game with their team in the lead and finishes the game without ever losing the lead. Mariano’s autobiography uses many course themes discussed in class, such as social philosophy, cultural diffusion, religious influences, militarism, social class, and what it is like to be an international professional athlete.…
Upon revisiting Miller, I developed a better appreciation for how he incorporates inspiring elements readers knowledgeable on how troublesome remaining faithful to the Lord can get can enjoy. Miller discusses each transition he made using his Christianity whereby readers have little trouble relating. Miller produces affable atmospheres where readers go, telling each story as though there’s no need for hiding a thing. An instance on how honest Miller is can get found during “Beginnings.”…