Softball is a sport that is known throughout the United States and the world. Softball originated on Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 1887. The game was actually said to have begun as an indoor game. Softball was started by a group of men who had gathered at a club to watch the Harvard vs. Yale football game. When the news came that Yale had defeated Harvard‚ 17-8‚ one Yale supporter‚ overcome with enthusiasm‚ picked up an old boxing glove and threw it at a nearby Harvard alumni‚ who promptly tried
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punishment from a court standing. While the one raised in a bad environment would possibly say punishment of extreme measures like death for example. The problem with right and wrong‚ like I stated before‚ there can be no real correct answer. My definition of right‚ probably agrees with mostly everyone. My
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Natalie Bigley 4th and 6th Hour Mr. Murphy Journal Softball in the Olympics Have you ever watched softball in the Olympics and loved it with all your heart‚ cheering on your own country with your face painted with your flag’s colors? I have‚ and this lead me to research why they took such a beautiful sport out of the Olympics. At a Harvard vs. Yale football game in 1887‚ a Yale fan playfully threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter and swung at it with a stick. People were
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Five year old girl‚ softball‚ confusion‚ bases‚ and a screaming coach. My softball coach’s name was Madison‚ and she was very good at softball. My parents wanted me to play sports‚ so I said to my mom‚ “Mommy‚ I already play soccer. Do I really have to play softball?” My mom said yes‚ and the conversation ended there. Two weeks later‚ we had our first practice. I‚ being my normal five year old self‚ didn’t want to go. “Mommy‚ I don’t want to go. I don’t wanna. I DON’T WANNA‚” I screamed with tears
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“What does softball mean to me” From the chalked up dirt to the green grass in the outfield the softball field is where I always want to be. Other people see it as a sport‚ but it is much more than that. Softball to me is an escape and every time I step on that field I feel as if I belong. In school everyone is so quick to judge you making you feel like you don’t belong. However on the field you have a team that treats each other as a family. Everyone shares the same love for the game‚ which makes
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are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability‚ or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the derivation of the word insanity lies its definition. In English‚ the word sane derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning healthy. The word insanity was first used in the 1550s. Naturally the word insane means unhealthy. From Latin insanus meaning mad‚ insane‚ then comes the root of in meaning
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My Last Softball game By:Ashlynn Telck Have you ever played fast pitch softball? On June 1‚ I had a softball game that I had to go to. My mom drove me to the softball field we had an hour of practice before the game started. After that‚ the game started and i was batting first I was really nervous. Then‚ I went to the home plate and i hit the ball and i ran as fast as I could to first base all I could here was Mom yelling‚“RUN RUN RUN” in the background . I made it to second without getting tagged
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What does it mean to be an educated person? According to Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary definition‚ to be educated is someone who has learned how to acquire‚ analyze‚ synthesize‚ evaluate‚ understand‚ and communicate knowledge and information. I believe that being well-educated means‚ you need to have a degree in a specific field and also be able to excel and easily adapt to a different field with substantial amount of knowledge to it. For some people‚ being educated means you need to have a college
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changed their life very much the first day that they met. The person who has changed my life in the past couple years was my softball coach. She had us all work as hard as we could everyday. If we didn’t put in our best effort for a drill‚ she would have us start over and do it again. Coach Tash was motivated‚ committed‚ and helpful to everyone on the team. Throughout the softball season‚ Coach Tash motivated all of us everyday whether it was at practice or in the middle of a game. She told us that we
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One thing that I have tried that was new was softball. I started playing softball 7 years ago. I really liked playing softball because it is really fun. And it always gave me something to do on the weekends‚ it was either tournaments or practice. When I was playing I always felt like giving up. When we would always learn something new and it was hard for me I always felt like giving up. When we went for pitching machine‚ to a girl pitching it to us it was hard because it was a lot faster that the
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