Narrative Speech About Softball

It was a rough ride to get the Most Valuable Player because he had to overcome obstacles of the color barrier. 1940 was when the MLB all change because that 's when the first African american came into the league, Jackie Robinson. Jackie was born on January 31st, 1914. When he came into the league everyone froze, they didn 't know what to do, Because they have never seen an African American again. Jackie hit 137 home runs, 4,887 at-bats, 3.1 batting average, 85 RBI, 29 stolen bases his MVP year and 125 runs scored.

The name stuck with him and from that point forward he was called Babe instead of George (Ruth’s). While playing with the Ravens he performed very well leading to him being sold to the Major League team the Boston RedSoxs. Even though Babe is known for his hitting back in the Majors, he started out as a pitcher. Babe won his major league debut in July of 1914. The only issue was that the Red Sox’s roster was full, so Ruth was moved to their Minor league team the Providence Grays.

His future wife Rachel Isum, or Rachel Robinson, also went to UCLA, but had to leave for financial reasons in 1941(Story). Jackie graduated at the top of his class and was drafted into the Army and was respectfully discharged two years later.(Story) Jackie excelled in baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers seemed to notice his ability despite his skin color(Story). The Dodgers invited Jackie to their minor league program(Story). Jackie played ball in the minor league program until finally he was called up to the professionals.

Batting right-handed came naturally. I was young, and just picked up a bat and started swinging. Around this time, I played around swinging left-handed, but it was a complete failure, so I brushed it off to the side, forgetting about it for a while. At the age of twelve, I tried again to bat left-handed, but it was still a very difficult task. We were in the batting cage thirty minutes before our game having batting practice, and I was on the side with a teammate of mine doing soft toss.

Babe Ruth, born George Herman Ruth, Jr., also known as the Great Bambino, was one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. He held the Most Homeruns record for multiple years. Babe Ruth was one of 8 children, however only he and one sister survived. Babe started playing at an adolescent age. He tried to be a stand out player to make his name attractive to the Major league baseball association.

In 1915 Babe was sold to play for the prestigious Boston Red Sox. Babe was mostly known for his unbelievable batting skills, but he pitched for the Boston Red Sox for four out of five games leading to his major-league win on July 11th, 1914. Babe’s last season with the Red Sox ended at the tail of the

Jackie Robinson - Breaking Boundaries The screaming cuss-words coming from the stands while the civil rights leader Jackie Robinson is on the baseball diamond was what they thought was the right thing to do at the moment. But, what the fans didn't realize was that they were criticizing one of the best baseball players to play the game. After Jackie attended John Muir High School in California, he went on to the University of California, Los Angeles to pursue basketball, track, baseball and football. All those sports he did extremely well in.

He went beyond his winnings and statistics on the field and opened a door for his entire race to play professional sports and for them to finally gain acceptance in a sport they loved as de-segregation quickly took place. Larry doby is a fine example of this. Like Robinson, was a superb all-around athlete. Larry Doby became the first African-American to play in the American baseball League. Larry Doby had appeared as a seventh-inning pinch hitter for the Cleveland Indians against the Chicago White Sox only three hours after signing his contract on July 5, 1947.

For a young baseball player one of the highest goals to achieve is hitting a homerun -for me that was all I wanted. I already achieved most of what I wanted in baseball, and one of my proudest was a no-hitter, but it was no home run. When I first realized how bad I wanted this feat was one night after a practice where all we did was just hit. The majority of my teammates hit at least one homerun that practice, but me I hit the fence but never was able to send one over. The car ride home after the practice was horrible, I was a mess.

Jackies career consisted of many obstacle and barriers that he had to jump over, through his childhood times, his come up to being a MLB player, and lastly his time of becoming a hall of famer. I. With Jackie being persistent which his choice of a sport only known as a white sport overall, trying to make his way to the MLB created a huge stir in the game of baseball. a. In this biography it states that Jackie said that “You might say that I turned professional at an early age,”

That night the team celebrates and takes a picture that will have everlasting memories for everyone on this team, players, parents, and coaches all would remember that game for as long as they lived. The image of a team that would not give up and not only did everyone of these players become a little more decorated and a little more confident but they also learned that as a tea everything is possible. That is why the picture of Ethan and his team mates was very

The 1996 Appleton East Boys Baseball Team’s Journey to State Catching the state title, Appleton East Boy’s Baseball team threw an incredible season. Appleton East boys baseball team claimed the title that every high school athlete dreams of. In June, 1996, The Appleton East boys baseball team was just beginning their offseason journey preparing for the Wisconsin State tournament.

and I kind of lost it. I pulled the player off of my goalie and went to the athletic director to tell him what had happened. I told him that if we had a winning season this year then we deserved to at least have our very own locker room. He consented and said he had already been planning on making the junior varsity locker room into the lacrosse locker room and the varsity locker room into the baseball locker room and if we managed to get a winning season it would help him push that agenda through. We ended that year barely beating our last opponent for a nine wins

Babe was only 15 when he was introduced to baseball, he had an outstanding talent for strong pitching and hitting. Babes pitching caught the attention of the owner of the Baltimore Oriels Jack Dunn at the time. Only 19, the law stated at the time that Ruth had to have a legal guardian sign his baseball contract in order for Babe to play professionally. Dunn became Ruth’s became legal guardian, teammates to mess with Babe and call him “Dunn’s New Babe”. The joke stuck, and Ruth quickly earned the nickname “Babe” Ruth.

My barrier was breaking my finger. I played softball for Troy Patterson. I had been practicing with them for about 1 week. We had a tournament that weekend and i was playing first base.