Personal Narrative: Lost In The Center Field

“One ball; two strikes,” the umpire said gruffly. He seemed to be getting excited about this game. After all it was the championship game. I did get out that inning but we still had time on the clock, 5 minutes left. It wasn’t much, but even if we lost, we were going to go down fighting.

Finally, the first World Series baseball game has begun. The first guy came up to the plate. I could not be happier. The first pitch was a strike. Then the 2nd pitch was a strike and the batter swung and missed.

"Strike one" ,the umpire yells, but that doesn’t phase him; he knows he has two more tries.On the next one, he swings and hits, but it wasn’t the exact home run he was looking for. He hesitates before he drops the bat and runs with all his heart. He looks back at his coach who motions for him to keep going. The fans are cheering as his foot touches first base, then second. On his way to third he gets called out.He was so into the

The DH causes opportunity and weaknesses to be hidden. Removing the DH and requiring all pitchers to hit, increases the chances of possibly seeing a pitcher combine pitching greatness with batting exploits and accomplish something amazing for everyone to see. In baseball there is this thing called a free agent. It is when your contract expires for the team you are with and you get offers from other teams to play for them. If the DH would be taken away and they learn to hit, the pitcher would have to hit and this could allow them to become huge prospects in the off season during free agency.

My personal Artifact is a baseball my son and I caught at the Giants game. It is white, round, has red stitches, and is smooth when new, but when we caught it it was beat up and the blue writing on it was smeared. A baseball is small and light in size. It can be thrown at speeds up to 100 MPH, or hit at at speeds higher than 100MPH, so when playing the game or watching you should be paying attention at all times. A baseball is made of a rubber or cork center, wrapped in yarn very tight, covered by white leather with red stitching around the out side, making it a very hard ball.

Unfortunately for the Twins he hit three home runs in the same game, and lead the yankees to a 9th inning comeback win. The twins had the lead the entire game but they ended up giving up four runs in the last inning and losing by a final score of 8-5. It was a bummer that the Twins had lost to the Yankees, but this was one of the more exciting games of the

On Wednesday, July 22th the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves to avoid being swept. Dodgers pitcher Mike Bolsinger relied almost exclusively on his curveball, which frustrated the Braves enough into yelling that Bollinger wasn 't courageous enough to use his fastball. The Atlanta braves got the first run of the game in the third inning when Cameron Maybin drove in a run with a groundout. Braves pitcher Julio Theheran struck out 7 of the first 10 batters he faced until running into problems in the fifth inning. Yasmani Grandal led off the inning with a double, then Alberto Callaspo singled driving in Grandal.

This person stands in the middle of the field and makes the ball get across the home plate for the batter to hit the ball. You can’ throw the ball, you have to wind up your arm like a windmill and release right at your hip. The pitcher also can field the ball or go after the when the batter hits it. Catcher The catcher is also an important part of a softball game. This position’s responsibilities are to retrieve

“Darn” I said to myself as I slowly jogged out to my spot in left field, swatting gnats and mosquitoes as I went. “If only he’d give me a chance!” I thought, “I know I can play catcher at the same level as anyone out here!” But there I was, warming up in the outfield with the center-fielder and hoping, just hoping, I’d get some action. “At least it’s a really nice evening for a game!” I thought as I turned to catch the breeze on my face. “Play ball” shouted the Umpire, as I got into a comfortable stance to watch another boring inning of “infield baseball”. Our pitcher and infield were good, too good, and thus as an outfielder I never got any action.

Nope. Would it be a pitcher this time? Pitching is running this game and Clayton Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner are two of the best. But they’re not your face either. So ladies and gentlemen, meet your new face of baseball.

In both sports, after someone hits the ball into fair territory they must drop the bat and run to first. In both sports, the defense must get three outs before switching to offense. In both softball and baseball, runners must advance on ground balls hit if a teammate occupies the base behind them, starting with first base. If a fly ball is hit and caught, a runner must return to their base until the ball is caught before advancing. If the caught ball is thrown to the original base first, the runner is

First of all, the pitcher, and catcher are the ones in control of the game. The pitcher tries to throw a strike without the hitter hitting the ball. The catcher catches the pitchers throws, and also gives the signs to the field from the coach. Also, the infield`s job is to knock down everything that comes its way. If the ball is hit they field the ball or catch a ball that does not travel to the outfield.

We lost our mojo a little bit when they scored four runs heading into the last inning. I was playing shortstop; Brandon struck the first and second kids out. He was throwing gas as he just blew his fastball by the first two hitters. The ball hitting the glove sounded like a shotgun. We only needed one more out to win a state title.

The thrill starts to die off, as the buzzer sounded to signify that it was the end of the ninth inning. In baseball, concepts such as friction, Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion, and projectile motion continue to astonish fans today. “Friction is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching” (fill in later). When a baseball player strikes the ball, the first thing that comes to their mind is to score. An example is after they