Personal Narrative-Win World Series

Baseball Narrative In 1985 the Royals took the crown against the Saint Louis Cardinals in the World Series, and it happened again in 2015 against the New York Mets. On a breezy night in November, my family was watching game 5 of the World Series. Throughout innings 1-5 nobody had scored yet, so the score, I guess, was looking alright. “Kaylea guess what!”

The Boston Red Sox were three games down. The Red Sox had to win the next four games to advance. Fans were worried. Boston had not won a World Series since 1918. No team had ever come back in the playoffs from a three-game deficit.

The scent of hot dogs, the crack of the ball off the bat, and umpires hollering “strike” are just a few memories one will have after attending a baseball game. America’s game is filled with many sensory details, which is why it is so appealing to many spectators, as well as players. The massive fences in the outfield seem daunting up close; the players seem to whip the ball effortlessly, but with extraordinary speed. Spectator’s noses will be filled with baseball smells such as sunflowers seeds, which everyone seems to be chewing, or the perfume of fresh cut outfield grass. The home fans will be cheering with optimism despite the score.

It was a beautiful day for the beautiful game of baseball to be played in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, Chicago: breezy, sunny, but not a scorching hot, sweat-bead kind of day. Merely six miles south of Wrigley Field, we boarded the CTA purple line el train, along with clusters and clusters of Chicago Cubs fans also getting on each and every rail car from who knows where. But, let me tell you, I was in awe; I have never been with so many true fans who knew, not only baseball, but knew the Cubs! “Who’s ready for the Cubs to crush the Astros!”

The ball went flying through the air as if it was taken by the wind. I watched it and then was then yelled at to RUN! It was my first ever baseball hit. I Lined up inside the box itching to get my first hit. The pitcher got the signals from his coach.

The 1919 Black Sox Scandal In the 1919 Major League Baseball World Series; the Chicago Black Sox were accused of fixing the game. The two gamblers were Joeseph “Sport” Sullivan and “Sleepy” Bill Burns. The eight players that were accused of participating in these actions were: Eddie Cicotte, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Claude “Lefty” Williams, “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, Oscar “Happy” Felsch, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver, and Fred McMullin. The 1919 World Series was played by the Chicago Black Sox and the Cincinnati Reds.

I stared in awe as I saw the glistening field. The sun was shining bright and there was a fresh breeze that filled me with all the hope a six year old could have. It was a perfect day, the kind of day that would have made Picasso paint. In my situation, this day gave me confidence, I wanted to learn more about this rollercoaster ride of emotion by the name of baseball. The sign up, the practice, the boys, the fail.

There are a lot of Cubs fans in the World, especially right now. I hope all these people someday get to experience the excitement of Wrigley field. This is something I have experienced many times. My first trip to Wrigley field was when I was 10 I will never forget that experience. When we arrived at the field I saw the entrance to Wrigley which I had seen so many times on tv.

It was a quiet Tuesday night in a small town in Ohio. But two teams were just taking the field in what would be a great battle between them. It was the Red Sox vs. the Athletics with me being on the Red Sox while most of the better players being on the Athletics. The Athletics started to take the lead early and it continued through some of the early innings. Our coach Lance, who was a very corpulent and ignoble man started to become very irate with how we were playing.

Homewood-Flossmoor varsity baseball team won Friday's home non-conference game against Marian Catholic High School by a close score of 7-6. Varsity Head Coach Todd Sippel felt the team didn’t play to their full potential and not being able to work on the field during practices due to rain really impacted the game, but a win is always the best payback. “It wasn’t perfect, but we got a victory. I’m very happy with the victory. We played good enough to win,” Varsity Head Coach Todd Sippel said.

My Softball Tournament My softball team has been playing in the state tournament for three days straight, in the scorching hot sun. I had blisters on my hands and dirt in my shoes. My team had gone to play against the best teams in the state. I was so excited that we won our first two games.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone famous like a singer, an actress, or even an astronaut. But one day I came across a sport, but this was not just any boring sport to me, it was a sport that I knew I wanted to do for a career or even until I grew old. It might just be a ball and bat to some people but to me it felt more than a sport. It felt like an endless vacation from everything going bad in my life. That sport is softball.

It was the middle of June and we are playing the second game of the World Series. We got here by doing well in the state tournament so all the teams are pretty good. Before anybody plays we all have a big party at the fields there were hotdogs and burgers and drinks. They had bounce houses and contests, then after an hour or so everybody exchanged team pins. We met all the other players from the other teams and just had fun.

I was in the hospital. It was June 12, 2017 at Genisys Hospital. My grandma was dead lying in the hospital bed. I was crying for hours and hours. I could not sleep thinking my grandma was dead.