Reflective Essay: Baseball Is The Perfect Sport For Me

In 1960, a red hot Clemente and the Pirates faced off against the New York Yankees in the World Series (Baseball Reference). The Pirates ended up winning the World Series and he was a major factor to the team’s victory, but as the team’s only Latin player, Clemente was overshadowed by the likes of Mickey Mantle and Bill Mazeroski, and did not receive recognition for his play on the field. (Mendelson). The 1960s marked Clemente’s prime, in which he was awarded nine All-Star game appearances and nine Gold Glove awards and in 1965, he was recognized with Major League Baseball’s highest honor, Most Valuable Player (Baseball Reference). He later led the Pirates to another World Series title in 1971 and in 1972 reached the 3,000 hit milestone that at the time, only ten others had reached.

It is really fun to watch when they both catch fire like that. The reason Mike Trout is the best Player in the MLB maybe the best player of all time, is because he has it all. He has the speed, the awareness, the modesty, the power to drive the ball, and the athleticness. That is what it takes to be the best... Just like Mike Trout.

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.

But now my high school career has started. And I’m pretty good at it. However, our football team wasn’t very good. People at our school talk smack on our team for not being good. But they don’t see the hard work we put in practice.

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.

Another big influence was the Yankees players. They came to his school to play chach (99). So holling got turned down by mickey mantle the baseball player. So then mrs.baker got 3 other players from the yankees to go to his school to play catch with him on a wednesday when everyone else went to church. Through all this he learned that not everyone is bad and there is good in some people.

After rounding first, second, and third base I was approaching home plate and tripped. My natural instinct was to try to catch myself as I was falling, but it did not work out like I hoped it would. When I returned to my feet, I realized my thumb was just hanging there, and my whole hand was filling with a sharp thumping pain. As I was headed

Batting practice was in an hour. In the first inning, I hit the ball in the gap and got a double. When I got on base, I stole third with one out in the inning. The next batter hit the ball to the outfielder, but it was right at the fielder.

Ever since I was a toddler, I loved sports. Baseball, basketball, it did not matter; I just liked to run. When I was around 4 or 5, I was in the living room watching the Steelers play the Cardinals and saw Santonio Holmes grab a game winning touchdown to win the Superbowl. I was so excited that I jumped up in the air and I told my dad, “Daddy when I grow up I want to play football and I want to score a lot of touchdowns just like 10 does.”

When I was seven years old I had decided to play to play softball. It seemed like a fun sport to play. My Uncle is the coach for the Lookouts baseball team , and he decided to help me learn how to play. He answers any questions that I have. One day, I was playing outside with my friends at school, and we were talking about sports.

Justin had amazing velocity and his pitches but did not have any control which made other kids not even want to get near the plate. When Justin got into high school his father sent him to Richmond Baseball Academy

As if almost in one body,under one mind, the entire team moves in sync the raiders create an effect that intimidates everyone by all moving at the same time. This was not a planned action it was just fate. The pitcher throws two strikes and he is one pitch away from the dream. The pitch is thrown… “STRIKE 3!!!! BALL GAME” yells the umpire and they have done it, the raiders have defeated dayton.

Cole Austin then scored on Hill 's base hit up the middle. In game two, Jacksonville got the scoring started in the first. Conner Dotson walked Scott Dubrule and he scored on Evan Fernandez 's double. Dotson labored much of the inning but limited the damage to just one run.

Spencer Patton, another interesting case, was acquired from the Texas Rangers on Friday, November 20th, in exchange for infielder Frandy Delarosa*. A right handed pitcher with good command, an above-average four seam fastball, and an excellent slider, mixed in with a sinker and changeup, Patton could heighten the interest of both the fans, and the organization. A very aggressive, yet deceiving delivery throws off batters, however, this success has not followed through in the majors. All though you could make the case that he 's only thrown thirty three major league innings, Patton will be twenty eight next season, and batters have hit him fairly hard in the big leagues (6.75 ERA). This season is very important for Patton, who could become another decent set up man under control for years to come, or a AAAA pitcher who will not succeed in Major League Baseball.

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