One of the most admirable person that I know is my friend Maria Sandoval. She was different from all the other girls. As a young girl she have always admired baseball. Baseball by so far has always been the greatest sport that she have encountered in her life. Now where she stand in life and taking Theory of Coaching baseball class made her realize that she can go for more than just one career. To her baseball was not just a sport but a way of being discipline, and building up a character. There was a time in her life where she felt a bit out of place due to the fact that she would not play with other girls, but much rather hang out with the boys. In our free times we always used to go to the park and play baseball. I always teased her that she should play for the boys. And well it was no longer a teasing matter when our coach decided to bring her on boys team. At that time I was really happy for her. She was a very good player, she had all the attributes and fully deserved it to be on the team. Before the game she always used to visualize the field, the smell of grass being wet in the mornings for practice, the fresh breezy air, the sound of aluminum bat hitting the baseball, that sounds very define in the ear. Being the only girl in an all boys teams, she could see how her mother was proud of her not just being in a sport but staying out of trouble. Staying productive was her mother's goal for her.

Baseball was a thing in her life that was not just a sport, but a way to be disciplined, motivated physically, mentally and spiritually. She was proud of herself for her first home run, listening to what the coach was saying during that time out. Misunderstanding the first couple of words in the beginning, she thought he was mad for not giving it our best, then he said, “Sandoval, good job on that first home, and the rest of you guys, you guys should