...My Calling Imagine a pro baseball game. The fans are cheering, the players are focused, and the kids are excited to be at a the game. Ushers walk the aisles selling peanuts and popcorn as the smell of food drifts through the seats. People all over the world play this magnificent sport. Baseball is the best sport of all time because you get to work on a team and you do not need to be a pro to play it. The sport of baseball has an informative history. Alexander Cartwright invented baseball in 1845. The only thing you have to do to play baseball is know the rules. The history of baseball is not only interesting to know but also helps people understand the game. Playing the game is one thing, But knowing it is another. Knowing the game is all I ever wanted to do. Now that i understand it I know I can do better than I already am. In this sport being a team player is essential. The cool part of baseball are the drills. It is fun because you all work together. Most people think its all about winning, but to me its all about having fun. This game would not work without players working together as a team. I am not the best player out there but if i can work hard enough I know I can at least be noticed and that’s all I want. Muhammad Ali said “I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'” Ever since that quote all I think about is Baseball. This quote really inspired me because Muhammad Ali is one of...
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...I have had a pretty wonderful baseball career! It all started when I was two. I then went up to coach pitch then pitching machine then went up to Cal Ripken then went to Babe Ruth from there i was drafted onto a travel Baseball team called the bearcats! And i’ve played there for two years now. Playing little league. Little league is where it all starts. it’s where you decide if you want to play baseball or find a different sport. In my life swim is a very important thing that I do to stay in shape. Swim helps me work out my legs to run faster and to work out/ stretch my arms to i can throw harder and farther Little league is the most in important thing i've ever done because, it is where you decide if you want baseball to be your life! Also little league for me was a great experience! Coaches are great battings were high in my AA season we took 2nd because umps were lame and defently needed glasses! All and all it was a great season!...
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...adults participate in should lend a hand to a meaningful life and support the wants and needs of the resident. As I dove deeper into the case studies and compared them to the activity calendar provided, it was clear that certain aspects of resident want and needs were not being provided. Case Evaluation One of the residents I chose to evaluate was a 73-year-old man who used to enjoy watching baseball, Catholic activities, and group activities. Although he has a few vision and mobility issues...
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...The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance Sports Psychology is very interesting and also very confusing to many. The book The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance is written by H.A. Dorfman, and Karl Kuehl. They wrote this book intended for players, managers, coaches, agents, administrators as well as fans who want a more in-depth look at the makeup of the complete baseball player. This book was written to show people the practical and proven strategies for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peak performance at every level of the game of baseball. The theory is illustrated by insights from major and minor league players, who at some point in their career discovered the importance of mastering the inner game in order to play baseball as it should be played. H.A. Dorfman, and Karl Kuehl divided this book into sections. These sections are Goals, Focus and Control, Expectations, Dedication, Responsibility, Attitudes, Confidence, Preparation, Concentration, Mental Discipline, and the winning way. The purpose of this was to focus on each of these aspects individually, and not clump them all together. In the first section titled goals, the books describes that the baseball players need to set performance and end result goals. Then the players must set process and action goals in order to achieve performance goals. These direct and determine their behavior, which creates focus. Goals make players take risks. By not setting goals, it allows...
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...Memoir 2 Baseball I wiped a tear off my cheek as I grabbed my baseball glove from my closet. Dad by this time began screaming (at me) [to hurry] up. Mad and unmotivated, I drug my feet across the wood floor on my way outside the house thinking to myself, Why do I have [to practice] every single day. When I walked outside I could smell the aroma of fresh cut grass and see my dad with a bucket of balls standing in the middle of the yard. I jogged to the only bare spot in the yard. The grass had stopped growing in the spot that I always ran to for baseball practice. Dad tried to start a conversation, but I figured remaining silent would do me the best. After we warmed up, he started hitting me ground balls. I thought to myself, this is the time...
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...Everybody has someone that they look up to in life, whether it's grandparents, parents, or a sibling. For me that person is my grandpa. My grandpa is one of the hardest working people I have ever known. People always say that my grandpa and I are very similar. One thing that stands out about our similarities is that we both played baseball in college. My grandpa grew up on the west side of Chicago in a neighborhood called Garfield Park. He grew up in a lower class family that often couldn’t afford nice things. Since he loved the game of baseball, situations would sometimes come down to if he wanted a new baseball glove or new cloths. My grandpa no brainer would pick the baseball glove. After high school, my grandpa went on to attend Western Illinois University on a full baseball scholarship. During his baseball career at Western Illinois, a lot of pro scouts would come to see him play. Teams would send him letters and even visit with him to talk about his future. My grandpa was never interested in playing professional baseball though. It always was hard for me to understand why he never took up the chance to be a professional baseball player. I mean let's be honest, who doesn’t want to be a professional athlete when you’re a kid? Whenever I would ask him, my grandpa would always tell me “Matt there are way more important things than playing a game that involves hitting a ball with a stick in life”. Being young and dumb, I would also ask too, what can be more important than...
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...young couple who want to run a family farm in Iowa. When the voice speaks for the first time the audience is stumped with the thought of this movie turning into a religious based film. The movie develops a fantasy when farmer Ray understands the voice wants him to build a baseball field in the middle of his corn crops so Shoeless Joe Jackson (deceased) can materialize out of the Corfield and come play there. The movie prudently does not try to explain the strange events that happen after the field is built, it depends on a poetic vision to make its point. A specific speech in the movie describes baseball in a simple and true way, which ultimately describes the goal of the players who emerge from the cornfield, which is to simply play they game they love. The believable relationship created by the young couple Ray and Annie develops the theme that love means sharing your loved one’s dreams. Field of Dreams will not appeal to realists, it is made up of fantasies but stays true to what the plot promises, “if you build it, he will come.” Shoeless Joe Jackson does not return from the dead to save the world, but to answer the cry of a baseball legend. Based on the article published in the New York Times written by Nina Easton (Easton, 1989) Despite Universal Pictures attempt to hide it, it is evident Field of Dreams is a baseball movie. The famous Shoeless Joe Jackson returns to life in the film when a farmer in Iowa demolishes his cornfield to build a baseball diamond. The movie...
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...teaching life lessons that will impact your players for the rest of their lives through the game of baseball. The game of baseball is truly the greatest game for instilling trust, teamwork, cooperation, discipline, work ethic and many different character traits that will provide a solid foundation for the rest of their lives. These coaches talk about the love of the game, making baseball fun, competing with class, hustling, and integrity. The life lessons of failure, fear, frustration, loneliness, slumping, making adjustments and controlling emotions are lessons that are learned in this great game of baseball. This is a game of failure and young men must learn the ability to fail and bounce back, and I talk about this with my team all the time. The many different highs and lows of life are more easily handled if you have experienced this before and know how to handle it. You must not be afraid to fail, but you must learn from your failure and rebound. How you respond to failure, frustration and slumps is what is really important. Being a part of a team also instills many positive characteristic traits in young men, none more important than trust. Players must learn to trust each other and coaches must learn to trust players. Teams that have players and coaches that truly trust in each other are winners. Along with those mentioned above, there are also many other principles we learn in the game of baseball such as: Class, character, teamwork, and discipline. Baseball not...
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...please two people/groups/ideas at the same time, which is shown when Holling decides whether or not to forgive Meryl Lee, when Holling is deciding what he should be when he grows up and when Danny gives his signed baseball back to Mickey Mantle. First, Holling confronts Meryl Lee for showing his dad's designs to her father, but Meryl Lee says she didn't know he was going to use the same designs. Holling needs to choose whether to take his dad’s side, or Meryl Lee's side.“‘ ...it’s hard to care about two things at the same time, like caring about the Montague family and caring about Juliet too.’”(Schmidt 152) Holling wrote this in his essay after everything went down with Meryl Lee. Holling wants to believe Meryl Lee, since he likes her, but Holling still wants to take his family's side because he knows how badly his dad wants the school design project....
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...say that life is shorter than one expects. Why waste time when you can be practicing or achieving your goals and dreams; to be successful in life or make an accomplishment that can make you known to the world. Hopefully as time flies by, I will accomplish my three main goals on my Bucket list. Hopefully my dreams and goals will come true and it will prove to other people in this world that having a bucket list can actually work. My three goals are to be scouted from college baseball scouts, have a nice home with six rooms and three bathrooms, and to be remembered for playing the sport that I love which is baseball. One of the accomplishments that I hope to achieve in my life is to be scouted by a college coach. Getting to play on a college team is very hard to achieve. There is an abundant amount of competition around looking for a chance to get scouted. I hope to maintain high averaged grades, keep healthy and not risk injuries, and lastly to motivate myself to become a better athlete. Getting into baseball in college is a huge step further into my future. It will help get everything in my life to stay on track. Also it will help me as a person to become a mature young adult. Which in the long run will greatly impact my life in a positive way....
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...Abstract As you read, you will learn about the wonderful game of baseball and a different outlook on the sport. It is a popular sport in America. The rest of the world looks to America as a guiding force. They view America as the baseball empire of the world. Major league baseball is the envy of the world. Baseball has very broad cultural, social, and geographic impacts that go deeper than we think. We will briefly examine the diverse and changing social, economic, and political meanings of this activity in different countries. Baseball has failed in the promotion in many European and African societies and we will discuss why. Baseball is an international sport that brings great experiences and great memories that last a lifetime. It can be very important in the bond of family. The swing, techniques, bat and balls are important and we will learn why it’s important to have proper training. Also you will read about players that have tarnished the sport and players that have changed baseball forever. Mainly this is a view of the importance of the sport worldwide and how it has changed the world through the guidance of American baseballs influence on the rest of the world. Sport of Baseball Internationally this game is viewed as a very powerful game. Baseball is the same in many ways all over the world. Every player is aiming to knock the ball out of the park or just feel lucky to get on base. Although the game has changed, the history of the...
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...Most people have heard the saying “cheaters never prosper.” But is this saying true? Do cheaters really never prosper? Two published authors, Collen Wenke and Rodrigo Villagomez, believe that cheaters do prosper. They argue that cheaters who don’t get caught have an advantage over people who are honest. They agree that the primary cause of cheating is the pressure and obsession from society to do well, succeed and basically be perfect. Although these authors view these things in common, the conclusions they reach on the morality of cheating is different. In Too Much Pressure by Collen Wenke, she defines cheating as “taking work done by someone else . . . and writing your name on it and saying that it is your own work.” The article draws from her experience growing up in a school, where everyone cheated. At first she came to the conclusion that students cheat because they are...
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...“The Catcher in the Rye” is written by J.D Salinger which focuses on the reality of life through the eyes of a teenager who sees the world as a painful existence. The novel is written from the perspective of Holden who has been expelled from his fourth school. After a fight with his roommate, Holden leaves early to explore New York City alone. Holden battles with the reality of adulthood that has turn a different turn on his life. We get to this stage where we fear to grow up and see what will be coming for us next in the future. Salinger’s novel clearly displays the experience of being isolated from multiple activities which can lead to the theme of alienation, the creation of the character (Holden) and also the symbolism which can be unnoticed. Salinger tries to convey a message with his writing to also displaying human connection is a must. The theme of “The Catcher in the Rye” is alienation which connects to Holden (the protagonist)...
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...Choosing a career path can be one of the most challenging decisions we make in our life, it must be something you love, want to do everyday and something that has the income to support your family. Coaching at the collegiate level for baseball is something many retired baseball players choose to use as a career path. Playing the game will end one day ,but you can always coach and be apart of baseball for however long you want. Being able to coach and give kids the knowledge of the game that you gain over the years would be great, to help kids play the game the proper way is something every athlete should love doing everyday. There are over 1,600 division I baseball programs in the United States and well over 50,000 baseball coaches ( College...
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...Zach Bayreuther 3-5-13 Leadership Studies 251 “Two Habits I Need to Work on” When reading the book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, written by Stephen R. Covey, I learned that I need to work on some things, if I want to be successful. I need to set specific goals because goals are what drive people to be successful. Covey talks about a “Paradigm Shift” and wants his readers to change their mindset. He proposes seven habits that effective people portray throughout their life and he wants everybody to pick these up in order to be more successful. The two habits that I am going to focus on are Habit 1: Be Proactive, and Habit 4: Think Win-Win. I want to focus on these two because when reading about these two, I feel that if I can improve these habits, I can bolster my mindset/life. I feel that everybody can be more proactive. This is Covey’s first habit. This habit discusses that your decisions are the primary factor for determining effectiveness in your life. You have to take responsibility for your choices and the consequences that follow your decisions. You choose if you are happy or sad. Every second that you live, you decide what you are doing with your life. Covey then says that if you’re not happy with your life, change it. It only takes one decision. However, it starts with one decision but that one may trigger a bunch of others. You cannot blame everything on your parents or grandparents. Covey talks about two different people in this chapter...
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