Ever since I touched a baseball I’ve been hooked. I’d nag my dad to play catch almost every day. Eventually he hurt his elbow from throwing the ball too many times, so I had to nag my mom to play catch. Soon as I started VAA I would get ready for practice about an hour early, because I was so excited. When I started traveling baseball I was on the AAA team. I wasn’t very good, but I still had fun with my friends. Then I dropped down to AA, and I was pretty sad, but I found that it was way more fun
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Being content is defined as being in a state of peaceful happiness. Every day, we deal with the stress of daily life. However, we all have a place where we are calm, content and happy. For me, I am content on a baseball diamond, whether I am just watching baseball or playing/practicing baseball. I have been playing baseball since I was 11 years old. I have been watching baseball since I was 7 years old. The game of baseball has taught me some very valuable skills that I use everyday. These skills
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In professional baseball, a innocent looking foul ball off the shin can look rather ordinary, leaving little to be concerned about. Of course, it always has the potential to turn into something more serious when it happens to a player who has bad luck with injuries throughout his career. That is exactly what has transpired with New York Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira. In a game played against the Minnesota Twins on August 17, Teixeira fouled a pitch off his shin, forcing him to exit the game
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball ESPN stated that about 5-7% of the MLB players used performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, and it continued to grow over the years. Baseball has been around since 1839. Countless people watch baseball every year, whether that is at home or from the baseball diamond itself. Baseball changes a little every year, including various issues. Baseball has encountered race and still continued to be a favorite past time. Steroids are now becoming a piece of baseball’s
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It was nearly 6:00pm in Chicago, Illinois. The weather was perfect for an old fashioned game of baseball. The air was crisp and there was a refreshing breeze. Wrigley Field is just a sight to see. Such as, looking outward into the outfield and seeing the graceful green ivy wrapped around the outfield wall. The ivy looks as if anything went into it, that it would never come out. Even as I continue looking, I see beyond the outfield wall and see the magnificent Chicago skyline. As I look into straightaway
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cheating. The Yankees are doing great in the postseason Andrea has hit twelve home runs and Babe Ruth hit 14 homeruns so they're doing good.Now it’s the championship game, it’s the Oakland A’s versus the New York Yankees.Catfish Hunter is pitching for the A’s and Andrea and Babe Ruth are in the starting lineup.Now its the last inning the score is eight to nine the A’s are winning, Babe Ruth is up to bat.He is the tying run, first pitch AND IT’S GONE we have a tied ball game folks.Now its Andrea up to
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Lou Gehrig is the only play in history to ever hit more than 500 home runs in three years. He ushered in 174 runs in 1930, 184 in 1931 and 151 in 1932, for a total of 509. He also held the record for the most grand slams in a career (23). He held that record for 75 until Alex Rodriguez beat Lou Gehrig’s record on September 20, 2003. He also
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Pete Rose has to be in the Hall of Fame Pete Rose is an iconic figure for Cincinnati and Reds Baseball. He has over 4,000 hits and over 3,000 games played, both the most by any player ever. Looking at that he should be in the Hall of Fame right? Well no, he is not. He bet on baseball during his playing career and was forever banned from baseball. However, the Hall of Fame is not full of saints and even other Hall of Famers like Hank Aaron went out and said they would like to see him get in. Therefore
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the 2003 season when he was playing for the Texas Rangers. During the season, he was awarded the American League Most Valuable Player Award and broke 300 career home runs. At the time, testing positive for the use of performance-enhancers had no punishment. Rodriguez admitted to the press he was injecting a drug into his body, but he did not know what it was. He told the press he brought it over from the Dominican Republic and used it for six months. Rodriguez is now a spokesman who travels around
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year of Little League and I was thinking that I had a real chance to win MVP. I told myself that I was going to put in as much time as I needed to do great that year. I went to my first practice and it was great, during batting practice I hit 5 home runs. I knew I could do great and help my team win. After practice there was a birthday party at Will Hamilton”s house that I went to. At the party all of the kids were jumping on the trampoline but Kristi Brown wouldn’t let me because she said that she
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