I saw things I couldn’t believe adults would do. I came to the conclusion that there are three different types of softball players; the soon to be pro athlete, the forty year old teenager, and the family guy. The type of people I saw most playing at the softball fields were the “soon to be pro athlete.” These were the ones that would show up in their top notch expensive uniforms for a game of underhand slow pitch softball. They would have ten different types of bats as if there were ten different kinds of pitches. They showed up an hour early to warm up and take batting practice as if it is needed for middle aged slow pitch softball.
Garrett Dell Informative Speech Outline COMS 1030 Title of Speech: History of Baseball, America’s past-time Specific Purpose: I will teach the class about the history of baseball. Thesis: Baseball can be divided into three sections, the beginning, middle and modern baseball. Introduction I. Attention Getter Ever wonder how the most popular sport to play the last 150 years was invented and how it grew into the giant it is today? Raise your hand if you have ever played baseball or been to a baseball game.
The most significant difference from rugby and American football was the system of ‘downs’ in which a team is only given a number of plays to cover a certain area of the field in order to keep possession of the ball. From all these changes the game was evolving into the sport of American football. November 12, 1892 an important date in sport history. It was the day the Allegheny Athletic Association football team defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, the game was not as important as was the fact that one of the AAA players, William Heffelfinger was openly paid $500 to play the game, making him the first known professional football player. Although payments to players were considered unsporting and dishonourable and even though PAC had suspicions it was kept a secret for years.
The pitcher can strike him out by making the batter swing but miss the ball. If the pitcher throws three strikes, then the batter is out. On the field, at any given time, in baseball and softball, there are always nine players. The nine bases are: pitcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left field, center field, and right field. Each position has a certain responsibility on the field.
I played soccer, basketball, and baseball for years, but I soon found my passion on the diamond. I’ve played baseball for 16 years now, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world. There really is nothing like standing on the mound 60 feet 6 inches away from the enemy. It’s just you and the batter locked in a battle. I know through years of personal experience that sports are so much more than a game.
Pitchers such as Kerry Wood, Matt Morris, John Smoltz, Mariano Rivera, Tom Gordon, and Eric Gagne all have a four inch scar on their pitching arms as evidence of this career saving surgery. These players typically perform as well, if not better, after the operation and have stronger arms, with radar gun readings for proof. "It felt so good when I came back, I said I recommend it to everybody, regardless what your ligament looks like," Chicago White Sox reliever Billy Koch said jokingly. He blew out his elbow in his third professional appearance, in 1997. A torn elbow ligament once was a pitcher's sentence to the broadcast booth or the monthly autograph show at the local Holiday Inn.
Even though football takes a great deal of athleticism, baseball is clearly the more athletic and better sport all around. Many professional baseball organizations have up to twenty-five players on a team; but have several minor league teams. Baseball teams have up to four coaches. They are hitting, fielding, pitching, and outfield coaches. People say that to be a Hall of Fame baseball player you have to hit three out of ten times.
This Blog Linked From Here This Blog Linked From Here . Monday, July 5, 2010 Football and Me Essay Essay on Footbal As I could remember football has been a major part of me all of my life, Even though I have not played the sport my whole life. Pressure has been put on me to play football since the day I was born because my father was a very good football player that did not make. So I guess it was my job to pick up where he left off. Stories were often told to me about his playing days and shortly after someone would pop the big question; “Do you play ball”, or “Are you going to play ball”?
Throughout my young life many things has happened and plenty of things that I cherish, I was given the opportunity to do it one things that I cherish a lot is the sport of Baseball. I went from being the starting third baseman in my sophomore year to team captain in my senior year of high school. My history of baseball didn’t start from when I was little playing catch with my dad in the backyard. It all started with a simple question by my History teach in middle school. The sport of baseball was never an interest of mine until I gave it a chance.
You also as a batter have four balls and then you are given first base. Once your team gets three outs on defense you then come up to bat. In softball there are seven innings, and in baseball there are nine innings. In softball, you are not allowed to leave the base until the ball leaves the