My Journey to become a College Softball player Raegan Nunez 09/30/2012 3rd Period Honors English--Descriptive Essay Mr. Cornutt I love the thrill of standing at home plate, waiting for the pitcher to release the ball because in those few seconds I get to decide how, if and when to swing my bat. My dad signed me up for softball when I was only about seven or eight years old. I had watched the women’s college softball world series and Arizona State University took the title. It was the most exciting thing I had ever seen and I decided that I wanted to be just like those girls when I grew up. There have been many hours of hard work, travel and money spent on my training and I’m grateful for the opportunity provided to me as such a little girl with a big dream.
On October 1, 1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, the Cubs and the Yankees faced off in game three of the World Series. During this game, the Cubs players and the fans were taunting and yelling things toward Babe the entire game. During the fifth inning of the game, Babe had two strikes against him and the crowd was going wild, yelling things toward Babe (legends 1). Ruth stepped up to the plate for the next pitch and steps out of the box apparently gesturing toward center field. The next pitch, Ruth hits a home run right down center field.
June 19, 1903 was the day Henry Louis Gehrig was born in East Harlem, New York. In 1933, he married Eleanor Twitchell Right after his high school years he played in Hartford to help earn money for his family. He went to Columbia University before playing for the Yankees in 1925. While being on a football scholarship, Gehrig was majoring in engineering. He played both baseball and football starting his sophomore year because during his freshman year he got caught accepting money for playing on a professional team.
Until one day when Simon and Joe are playing baseball for their local home team, the coach asked Simon to swing the bat real good so they could have a chance at winning the tournament. Simon did as he was told when the ball was pitched; and just as at that time Ms. Rentworth arrived and was walking alongside the field – along the foul line where the ball was headed in mid-air, and the ball hit Ms. Rentworth right in the temple of her head, and killed her instantly. The emotional avenue is portrayed in this movie by how Simon has to cope with the fact that he’s different from everyone else – and
Every time I look at my commemorative baseball I see the bright yellow threads that hold together both sides of the baseball. Is see the deep rich green color with the A’s symbol stamped in white. I see the very cool picture of Bobby Crosby over a backdrop of swirling yellow and green. I also see my dad’s exited face when he said lets go to another baseball game this year! We don’t go to many baseball games but we do watch a lot of baseball together on TV.
Most of Derek’s new knowledge came at the plate where he learned techniques from other players, where he was schooled on the art of hitting to all fields. Different pitches in different locations required different swings and the quicker he reacts than the faster he would reach the major leagues with all-stars players. Although Derek Jeter took hitting instructions he was having problems because he would struggle .200 all summer long in his first season and he also let his hitting effect his fielding. (Swiryn) He booted 21 balls in 58 games at stops with the New York’s rookie level team in Tampa and even with the Greensboro Hornets. His minor league manager Gary Denbo assured him this was fundamental stuff and it was easy to fix through repetition.
I'll wonder, like everyone else, how much Ramirez's performance was chemically enhanced. Less debatable is the fact that he transformed the 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers. People like me made a case for him as the National League's first two-month MVP, then spent the offseason castigating the McCourts for not bidding against themselves. As it concerned Manny and the Dodgers, they owed him. Frank McCourt and Manny Ramirez in much happier times.
Mickey Charles Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Mickey was named after Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane. His father had dreams of his son playing professional baseball and he did everything he could to make that happen. Every night after coming home from the zinc mines, Mickey’s father would pitch to him and by age 6, Mickey was amazing the neighbors with his hitting skills. Mantle always talked warmly about his father saying, “He was the bravest man he ever knew.” As a young boy, Mickey played football, basketball, and baseball.
Today, Gehrig remains an inspiration, representing fortitude, humility and courage to the tens of thousands of Americans living with Lou Gehrig's Disease. Lou Gehrig was famous for being a Hall of Fame 1st baseman (baseball of course). Gehrig started playing baseball in college and soon after a New York Yankees scout came out to watch Gehrig play. After numerous games, he got into
Whenever I can’t get my team motivated from inside the dugout, I know that I can get it done on the diamond. I understand the psychology in softball and I know how to get into the mind of the other team. Last year during a big tournament in Arizona, my team was down six to zero with two outs in the second to last inning of the game, and I was up to bat. I knew it was up to me to rally my team against a pitcher that had shut our team down the entire