Personal Narrative: My Ballpark Journey

Baseball has been part of my life since I could remember. As a child, baseball was a game we always enjoyed watching as a family. Many family members played baseball professionally, such as my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father. Our love of baseball is where the journey began. It was a trip of lifetime, my family and I ventured on a baseball park trip across the country. It was the ballpark journey that I gained an understanding of motivation, self-perseverance and inspiration to become the best version of myself. Our ballpark journey began in spring training in Arizona as we watched our favorite team, the San Francisco Giants, play. As we sat down at our seats at Sloan Park, the Chicago Cubs’ spring training faculty, I could
During a game, my father drinks 3 cups of coffee and a bottle of water in order for a run to score. It was challenging at times to continue this superstition when we were on the ballpark trip due to the fact many ballparks do not sell coffee at 7:00 pm. Moreover, my mother is also known as the “baseball whisper” because every time a play happens, she predicts it several minutes in advance. As a result, if I ever want to know if the batter is going to hit a double, I always ask my
While we were at Wrigley Field on our journey, I had to opportunity of speaking with one of the employees of the Chicago Cubs. She said she became successful in the baseball industry due to the fact she spent years in college receiving a degree in statistics in order to become a baseball statistic developer. I often reminisce about how she told me to continue to work hard in order to be success even when my aspirations seem unrealistic. I would consider any woman in the baseball industry a motivation due to the fact they were able to overcome the disadvantages that come with working in a predominately male