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Softball Team: A Character Analysis
During the summer, I participated in a travel softball team and it showed me sportsmanship and great character building skills. The summer before I came to ASMS, I hurt my rotator cuff and was unable to play the rest of the summer, and with coming to ASMS I had not played in almost a full year. When I started playing again, I barely played in tournaments. I usually sat the bench or “splinter field.” It really hurt my feelings for a while and even made me feel like I had lost my talent for the sport I loved to play since I was six years old. For several tournaments, I felt like quitting and going home. I hated just sitting and not being able to even throw a ball. After a month of sitting, I realized that it was okay. He invited me to play when

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