left ear I hear kids laughing and parents talking about how nervous they are about the game. In my right ear I hear my team‚ there nervous too but not for the same reason as the parents. As I stare forward I see the straight lines of chalk going from home to first base and third. Without one speck of chalk out of place. “How do they get the lines that straight.” I wonder. I’m trying not to think of who’s going to be here any minute now. As i’m thinking though I hear the gate to the softball field open
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STEROIDS If a professional athlete is taking steroids‚ shouldn ’t he or she face major consequences? Even though steroids are already banned from the professional leagues‚ there must be a major consequence because athletes try to find a way to gain an edge to win. It also changes the speed of the game‚ and can cause major injury effects and death. “It is estimated that over 95 percent of all athletes in the NFL take steroids” (fitFLEX) Athletes using steroids on any other performing enhancing
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credibility across the nation. On March 17‚ 2005‚ several top players‚ including Mark McGwire and Palmeiro‚ testified before a congressional panel. McGwire‚ who had seven years earlier broken one of baseball’s most venerated records—for the most home runs hit in a season—repeatedly refused to answer congress members’ questions about whether he had used steroids. Palmeiro emphatically stated he had done nothing wrong as he dramatically pointed his finger at the congressional panel and avowed‚ "I have
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even more. Dig deep. Get out the pocketwatches‚ start them a-swingin’‚ and head on back to a past life if you must. It isn’t necessarily that Molina is one of the hardest players to watch‚ though he is. On average‚ every seven games‚ he’ll hit a home run. Everything else that he does on the baseball field is aesthetically displeasing. He can’t score from second on a single; he allows pitchers to control every at-bat he takes; his defense is the first thing to go when he gets tired. But‚ heck‚ that’s
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The ball flew right over the home plate‚ and I hit it with all the power I had left in my body. The ball went soaring‚ looking like a white bird migrating south. The ball landed unquestionably far into right field‚ and as soon as it did‚ I started to sprint to first base. I decided that it would be safe to round to second base. I had already been past second base when the player playing right field got to the ball. I made it to third base‚ wondering if I could sprint home. I decided to wait‚ but I clearly
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the game it is like second nature to him. He pushes tell he start to sweats. I think what pushed him was his father because his family did love baseball. There team was New York Yankees so that what what pushes me to the limit. When it is time to go home he stays a little bit longer. When I push myself is because I love baseball there is nothing you can do to stop me when I come up to bat. My dad says don’t listen to the world around you look at the
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six. The Cardinals were up by one run (the only run that had been scored the entire
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hitters in the MLB and his home run hitting attracted big crowds(1920s... and along came Babe"). Once the dead ball era ended the crowd population grew by 30%("History of Baseball"). The breaking ball was a huge component of the dead ball era because it made hitters not see the ball as good‚ but with rule changes they banned spitballs which made breaking balls harder to throw("History of Baseball"). Following this forward‚ baseball really got popularity from the home run ball and all the money they
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of the integrity of the game. It is progress towards my ultimate goal of only allowing wood bats. This innovative technology takes out the long-ball effect of the game and makes the well-rounded player more valuable than the kid that can just hit home runs. Not only will it promote sharpening defensive skills‚ it will make it easier for teenagers to showcase their skills for college scouts. Most of‚ if not every‚ high school baseball players dream to play college baseball at the Division-1 level
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count is three-two. It is every pitcher’s dream to strike the batter out and this is every batter’s dream to get in the winning run. Billy threw a fastball it soar through the air like a bullet and missed the strike zone. “Ball four” yelled the umpire. Billy got pulled out after that and the relief pitcher did his job. In the next inning‚ the armadillos get in two runs which decided the game. Billy was mad at himself after the game; he was happy that they won and all‚ but he was frustrated that he
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