...Baseball is like church, many people attend but, a few understand. Baseball is america's pastime and dates back to over 200 years ago. People generally say that all baseball is, is that you hit a ball with a stick and run bases. There’s a lot more strategy to the game than that. Pitchers for one are your primary factor in which you can’t play without. Having a good pitching staff will help your team be successful and save pitchers. As a starter, you will go through the opposing team’s batting order multiple times, and they will have chances to make adjustments. To be a successful starter, you need to have stamina and a deep arsenal of pitches to mix and match. You also have to manage your energy closely and try to keep your velocity the same....
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...tell you about my favorite sport, baseball. I love this sport because of all the memories I have had with it. I like it because it's so fun and it feels great to hit the ball and score for my team. Also when i'm on the field it is great because if the batter hits it to me it is exciting because I have a chance to get him out at first. I love baseball and one of the main reasons is that it is fun. Me and family have a favorite team and that is the cleveland indians. Me and family love to watch them play. It is also fun to play with your friends at a local field. I personally love doing that because it is a great time passer to. But also if you play for a recreational department or for a school team. I play for a team and the rec department and it is great to play for someone and to play competitive. And when you play for a school team then you will play to win. But you can still have fun while playing it....
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...This I Believe in baseball. Baseball is full of life it brings people together, celebrates people's character, shows pride, leadership, and gives me an escape from anything that may worry me in life. Baseball allows me to play with all my friends and people that I don’t know. Baseball brings people together whether they are playing, spectating, or umping, these people including myself are there for one thing, to play baseball! Baseball brings people of all sizes, religions beliefs, ethnicities, and all ages together. Every Time baseball is played we celebrate what Jackie Robinson has done for equality of all humans. Most importantly in baseball it doesn’t matter who you are or what you have done you aren’t judged. Baseball teaches me...
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...Abstract As you read, you will learn about the wonderful game of baseball and a different outlook on the sport. It is a popular sport in America. The rest of the world looks to America as a guiding force. They view America as the baseball empire of the world. Major league baseball is the envy of the world. Baseball has very broad cultural, social, and geographic impacts that go deeper than we think. We will briefly examine the diverse and changing social, economic, and political meanings of this activity in different countries. Baseball has failed in the promotion in many European and African societies and we will discuss why. Baseball is an international sport that brings great experiences and great memories that last a lifetime. It can be very important in the bond of family. The swing, techniques, bat and balls are important and we will learn why it’s important to have proper training. Also you will read about players that have tarnished the sport and players that have changed baseball forever. Mainly this is a view of the importance of the sport worldwide and how it has changed the world through the guidance of American baseballs influence on the rest of the world. Sport of Baseball Internationally this game is viewed as a very powerful game. Baseball is the same in many ways all over the world. Every player is aiming to knock the ball out of the park or just feel lucky to get on base. Although the game has changed, the history of the...
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...that a literacy event is restricted to reading and writing in some form of education, but they are wrong there are lot of things that have their own literacy events. Like baseball for example if you know or are one of the many Americans who have played or watched baseball, anyone can see the many literacy events in baseball that many learn from. For the Americans who have played baseball in their lives they have been able to learn from many different things such as professional players, retired players, experienced coaches and, other teammates. Players learn from actually playing the game, they are able to watch other players and watch how they react to certain situations and how they approach the plate during an at-bat. Also...
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...There Is more to just MLB There is a real passion to wanting to play the game. I have had the passion to want to play the game for five years. Ever since I was twelve. And since I love the game and this topic really stood out to me. I am going to talk about baseball. From who Invented baseball. To When did MLB come about. And how many teams there are in baseball. And lastly a person in MLB like Bryce Harper. Abner Doubleday, born June 26, 1819. And died January 26, 1893. He was a United States Army officer and Union general for most of the American civil war. But also had a very important role in the battle of Gettysburg. But let's talk about the main reason that we are really here. And it is that Abner Doubleday was one of the first people that had invented baseball. He invented the game we know and love today back in Cooperstown, New york. During the summer of 1839. He made the idea of the bases you had to run and in the early years of baseball he made it to where you could throw the ball at the runner to get him out. It was pretty extreme before the rules that they have today. But enough about him....
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...movie; they often aim for a gritty look, with the idea that if it’s too pretty, it’s false. Their films are about everyday people and everyday situations. At the opposite side of realism, we have Formalism. Formalist directors have no desire to show reality. They want to show their personal vision of the world and how they want their audience to view it. They are concerned with mythical and spiritual truths that can best be represented by distorting the image of reality. Classicism to bring in a third theory is all about ideal storytelling, it lies somewhere in between realism and formalism. (Understanding Movies 5) The goal of a classicist is to tell a story in the best way possible. They want you to get caught up in the characters and their problems, to feel what they feel, but not be distracted by the filmmaking techniques. The two films we screened in class Bull Durham directed by Ron Shelton, and Field of Dreams based on the novel Shoeless Joe directed by Phil Alden Robinson both demonstrate these film theories throughout their movies but in a very different matter. Bull Durham is a great realistic example of what the sport of baseball means to the men who play it. It's all about the dreams, the desire to compete, and the ultimate goal to one day be part of the “show.” The players in the minors endure long, hot days of riding sub par buses, while making a barely livable wage, just for one shot at making it to the big leagues. Bull Durham was able to show the passion behind...
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...Zachary Jordan Dr. Hamilton English 10/15/14 Baseball VS. Football There are two main sports that are played and watched in America, they are baseball and football. These sports have many differences such as, the length of the game. They also have some similarities like they are both team sports. In some opinions people say that football players are tougher than baseball players, but others say that baseball is a harder sport. Baseball and football are similar in a few different ways. The first way that these sports are similar is, all the players on each of the fields have to be athletes. They are constantly running, jumping, catching, diving, throwing, and putting their bodies through tough physical activity. Each of the athletes on the field have to be in top shape to perform at the level that they are on, and if they are not preforming on the level they should be they will either get sent down or replaced. Secondly, to play either sport you have to be mentally involved the entire game. During any football game the coaches are throwing plays at you nonstop and you have to remember every play in the playbook. In a baseball game after each pitch a coach will give you a sign to tell you which play is on and what to do. Football players have to be mentally tough just as much as physically tough. Baseball players have to be even more mentally tough because baseball is a game of failure. In order to play each sport you have to have your mind in the right place. Lastly...
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...movie; they often aim for a gritty look, with the idea that if it’s too pretty, it’s false. Their films are about everyday people and everyday situations. At the opposite side of realism, we have Formalism. Formalist directors have no desire to show reality. They want to show their personal vision of the world and how they want their audience to view it. They are concerned with mythical and spiritual truths that can best be represented by distorting the image of reality. Classicism to bring in a third theory is all about ideal storytelling, it lies somewhere in between realism and formalism. (Understanding Movies 5) The goal of a classicist is to tell a story in the best way possible. They want you to get caught up in the characters and their problems, to feel what they feel, but not be distracted by the filmmaking techniques. The two films we screened in class Bull Durham directed by Ron Shelton, and Field of Dreams based on the novel Shoeless Joe directed by Phil Alden Robinson both demonstrate these film theories throughout their movies but in a very different matter. Bull Durham is a great realistic example of what the sport of baseball means to the men who play it. It's all about the dreams, the desire to compete, and the ultimate goal to one day be part of the “show.” The players in the minors endure long, hot days of riding sub par buses, while making a barely livable wage, just for one shot at making it to the big leagues. Bull Durham was able to show the passion behind...
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...Literary Analysis Essay on Fences The sport of baseball is an extremely integral aspect of the book Fences. Troy Maxson, our protagonist in this play, was a baseball player. It is Troy’s belief that the only reason he never made the major leagues was because he has the wrong color skin. Throughout the play, it is noticeable that Troy is still bitter over this and continuously makes references to current players and how he is much better than them. Troy’s life is a difficult one, and the connection between baseball and Troy’s trying life leads me to my point. The use of baseball in Fences is to symbolize the American dream and it being unattainable to Troy Maxson. First, how is it that our American pastime can be directly related to and represented as the American dream? There are several connections between the sport and the American dream that lead me to my thesis. The article Baseball as History and Myth in August Wilson’s Fences does a great job of connecting these two seemingly unrelated subjects. This article starts with a great quote by John Thorn saying, baseball has become “the great repository of national ideals, the symbol of all that [is] good in American life: fair play; the rule of law; equal opportunity; the brotherhood of man; and more.” Fair play shown through sportsmanship between the two teams, rule of law in “objective arbitration of disputes,” equal opportunity as each team is given a chance on both offensive and defensive sides each inning...
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...America and Baseball: If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Sean R. Golob Western Governors University If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Baseball hits a home run when it comes to comparing it to the American identity. Both baseball and the American identity have three aspects that are exactly the same; both are very diverse, both are rather competitive, and both are driven by business and money. America is a diverse country, according to US Census Bureau (2013) quickfacts reference page, “Caucasians alone total 77.7%, Hispanic and Latino alone 17.1%, and African American alone 13.2%”. However, America has races from every inhabitable continent; we have a large number of Asians, mass amounts of Europeans, and growing amounts of Latinos and African ethnicities. These aspects all put together combine to make a huge part of the definition of American identity. Along with diversity, another aspect that is used in the definition of American identity is business and corporations. Corporate America is one of the largest and wealthiest forms of business in the world. Wall Street deals with billions of dollars daily, corporations throughout the country grow in size and significance. Lastly, competition is the last big part of the definition because of the international trade, emphasize on sports and athletics, and between other rivalries between other countries. The same is with baseball in America;...
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...The journey baseball players take on from the beginning of their careers to the end are full of success and strife. Baseball is a game of failure, but the failure is what fuels our desire for success. I’ve been playing baseball since I was eight years old and has pretty much been the main focus of my life. As I grew up, the game has taught me many life lessons that go beyond the baseball diamond. After high school, I received a scholarship to play for Kankakee Community College near my home of town of Chicago, Illinois. The picture was takin last year by one of my teammates shows me preparing to play in a Regional Championship with the winner advancing to the College World Series. The photo represents various different aspects of my playing career and how the journey has helped me become a better man. Throughout my baseball career I have faced a lot of adversity. I started my career at age eight playing for Jackie Robinson West Little League in inner city Chicago. My father also played in the league when it first was established. He also played college baseball, so he mentored and taught me the foundations of the game. After my little league career I began playing for a travel team. Traveling around the country, I was able to meet players from around the country and learn their stories. I enjoyed hearing them because it was cool to talk to someone with the same goals as you. As I entered my high school years, I entered a very intense part of my career which was finding a college...
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...The travel baseball world is evolving. It started off as just a few of the better kids getting a few extra games in, in the summer but now the baseball dads think their twelve year old is going to sign a contract to the big leagues tomorrow. Now having a dad who wants the best for you isn’t bad but some dads are making their kids play year round! This is taking a huge toll on their arms! You won’t believe it but more and more kids are getting to the point to where their arms can’t take it anymore causing them to have to get tommy john surgery. A injury that was unheard of in youth baseball and only occasional in the major leagues. You see, the throwing motion is not a natural motion for the arm so it can only do it so much until it gets harmed. Now if having to get Tommy John Surgery wasn’t already scary enough imagine having to get it while you’re only a kid. It’s a frightful surgery with a lengthy recovery how could you...
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...Processes of Baseball The Many Cognitive Processes of Baseball Baseball is a sport that is played by two teams of nine players with the motive of scoring the most runs by hitting a baseball that is thrown by a pitcher, using a baseball bat. Both teams take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, who tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out. Baseball is actually a simple and direct sport. Though it may be simple, it takes a lot from our body. It requires good motor-skills, hand-eye coordination and uses many different areas of the brain. The main skill that one needs in order to play baseball, for any sport in that matter, is good motor-skills. Motor cognition is defined as “a mental processing in which the motor system draws on stored information to plan and produce our own actions, as well as to anticipate, predict, and interpret the actions of others”. (Smith, 2007) Without motor cognition one cannot play baseball at all. The most important factors in the game such as being able to make contact with the ball, whether it involves batting or catching the ball, would not be performed. One must plan what to do and react on it, quickly, when in the moment of the game. All these tasks have one thing in common, movement and action. Movement is a “voluntary displacement” of a body part which is needed to perform an action. An action is a series of movements that that are needed to fulfill a task. An example of this in the game of baseball is when the player...
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...Babe Ruth “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up” – George Herman, the king of swing. Babe Ruth was a baseball legend, he was so amazing at what he did and so great that many people still admire him as one of the best baseball players ever. He had amazing batting averages and had a pretty long baseball career. He is the most paid baseball player ever in baseball. Babe Ruth was born in the Baltimore Maryland area. By the time he was 7 years old he was chewing tobacco, drinking liquor, and taunting police. Finally his parents, Katherine Schamberger, and George Herman Ruth Senior, finally had enough they sent George to St. Mary’s Industrial School in Baltimore, a school run by monks, and an institution for underprivileged boys. One of...
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