Low self-esteem can lead to bad consequences, not having confidence can hurt yourself mentally and physically. In the Book Baseball Crazy, Mark Pang has each of these traits and doesn’t know how to express his self. He lets others affect his life and doesn’t know how to handle his struggles by his self. The author uses the character Mark Pang’s words and actions to reveal theme; Don’t let others bring you down, let there comments make you better. He let people criticize him and mock him. Mark was the right fielder for his ball team, and everyone knew he wasn’t good. He didn’t stand up for himself, causing everything to be worse. For example, “Just like in a movie, someone hit an unexpected pop-up to right center, directly toward Mark Pang,