Baseball Narrative

I will never forget the moment I got introduced to baseball. I was 6 years old when I told my mom I wanted to play baseball. We were at my Grandmother’s house for dinner, I was in the backyard throwing a baseball with my cousin. As I was throwing the ball my uncle noticed I had a pretty strong arm. My uncle said ‘’You need to be on a baseball team with that strong arm’’. I kept throwing with my cousin until it was time to eat about 20 minutes later. When we left and went home, I told my mom what my uncle said and I asked her to sign me up for baseball at a local park called Polo Road Park. The next day, my mom and I went to the park and she signed me up to play. After we left Polo Park, we went to DIck’s Sporting Goods and got me a Glove, Bat, Batting gloves,pants and Hat. My mom told me practice was coming up and I need to be working hard to be ready for practice. A week later, I had my first practice, I was the best player on the team.

A week later, everyone knew who I was and noticed I was the best player on my team. As the season progressed,my team made playoffs and we played in the championship. Unfortunately, my team didn’t win but we had a great season. After the game a man went up to my mom and asked if ‘’DaDa’’ was her child. My mom said ‘’yes” and he had a conversation with her and asked if I could play travel ball with his team. Of course my mom said yes and when she told me, I was so excited to be traveling playing baseball. I went home and screamed so loud when got in my