Jake thought his freshman year of baseball was over. He went home before the game ended. Then, he finished his homework and went right to bed. The next day he went to the hospital and had it casted. The worst thing was trying to type on the computer and writing paper. The cast just got in the way. Breaking his fingers was one of the worst things that have ever happened to Jake. It interfered with school and his baseball. It took Jake two weeks to adjust to his cast. He had to work twice as hard to complete all of his assignments. School was over and Jake passed all of his classes with help from Matthias. He was so proud that even with his fingers broken and all the extra work put in, he still passed them all. About a 3 weeks later, the Johnsonville Pirates made the playoffs. Jake’s happiness went away. …show more content…
He was proud of himself for all the training he had done. Jake wasn’t done though. His goal was to throw in the mid 90s in 2 weeks. He would then have a month to pitch in the playoffs. Two weeks later, Jake met his goals and talked to the coach again. “Coach Brockett.” “Yes?” “I was wondering if I could start pitching in the games? I now have my fastball in the mid 90s and I’ve been working on my other pitches like my knuckle ball and slider.” “I’ll think about it, again.” The next game, in the locker room, Coach Brockett said, “You ready to pitch?” “Yes sir!” Jake said loudly. Jake pitched two innings, one with a run scored and the second a perfect inning. He also got to first base with a hit, but then had to come back in as there were three outs. Coach Brockett was impressed, once again. Those games were an important part of the season, as they advanced every game, to the finals. Everyone was excited and nervous at the same time. Coach Brockett walked up to Jake with a stern face and said to him: “You are pitching, don’t screw it up, you got me?” “Yes
games? Or did Phil Niekro consult and give R.A. Dickey pitching lessons on a regular basis to teach him
From here on out, nothing could stop him. Ponyboy had finally done it; he graduated. He had his entire life ahead of him, all thanks to the one man who had given up everything to give him the opportunity to get out of Tulsa. He hadn't appreciated him when he was younger, but looking back now with a more mature set of eyes, the young man knew how much his older brother had given up for him.
Still, Payton was not entirely satisfied. "Brown set his record in nine seasons," he said. "I wish I could have done it in nine. I could have, too, if the strike hadn't shortened the 1982 season."
“We have got a lot of experienced players back that have played a lot of innings,” Richardson said. “So I think that is really good.”
The Pioneer football team lost its bid for a perfect season last friday in an interleague matchup against the Vikings of River Valley High School. Despite the absence of two senior captains, Trey Pugh and Andrew Koenig, the loss was a massive upset as Alder was ranked as the number four team in Division IV in Ohio’s latest AP poll. The Pioneers fell at a score of 18 to 14. When asked about the outlook on the rest of the season, senior captain Austin Fooce replied, “We still have a lot to play for. We are really looking forward to week 10 and playoffs.”
Martin Perez came into this game struggling, getting absolutely roughed up in his last couple of outings. I for one was incredibly concerned with how he would show up now that the bright lights were on him, but boy did he respond well. Perez pitched seven masterful innings, allowing just one run on nine hits. Perez was in control all night,
Threats made him great because they made him think about what he was going to do with his life if he did not behave, and his future didn't look so bright. Also, others not reacting when he misbehaved made Jake a greater person because he just wanted attention and when he didn't get it he stopped. Finally, discovering his passion made Jake great because it gave him joy and he started to relate to others and want to also give them happiness. To summarize, Jake went through a lot, his parents were in jail, he moved in with a new family, and was threatened to be locked up. Jake's life was an emotional roller coaster, and he could have sat around feeling sorry for himself. But instead, he helped the Applewhites, worked hard and tried to please others. He realized that he could change his future. He stepped up to the challenge and made a difference in his life. Jake became
today. He didn't do that. he dropped the bat, and started his trot. He knew it
...he locker room just sitting. We realized that the score isn’t what mattered. What mattered was the lesson we had just learned from this game. Nothing is impossible. We were supposed to lose and we knew we were going to lose before the game even started. But after a series of fortunate, maybe even lucky events, we knew the obstacle at hand wasn’t insurmountable. We found a way to win and we learned a life lesson doing that.
While listening to each story and looking into the faces of the team and the coaches I realized the one thing each kid expressed that makes high school football
...on a minor league (AA Southern League), this was a small climax of the movie, and it was great joy to see that he could succeed after being away from the sport so long. The film showed Jimmy moving up from a small professional team to bigger and better teams. He just kept improving and getting recognized by the right people. Eventually he got a call from the major league baseball team, StingRays, and was being drafted to the big leagues. He went to his first game at The Ball Park in Arlington. At Arlington is where the climax of the movie took place, it happened when he took his first step onto the mound to relieve the pitcher. Jimmy came in and saved the game by making three perfect pitches. This was the climax because he had finally reached his goal, a major league baseball player. The movie ended by a little written excerpt saying that he pitched two full seasons in the Major League’s, and now resides in Texas.
It had been months since he left for college, months since he’d been accepted, months since he left Beacon Hills and the memories of a past war zone he’d all but abandoned there. He thought he’d pushed himself...
The team was ready, we had been working extremely hard for the past seven months for this. We were all in great shape and very rested. A few of the returning players were meeting me at my house to carpool to the final game of the state championship tournament. Everyone knew that the hard work had paid off when we won the semi-final game the preceding day.
“Man I can not believe that we made it to the World Series” said Marty to his team.
This was it. This was what it all comes down to. Right here, right now is my time to prove myself. They say in aspects of life that you either make it or break it. Well, this was my time to decide which would happen. I guess you could say that I revolved around softball my whole life, and usually I put my heart and soul into the game. Today was different. I had very ounce of myself in this game, but in this game my mind had to be in it too.