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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a teacher? It’s Turner DeVore in fact, and no he wasn’t actually flying around in the air like Superman. That would have been impossible. Now I don’t know if I would exactly call Turner my hero, but he certainly has done a lot for me and the other kids on the Central Decatur baseball team.
Turner is a teacher for special needs children, the junior high boys basketball coach, and head coach for the high school baseball team at Central Decatur. He also used to be the head coach for junior high baseball.He has a wife and two daughters. His wife’s name is Kristyn, and his daughters’ names are Gracie and Harper. Unfortunately Turner is moving to Knoxville, Iowa after this summer because his wife Kristyn scored an
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Before the Bullpen was available Turner would have a small cage set up in his garage in the winter so we could still work on hitting. A couple other baseball players and I would go there and hit whenever we got the chance. This way we had a play to keep practicing for the season to come. Even during the season he allowed us to come hangout at his house if we wanted a place to chill out before a practice or a game. If we wanted to work on pitching or hitting he would take time out of his day, away from his family, to help us get better. With the help of Shane and Kat Akers they were able to create the Bullpen in Kat’s dance studio. We then could move from makeshift cage in Turner’s garage to a full blown indoor cage. There are two full cages, hitting tees, and even pitching mounds. If people want to hit he will go out of his way to open up the Bullpen for them. Turner has done this for me multiple times for me. There has even been times when he would stay late with me so I could work on my swing or work on pitches I wasn’t quite comfortable with. Turner has been helping me get better at baseball since the seventh grade. He has helped me become the baseball player I am today. Turner has been there for me for more than just
Major league scouts had come to watch a shortstop whom they had heard was an excellent fielder and consistent batter. They were quickly distracted from this responsibility however by the performance of the man on the pitcher’s mound. Fernando Valenzuela was a pudgy teenage boy who had grown up on the dusty baseball fields of northwestern Mexico. From a young age, he had dreamed of playing professional baseball and he was about to get his chance. Less than two years later, he became the only player to win the Cy Young award as well as the Rookie of the Year award...
first person about his struggles in the beginning of his baseball career, and how he miraculously turns his
Cal was so dedicated to baseball that he had a batting cage with a mechanical pitcher in his backyard so he could practice for hours everyday. Cal would spend one afternoon a week at Baltimore’s stadium answering every letter he received from fans. He would hang around the ballpark more than an hour after games, signing more than 500 autographs.
For many years now, my biggest influencer has been Roberto Clemente, who played Major League Baseball in the 60’s and 70’s. Roberto Walker Clemente was born the youngest of seven children to Melchor and Luisa Clemente in Puerto Rico on August 18, 1934. Although growing up poor in Barrio San Anton in Carolina, he was happy and remained very close to his family and to his country and its inhabitants throughout his entire life. Roberto was an industrious young man and worked various odd jobs including milk delivery. He began playing baseball with his brothers and friends and was eventually signed for forty dollars a month by a professional hardball team in the Puerto Rican town of Santurce. His natural ability got him recognized by a Dodger scout and he was signed in 1954 to a minor league team in Montreal. His
America’s pastime has been complicated in the last couple centuries, and integration has been a big key in the game of baseball. Like most of America in the 1940’s, baseball was segregated, with whites playing in the Major League system and African-Americans playing in the Negro Leagues. There were many factors that made whites and blacks come together, including World War II. Integration caused many downs in the time period, but as baseball grew and grew it was one of the greatest accomplishments in the history. It was hard to find the right black man to start this, they needed a man with baseball abilities and a man who didn’t need to fight back.
He says that he has to-do list every game of what to put out, when to put it out, and where to put it. He puts out gum, sugar free gum, Big League Chew, bats, helmets, and towels. He does that every game and makes sure it is exactly where it’s supposed to be. Brian helped Hank Bishop get out of his very bad slump. Hank was nearing 500 home runs near the end of the season, he had 499. He kept striking out so Brian told him what was wrong. Whenever Hank came over to Brian’s house Brian waited until the end and took him to his room and showed him what was wrong with his swing. Brian said “You need to lower your hand a little, you have them too high up”. They went to the nearby baseball field and fixed it that night. Hank did that their last home game of the season and hit his 500th home
Even as a child Derek loved baseball. He and his dad would often throw in the baseball field behind his house almost everyday. Although his dad sounds like a great role model for him, his Grandma Dot and Grandpa Bill were the most important people in his childhood. They were his moms parents. He would go visit them in New Jersey for weeks at a time. His Grandma would tell him stories about the best Yankee players and basically plant dreams in his head. At night he would watch the Yankee’s play with his Grandpa Bill and fall asleep in his lap. As soon as he woke up in the morning(which was ussualy pretty early) he would go into to his Grandma and say “Come on Gram! Lets go throw!”. They went through this routine every morning.
The greatness cannot begin to be quantified in statistics and numbers. Ty Cobb redefined the words hard work and determination by stretching his limited God-given ability to the maximum, and making himself into a baseball legend. Cobb throughout his lifetime insisted that he was "not a super athlete, rather he had a great desire to win." Thus, Ty Cobb’s motivation and determination to excel created a pathway to his success.
A person who takes charge takes on huge responsibilities. Taking charge is stepping outside the boundaries of ordinary. Nat Turner could certainly be looked at as a hero of his time and he definitely took charge of what he believed in to make change. When people think of heroes they normally assume that the person has super powers and doing “inhumane” things. Right away people refer heroes to cartoons and movies. A hero is simply someone who makes sacrifices to help others and they’re highly respected, a world changer. There are different types of heroes all over the world. A hero is Nat Turner.
Bryan lives in Brentwood, Tennessee with his wife and three kids. Bryan and his wife have been married since 2006(Finan, Eileen). At one point or another during the time Bryan got married he got his wife’s initials tatoo on his but. They have two sons of there own Thomus known as Bo and Tatum known as Tate in their family. When Bryan’s brother in law died leaving behind his three children Tildren known as Til, Kris, and Jordan(Biography.com editors, Anderson, Danielle). Bryan took the kids in which really only means that he takes care of Til because Jordan and Kris are old enough to take care of themselves, and Til is only 13 years old(Anderson, Danielle). Interesting fact about the three boys they could make a phone bill $2000 just from the data. Bryan and his family to the guest building of their soon to be dream home on 169 acre farm outside of Nashville(Finan, Eileen, Anderson,Danielle). This has been their dream for a long time. Bryan loves spending time with his family even though he is really busy( Anderson, Danielle). He is also a well known persen where he used to live because he is on the welcome sign when you enter the town(McClellan, Laura). This guy is one really busy person who does the best he can do for his family no matter what is going
He used the beloved sport mainly as a way to bond and spend time with me, but also an attempt to continue the cultural tradition of baseball. His attempt to do that succeeded, watching the game sitting on the couch, enraged at the fact that the Marlins can barely win any games together. He serves as a prime example that proved to me that baseball runs in Dominican blood. I have only visited the Dominican Republic a few times, but that was more than enough to show me how much the people care about the game. They would play and enjoy baseball with anything, and play it anywhere.
The Hero’s Journey is a basic template utilized by writers everywhere. Joseph Campbell, an American scholar, analyzed an abundance of myths and literature and decided that almost all of them followed a template that has around twelve steps. He would call these steps the Hero’s Journey. The steps to the Hero’s Journey are a hero is born into ordinary circumstances, call to adventure/action, refusal of call, a push to go on the journey, aid by mentor, a crossing of the threshold, the hero is tested, defeat of a villain, possible prize, hero goes home. The Hero’s Journey is more or less the same journey every time. It is a circular pattern used in stories or myths.
Baseball has always been America’s natural past time. Many fans love watching baseball but do not realize how hard it is to prepare for a season. Most fans think the players just show up on the first day. I think this belief is completely false. I feel that preparing for a baseball season requires much preparation. The preparation I use includes working on my swing, working out, and studying other people’s ideas on hitting. These steps are necessary for me to have a successful season. These steps have proven to be a valuable aid in helping me to prepare for the season. I believe these steps are the basic steps to becoming a great baseball player.
Dr. D is a cardiothoracic surgeon. He was my hero. He may well still be, even though he is a throw-back to the days when I was more concerned about science than symbolism.
One of the earliest memories I have of my father is when he would take me to the park and we would play baseball. My father was eager to teach me everything he knew about the game, and I was eager to learn. He took it easy on me at first, allowing me to overcome my fear of being hit by the ball. Each time we went back to the park he would throw the ball a little harder. It was not long before I could catch almost anything he threw at me. My father also used his knowledge of the game to teach me to hit a baseball. Eventually, I was skilled enough to play any position on a baseball team.