How Baseball Has Changed My Life

Playing baseball has had a very positive effect on my life. The game of baseball has taught me so many life lessons and I am grateful for that. Throughout my time playing baseball some of things I've learned are: patience, responsibility, respect, and teamwork. All of these aspects that I've learned have made me the person I am today.

Baseball is different from other sports in which the speed of the game is much slower compared to others. Patience is a life tool that baseball has tought me. Baseball brings patience through: extra innings, rain delays, and batting slumps. In today's world where everyone has the “I want it now attitude”, baseball teaches you that you have to have patience, dedication, and sometimes even a little luck. The patience that I've learned to have through baseball will continue to help me throughout my whole life.

Baseball has also tought so many people responsibility and I am lucky enough to be one those people. You have to be responsible for their actions and the errors you make out on that field and can't hold anyone else accountable, but yourself. There is nothing that bothers me more than hearing someone makes excuses for their errors or actions. I think I've learned that you just have to let those actions and errors go behind you and start over and forget about them.

I've had respect for my teammates, coaches, umpires, and everyone else who made it possible for me to play the game of baseball throughout my life. To be a successful player and even more importantly a successful team you and your team have to respect for each and every single person that put in the time and effort for you to be playing the game that you love. The respect that I've learned to give while playing baseball will a very helpful tool all through my