I remember everything about my first Cubs game although it was a few years ago. My dad and I went to the game on a Saturday in spring, a bright sunny day. We traveled by train to the ballpark because my dad said it would be hard to drive through all that traffic.
He was right about how crowded it would be. When we go there people were walking in the street and cars were moving so slowly. I was only eight and not very tall, so it was hard to see over the people who crowded the street. Finally we got to the entrance, and then we went to our seats after we handed in our tickets. We had tickets that were for seats far back, and it seemed like I climbed forever to get to them. When we got there I realized that even though we were at the upper
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People around us were clapping and shouting. The man next to me said, “This is going to be the year. This is the year they're going all the way.” My dad said to him “Let's hope this is the one.” But then he whispered to me “I think he is too hopeful. We’ll have to wait and see. I always start the year thinking they'll win the World Series, but then I remember last year. They started the season winning and after that, they had a long losing streak.” “Hey, hey, hey!” The Cubs batter hit the ball that soared out of the ball park. Soon after that, I heard “Hot dogs!” “Peanuts!” I looked and saw a vendor with a big tray hanging from his shoulders full of hot dogs in plastic wrap and bags of peanuts. “Two hot dogs”, my dad shouted and he gave the man next to us $4 to pass along the man with the hot dogs. He sent back two steaming hot dogs. “This is great” I said to my dad as I started to eat my hot dog. “Not so great” he said. “We just stuck out. This inning is not a winning …show more content…
The batter has to predict what the angle of the ball will be and determine if it will be a good one to swing at or if he should just let it go past. The batter has seconds to make that decision. The batter has to keep his eye on the ball and guess. So baseball is a game of skills and choices.”
It continued that way for the rest of the game, with us enjoying the food, and my dad saying “maybe next time” each time a player swung at a bad pitch. We bought peanuts, we even got another hot dog. I had never eaten such delicious hot dogs. We’d hope every time a batter started out, and then were disappointed as one by one they struck out and retired on the bench. After all, it was a really pleasant day with great food, fine weather, and special time with my dad. The final score was 7 to 0, so it was nine innings of hoping and then losing. We were disappointed about that score, but otherwise it was a perfect
“Batter up!” the umpire yelled from behind home plate on the diamond-shaped field for the inning to begin. Adrenaline rushed through the players’ veins as the crowd cheering echoed from the bleachers to the outfield. Softball and baseball are team sports which both require an umpire and a diamond shaped field. All players are important. Most aspects of the games are the same. Each team has only nine players on the field at nine different positions. Each inning ends when there are three outs. Baseball generally consists of nine innings, whereas softball usually is played in seven innings. People think that softball is not as tough as baseball because they think that softball is a soft sport. I have been playing softball for about ten years, but prior to that I played baseball. However, the game of softball is on a whole different level. Softball plays require much more speed, and there is a greater possibility of getting injured. The game of softball is more hazardous and fast-paced than baseball.
Baseball is not a difficult game to comprehend, but it can a very long time to achieve a high level of performance. Usually one starts playing this game at a very young age and the first thing they start out with is throwing. Throwing a baseball involves exploiting all major muscle groups in the body to generate a large torque on the arm that will in turn create a high potential for speed when it is released.
A dedicated baseball player shows up ready to play and succeed in whatever situation may arise. Baseball is a mental game, and concentration is key to keeping a player mentally prepared. Baseball is both a fast and slow sport, as it is slow between pitches, but very intense during them. During pitches, it is a players time to regroup and think of all the situations that could arise during the next pitch. During the play, everything happens fast, and there is no time to think about what to do, it is all instinct, so the ability to avoid mental errors is crucial.
We went down by the players to try to get an autograph, and I was right next to Charles tillman! The person next to me got his autograph but I got a high five. When I sat back down I felt the cold plastic from the seat. The game started and the sun started to come out. The warm rays shined on my side of the stadium so it got a little warmer.
My story and experience takes places long time ago, but to me it feels just like yesterday. I remember it so clearly, it was Saturday June 10, 2006. I got tickets for the game from my actual father, but he could not attend the game, thus giving me the tickets to my first Red Sox game at Fenway Park. The Red Sox that day were schedule to play the Texas Rangers in a day-night doubleheader. The minute I got tickets, I went and checked the weather for that day. Rain, yes it was schedule to rain on the day of my first Red Sox game, the game was already reschedule game from a rain-out from a month earlier.
Baseball is considered America’s past time. Legends like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, and many more have come and gone. Throughout baseball’s history certain players have excelled more than others, and like any sport they were successful by exploiting their strengths. It isn’t the rules, uniforms, stadiums, and fan base that make baseball a beautiful sport; it’s the players. Anyone competing, whether it is at a professional level or not, has their own unique mechanics that allows them to perform the best they can. No pitcher throws the ball the same way as another and no batter hits the ball the same way as another. Every baseball player has a routine in everything they do that makes them special. It has been said that hitting a baseball is the hardest task in all of sports. To accomplish that task, all factors come in to play; the type of pitch being thrown, the release point of the pitch, the break of the ball, etc. All those factors occur before the batter’s swing is fully initiated. As mentioned earlier, no batter swings the same way as another however, the mechanics of a swing is a different thing entirely. The mechanics of one’s swing begins when a batter enters the box and ends when a batter exits, what happens in between is up to the batter. By perfecting a batter’s mechanics while in the box, their chances of making contact increase greatly.
Baseball is a unique sport in many different ways. It is the only major competitive sport that has no time limit. The success of a player is determined on how well he can play as an individual and how well the team plays along with him. There are many rules that determine the success of a player’s performance. A baseball game is played with two teams and each team is permitted 25 players per team; however this is only true for professional teams. There are three parts to baseball: offense, pitching, and defense.
Baseball was always something my grandpa and I bonded over. Every day after school I would go to my grandparents house to wait for my dad to come pick me up from work. I was so eager to
They were all feeling down; it would be hard not to. They were faced with adversity, but their team bond that they had formed through the season had prepared them. Some players were not ready to give up so easily. Outfielder Jason Heyward called a players only meeting and according to Epstein, “all 25 guys squeezed into a space designed for half that many.” Heyward himself was having a terrible offseason. Epstein says, “by far the worst of his career.” Continuing to elaborate after the game, Epstein also said, “Most players who are having seasons that rough detach from the team and isolate themselves.” But Heyward was not around a traditional team culture. All the players were in there making small comments, trying to pick each other up when Heyward began: “We are the best team in baseball.” He’d walked to the middle of the room and continued, “We’ve got to stay positive and fight for your brothers. Stick together and we’re going to win this game.” From there, other players chirped in agreeing. Next thing, the rain was gone and the Cubs were on the field again. The Cubs had two runs in the top of the 10th from the help of Ben Zobrist and Miguel Montero. They were winning. Bottom of the 10th with 2 outs and Martinez of the Indians has a ground hit to Bryant who caught the ball and threw it to Rizzo: The Cubs had
empty plate. Dad races to the front door. I hear him fling it open. ‘Get off my
Everyone knows that when it comes to America’s favorite pastime, it’s baseball. And the best place to watch baseball is Wrigley Field in Chicago Illinois. From the sights of the exposed Iron girders to the beautifully manicured field and green ivy walls, everything you see displays baseball in its purest form. The smell of beer, hot dogs, and crackerjacks fill the air. The sounds of the fans cheering on the Cubbies and the shouts stadium vendors selling their snacks provides an undeniably warm, welcoming atmosphere. The Cubs are a true American staple with deep roots in the history of Chicago, and the great sport of baseball. Just by walking through the stadium’s entryways and corridors to the higher levels you can feel the generations of
With seconds to spare I arrived at batting practice and began to prepare for my game. I hear coach call out my name and as I he acknowledged that I was there he told me I was pitching. My brain shifted and went into a whole new mode, I was more focused and more determined than I have ever been. This was the biggest baseball game of my career and I 'm starting on the mound. Honestly it couldn 't have turned out any better, the fate of the pin and my team lied in my hands and I loved the pressure. The pressure made me thrive and before I knew it our team was marching onto the field for the national anthem. During the singing of the national anthem I peeked into the crowd and first row down the first base side was the little boy I met on the cart and his dad sitting right next to him. This game was for that little boy, I needed to impress him. I pitched six strong innings and my team ended up winning the game. It was the most exciting game of my career and the best part was being greeted with the best pin in the tournament after such a spectacular win. The little boy ran out into the middle of the field where we shook our opponents hands and in front of everyone in the stadium handed me the only thing I cared about besides winning. I was in the best mood for the rest of the day and I rewarded myself with a nice long sleep. I could only image what the next day had to
As it was once said by the great Yogi Berra, “Baseball is 90% mental and the other half is physical.” Whether they are out on the field or up to bat, they always need to know the situation in the game. When playing out on the field every player needs to think about where they are going to go with the ball if it gets hit to them. Even if there is a weak hitter up to bat, outfielders still have to be ready for anything. Also, players need to know how many outs there are and what bases runners are on so that if the ball does get hit to them they know what to do.
Baseball is a great game to analyze from game theory perspective because of the scale of strategic decisions that are continuously made on the fields and each play. In every play, there are various players (baseball players, coaches, team managers and owners) with different goals and payoffs, and thousands of pitch-by-pitch decisions are made in course of an at-bat, inning, game, and season.
...to play. The ball steadily slows down until it is fielded because of the inertia. If the ball is hot in the air but bounces on the ground before the person fields it, then they would have to be sure to watch and calculate the projectile motion and how the ball spins on the ground. To be a good fielder, one has to be consciously aware of how the ball will move and to what direction it will be coming off the bat. They need to be able to calculate the speed the ball is coming and if it is going to bounce or curve.