Baseball Team: A Short Story

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What does it exactly feel like to be a stranger in the village? Does it even have a specific feeling? Do you feel lonely, scared, or nervous? There was once a time where I had the same feelings as you. Most people who know me would not even believe me based off of my personality and how I act. It’s really funny how now matter your character, when put in an uneasy situation most people become shy and nervous. You see being a stranger in the village should not deter you from changing that view, break out of your shell and just speak out, you never know who is listening.
It was the summer of 2015 in late August. I was invited to go tryout for the nation’s best 16u travel baseball team; The East Cobb Astros. When I got to the field where …show more content…

The first person who started talking to was James Parris, his first words were “Wassup foo, you gone make the team?” I laughed at the comment and responded with, “Wassup bro, of course I’m gonna make the team.” Saying that comment with zero confidence at all. After stretching it was finally my chance to showcase why I was invited to the tryout in the first place. We started off with throwing a bullpen for the head coach Guerry Baldwin, who is basically a youth baseball legend. Coach Guerry has coached some of the top stars in the major league right now. So for me to get the chance to pitch in front of him is just a huge opportunity in …show more content…

Finally it was my time to pitch, the way the tryout was set up two pitchers would throw at the same time and just alternate pitches. The other pitcher I would throw with was Jack Friedman who would also make the team. You see Jack could throw really hard but could not stay in the strike zone to save his life and it seemed as if Coach Guerry loved him. After every pitch he threw coach would scream, “FANTASTIC!” Coach loved Jack so much he stopped both of us in the middle of throwing and told him he made the team. While I probably threw the best bullpen of my life coach didn’t even notice me. When I finished he said, “That’s it? Ok great who’s next?” Since they didn’t allow parents to watch the bullpens my dad was waiting right outside. His first question was, “How was it?” I responded with, “I probably didn’t make the team.” And walked away. But I guess coach did notice me because he later told the assistant coaches that I had the best bullpen out of everyone at the

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