The Game
It was opening day on March 29, the Manager of the Royals was sitting in his skybox office working on the team’s schedule for the coming year. His aide entered into the room with a letter from the commissioner saying that that he would need to squeeze a High School baseball game somewhere into the Royal’s schedule. He is baffled, how was he going to include a High School game into the busiest schedule of the busiest team in the busiest year ever in the history of the MLB. He finished the team’s schedule that day so that he could get to work on the High School game when a bird landed on his window sill and then took flight again. That is when it hit him, he could just schedule the game for a date when the Royals were playing a traveling
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Caiden was tall for the age of fifteen and always wore a hat he was also very ambitious, while Wilson was a stocky kid with red hair. They were both very diligent and that is probably what made them such good friends. They had been best friends since Caiden had moved into the neighborhood almost five years before. They spent almost every day at each other’s house. Sometimes they would play catch in one of their backyards or they would walk to the local baseball fields to practice hitting or on other days they would just play video games at either of their houses On this particular day Caiden’s mother walked out of the house and into the backyard with an excited look on her face. Caiden asked what happened and she told the boys that they were going to get to play a baseball game at Kauffman stadium. They were ecstatic, they were going to get to play where the Royals played! The next step was to practice like they had never practiced …show more content…
The coach had not resigned as the athletic director had convinced him to finish his last season. Caiden and Wilson decided to play for a private league and the whole team including the coach joined them, they had their first game two weeks later and because they had all prepared so much for the game at the K, they easily won the game. They won game after game after game and their confidence grew from where it had fallen after the game at Kauffman. They ended the summer season with a perfect record of 25 wins and 0 losses. The week after the season ended the coach got a letter in the mail from the Little League World Series association inviting him and his team to play in the Little League World Series qualifying tournament. All in all their hard work payed off, just not in the way they were expecting. THE
The Only Game, by Mike Lupica, is about a 6th grade boy named Jack that is very good at baseball. When the book starts out Jack and his old team mates are very excited that baseball season is just about to start up again. They all are out on the field explaining how it looks and smells so great. Then the day arrives that they had all been waiting for, tryouts. Jack explains how it is great to be back at it with his best friend Gus. After tryouts they found out who all made the team and it was basically the same team that they had last year. This year was supposed to be the year that they win the Little League World Series. They had all the offence and defense they needed to go all the way. Last year’s team made it to the World series
The main character and narrator Andrea, who goes by the nickname Andy for the majority of the story, is a nine year old girl. She’s fighting an internal battle of figuring out her place in the world. In the beginning, she feels comfortable around her father, who plays an important role and defends her place in the presence on the hunting trip. Charlie Spoon and his son Mac were also characters on the hunting trip, and they play a supportive role and constantly questioned the appropriateness of a young girl on a hunting trip with men. Although her mom didn’t play an important active role in the story, she was a very important
Although pride can lead to beneficial outcomes, pride with the absence of empathy can lead to a devastating result. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell shows that having too much pride and no empathy can get someone in some terrible trouble. The theme is proven by Rainsfords pride and unempathetic-ness, how the general had too much pride, and how the general only saw himself as the hunter, not the hunted.
stuck through it. At the very beginning they could have gave up but they didn?t. They had a plan
Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.
on day in early june gablin was sitting in the dugout of the san jose sunbirds stadium remembering last season. It was the eighteenth inning of the second game of the Western Division play-offs against the Santa Ana Lionettes and Gamblins idol. Carol Spanks was at the plate Spanks lined the ball to the left of third base a shot lit so hard that it pulled the glove off Gamblins hand and rolled onto the artificial turf Gamblin scrambled for the ball spun around and threw her idol out at first base. It was she thought the best play she ever made.
“Wilson,” I called out, receiving no response. “Wilson?” He stayed slumped in the chair, eyes casted on the ground, refusing to make eye contact or any other sign of acknowledgement. “Wilson!” I yelled, causing him to flinch, his eyes finally meeting mine. There was sadness clear as day in his eyes, but no, he did not deserve to be sad. He did not have any reason. He didn’t love her. He couldn’t provide for her. Not like I could- or would.
It was a sunny day with a sweet aroma of blooming tulips. The sunlight glittered on their faces as the breeze rattled the chestnut tree above. There was an occasional giggle as they talked, but there was also a hint of discomfort and awkwardness between them as they peeked at each other’s face and recoiled when the other looked up. When the bell rang twice, I saw them say goodbye and walk away from each other. In the darkness of the crowd, a glimmer flashed into my eyes from Hannah’s cheeks.
..., they did what people always strive to do: find something positive from a bad situation.
I think the games are just as important to Paddy as they are to the
“One of us is to furnish a repast for the hounds. The other will sleep in this very excellent bed. On guard Rainsford.”
Adam’s love for Cathy was not one for simple physical pleasure it was a sincere deep love that one must search long and hard for. Adam covered for Cathy’s attempted murder, and then raised his sons indifferently without much passion; because without Cathy in his life he fell into a slight depression. As the twins grow they are pinned against one another for the approval of their father in a similar manner that Adam and Charles were. Aron showing more ambition in academics was always favored by Adam. Aron then went on to Stanford, while Cal searched for a way to pay for Aron’s tuition because Adam’s fortune had gone to ruin’s in a failing business. When Cal came across a large amount of money from selling beans, Adam thought his son was doing the wrong thing. With great anger and frustration Cal revealed to Aron the dark secrets of their mother. This causes Ar...
Pyramus was the cute boy next door, and Thisbe the prettiest girl in the entire neighborhood. They lived right next door to each other. Their parents were in a dispute over rent money; Thisbe’s father was the manager of the apartments and Pyramus’s parents had been late on their payments for a few months now. The kids were not allowed to talk or to see each other. One thing, however, they could not forbid- their young and carefree love that pound in each others hearts. They conversed by signs and glances, and the fire burned more intensely for being covered up.
The stories are also told from the perspectives of Caitlin and Martin when they were teenagers, and it progresses through time. Caitlin’s side has a lot of parts about what many reader’s lives are like, such as being bored in class or having friendship troubles, which are entertaining to read about. Martin’s side of the story gives us a new side of life which most readers don’t know much of, and it is informative. As the story is nonfiction and all of the events actually happened, it makes the story more interesting. This story was written about the years of 1997 to 2003, from when Martin and Caitlin first started correspondence to when they met in real life.
Have you ever wondered what is would be like to have a conversation with Death or Life? To be able to ask questions that has always baffled you. Why do we live or die? What happens after we are dead or before we are born? Maybe the game played between the two major characters in this one-act morality play would bring into perspective these two concepts. A character is defined as “any personage in a literary work who acts, appears, or is referred to as playing a part” (Mays, 182). In this play Louise Bryant personified the concepts of Life and Death by giving them human characteristics or feelings to add to the drama that is going on between the two of them and also to make the audience see these concepts as relatable. This paper will show the importance of a character’s qualities on