In Play Ball by Matt Christopher, Carter, a baseball player finds trouble when his cousin moves. In the beginning, Carter and Liam are living life to the fullest. They just finally finish playing in the Little League Baseball World Series. After a fun and adventures day Liam heads home from Carters house. When Carter finishes his dinner he heads over to Liam’s so they can do homework together when, BAM! The news hits that Liam will be moving from Pennsylvania to California after Christmas.
At this point in the novel the story has changed to an alternate point of view. In the meantime, Carter and Liam spend their last few months together as neighbors. Both kids are torn by the move as soon as it happens. Carters mom makes him bond with his new neighbor Ash. Ash which is short for Ashley is a boy the same age as Carter. After a snowball fight Carter realizes that Ash is a really talented baseball
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player. The best part about the move for Carter is that Ash’s parents opened a new indoor sports facility. Liam has trouble adapting to his new home.
For example, Liam heads to baseball tryouts when he remembers the name of his new Little League. San Fernando, the same Little League that beat he and Carters team in the World Series last year. On top of that, Liam fell down trying to hit a homerun embarrassing himself in front of millions of people and the San Fernando Little League. With all this distraction Liam has a bad tryout. Luckily two twin boys help Liam get used to his new town and Little League.
As time goes by, Ash and Carter start to become better friends. He now sees that Ash is a huge asset to their team and they need to work together to make it back to Williamsport. Liam starts adapting to California with the help of his new friends the Driscoll twins. After meandering around his new town for a while Liam starts preforming in practice but is still nervous to face his enemy Phillip DiMaggio. Phillip taunted Liam after what happened in the World Series. He Skype’s his cousin Carter and Carter gives him advice and the confidence needed to stand up to his
enemy. Carter’s advice turns out great for Liam. Liam may not of had a fantastic hitting day, but he turned out to be the hero in the end. Liam made a diving catch and then quickly threw to second to make a game ending double play. The best part about it was that Phillip DiMaggio was the one who hit the ball. Back in Pennsylvania Carter sees his team and notices Ash is on it. Carter soon finds out that Ash has a little bit of an attitude. For example, Ash was pretty rude to the other players and freaked out on Carter when he threw the wrong pitch. In conclusion, Carter and Liam get over the grievous dilemma of losing each other by making new friends and looking at the positives in every situation.
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
After first reading the essay “Sports Should be Child’s Play,” I believe David Epstein made a valid point when discussing the issue of children participating in competitive sports at a too young of an age. He effectively delivered his argument by giving an appropriate amount of evidence without crowding the piece and losing the reader. There were certain sections of the essay that would have been difficult to understand without context, however Epstein was able to guide the reader and explain the evidence and situation when necessary. The title of the essay drew me in because “child's play” coincides with something that can be easily accomplished and is enjoyable. However sports, at the higher level, are challenging and are required to be taken seriously. If children are playing at competitive level too early in their life, it can cause a loss of enjoyment and be detrimental to their physical and mental health.
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