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    Sports contain some of the hardest things to do in the world this includes hit a puck into a goal defended by another person, run down a field trying to avoid being tackled, put a ball in a basket a little bigger than itself, and in my opinion the hardest of all is to hit a ball with a circumference of 2.86cm with a bat that has a circumference of 2.75 inches. Not only this but the ball can be thrown from 70-100 mph in high school through the pros. This is why I think baseball is the hardest sport

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    Introduction Baseball is considered to be America's favorite pastime and has become popular all over the world. This sport is watched by millions of people every time there is a game played. People will go to the stadiums to watch and a lot of fans will watch the game on television. Since there are so many people watching these games, advertising has become more and more apart of every baseball stadium due to the amount of exposure a company can receive by using the many types of ads found in

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    That bat was five hundred dollars, I told you it is not the bat it's the guy swinging it and you didn’t believe me” Coach explained. “Well than coach Wildrick isn’t throwing the ball right because I can’t hit it” Tyler said. Tyler ran back to the outfield and went right into the batting cage. I saw what he was doing wrong but I didn’t want to tell him,he doesn’t even let us touch his

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    was anything in the outfield I was going home.” Townsend said, “I got a good secondary lead and I put my head down and ran as fast as I could, because I knew it was going to be close.” The play at the plate, was a bang-bang play that saw Townsend slide into the plate and the ball arrived at catcher Jonah

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    “Strike!” “Safe!” “Foul Ball!” “You’re out!” These are just a few of the terms one would hear while attending a ball game.  Add a hot dog and peanuts and you are now a fan of a time-honored tradition by many Americans.  A tradition that many fans look forward to watching in hopes that the players will “hit one over the fence” while they are in attendance. Many people enjoy playing the game more so than they do watching it.  However, the game is not always the same for the players.  Some players call

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    plays a very important role in playing baseball, inertia is when something is in motion it will stay in motion an d an object at rest stays at rest. This play's an important role in catching a baseball. This is such as when you hit a ball to the outfield, but if someone catches it their mitt and hand will be forced back a little, because the ball wants to keep moving. It is the same when you are pitching or just throwing it to someone, because when you throw it and a person catches it their hand

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    Throughout my schooling at Nashua-Plainfield I have taken initiative in many ways. I was apart of the student council, FCCLA treasure, and was the captain on my softball team. I felt I learned the most about being a leader in softball. In softball I felt as if there was two ways to be a leader, on the field, and off the field in the dugout. I was a leader in the filed, by talking. Talking is a major part of softball. You constantly have to be aware about where the ball is and what you are going to

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    Baseball, a game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped series of four bases. A prestige and unique game that is played all over the world but most beloved in the United States, hence, why people refer to it as the national pastime due to its tradition and popularity. Baseball consists of many complex rules and an extended history. In order for one to fall in love with the game such as America has, one must understand the rules and history of baseball. Baseball originates

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    to the game which is mostly centered around the hitters and the outfield on having to make different adjustments just so they can fully utilize the field itself. Most of the fields have different from home plate to the fence in the outfield to hit a home run which means that if a hitter can hit a home run at one field, it does not mean he can hit one in the next. Also, because of the of the different distance it can cause the outfield to be either smaller or bigger than the previous one which means

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    At around seven I was placed into it and for about four years I play that game. Actually, played is an overstatement, I existed in the same general field that baseball was played in. I sat for hours on end in the outfield, sun blazing overhead, grass up to my knees and bored out of my mind. Dandelions and a self-made activity that involved me throwing my glove as high as possible, clapping as fast as I could, and catching the glove were my only sources of entertainment

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