Upcoming World Series

This baseball season has just begun. I have waited since the beginning of football season for baseball season to come. This year I am not sure who is going to win, last year was a shock with two teams that were at the bottom of the league, but this year might be the best in my book.  

Year of the Pitcher

In baseball people have talked about how it might be the Year of the Pitcher. They say it might be the Year of the pitcher because pitchers are starting to get very dominate to the game of baseball. In the past pitchers were considered very good if they were hitting 90mph, now pitchers are throwing high 90's and mid 90's with other pitches such as the change-up going down as low as low 80's or high 70's. As a batter that is very tough to hit because of the reaction time, you have about a second or less to decide to swing and if it's a good pitch, but if someone throws a 75mph change-up after throwing a mid 90's fastball it is very hard to adjust. When you are a batter you are successful if you were batting .300 batting .300 is only getting three hits out of ten, but those three hits are much harder now.

Authors note: This is a personal metaphor created in a class writing activity for practice.

I am a bee lying in the weeds.

I am a waiting puppy with anxious eyes.

I am the smell of baking bread.

I am a short, well built man. 

Sweet Lou

When does it get old? In the book Sweet Lou by Melissa Isaacson, Lou Piniella long time baseball star as a MVP, manager of the year has now found his passion for managing the Chicago Cubs to maybe their first World Series in more than a Century. The story starts out describing young Lou as a little boy always watching and dreaming to become the baseball superstar. Well in the book Lou's family wasn't exactly the wealthiest, they didn’t have much baseball equipment to practice with other than a glove and a ball, nor did they have much food or water. The family saved their scraps and managed to gather enough water from the near pond and food from their leftovers to live happy and to stay alive. Lou's father saw Lou's passion for baseball he realized that without baseball Lou wouldn’t do anything with his life. So his father practiced ever day with Lou to maybe perk up his spirits until he realized Lou needed an education, after about a couple years Lou got into college. With the tuff grades and baseball on his mind Lou was about to drop out of college, until he met his coach, his coach loved Lou he liked the way he hit and fielded. With the courage that his coach had provided him Lou ended up picking up his grades so he could play on the baseball team, which he ended up getting drafted to the MLB. What Lou did had inspired many people, what kept him going was his will power he wasn’t going to quit, which was the purpose of the story never stop trying.

The purpose to the story was to show that even though things might be tough, if you put in the work the results will come. When Lou was a young boy and his family wasn’t exactly the wealthiest, Lou realized that he's got to work to get to the life he wished to have for him and his family. Later on in the book it showed how Lou then fulfilled his dreams to become a baseball player then a manager. To get what you want you have to work which my family relates to.

In the book Sweet Lou there were a lot of times where my family could relate to him. With the purpose of the story being never quit, relates to my family because we never quit. When you quit at something it’s a sign of not improving, a sign that you're lazy. When your grandma comes to see you, then finds out your not what she wanted shame will find its own level. Therefore in the book Lou's very much wanted dreams was to grow up being like his grandfather, which was hardnosed in your face one hundred percent work ethic.

The book Sweet Lou had a very touching ending because the fact that Lou has grown up. His parent helped him through his whole life getting him into college and some education, also giving him the great dream and joy for the game of baseball. With not much money to even get food on the table Lou still got the love for the game, which is what most people would love to have someday.      

     

Prompt 1 question

In my childhood I have had many great times, with friends or family. One of my greatest memories every was probably beating the Muskego basketball team in fourth grade. This team was undefeated and most games weren't even close. To beat them you had to show and give everything you had. My team we gave everything we had and at the end of the game we saw the scoreboard and we had won.

When My team beat them in fourth grade it changed me forever because I learned one valuable lesson you know when you are going one hundred percent, and you can't win or do anything if you're not going one hundred percent. This memory also changed me forever because of what we had to do to get to what we had accomplished. I now realize why wouldn't you go one hundred percent, because the world can end any given day you could die any given day, so you don’t know when its going to end like in the state tournament in high school basketball a senor might have his last game in a Pewaukee uniform right there on the court. So why don't you want to leave on a good note?

The whole reason this universe was created was to see how far you can live or to see the best you can do, so what is the point of not giving what you have. There were a couple famous quotes by Michael Jordon one being "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying." This quote specifically speaks out to being lazy. When people ask you to get them a glass of coffee and the coffee machine is ten feet away that’s called lazy, which is less then one hundred percent. This was one of my greatest memories and I think about it everyday. 

 

March Madness

Around the country there are many colleges, which all have a sport team. There is one very common sport called basketball. Now in the country March Madness is a huge tournament that is a college basketball thrill. You have to make the tournament by having a good record in the league. Once they seed you there is four of every seed from 1-16. In Wisconsin we usually always cheer for Marquette which this year they hopefully do good. I am a huge march Madness fan and hope Marquette goes far.

Albert Pujols

Albert Pujols also known as the machine as possibly the greatest batter in baseball. He teaches a lot of people how to hit with his thrilling mechanics and his locked front leg, it makes hm the ultimate person. With practice and desire Albert Pujols made it to the MLB, where he now gets paid for his skill level. For myself I have been looking up to him to maybe have a shot or have fun or make the MLB.