The Natural, Because My Passion Is Sports

Tim Green’s book, Football hero, is about a boy named Ty Lewis who loss his parents in a car accident. Due to this, he had to move to New Jersey to live with this Uncle Gus and Aunt Virginia who are not very supportive of his dreams. Ty is passionate about football and is very good at it too. He is the best player on his team and his brother now plays for the New York Jets NFL team. Ty’s speed on the field got him recruited by Coach V but his Uncle Gus will not let him play.

If you love sports fiction books, especially Mike Lupica’s, you will love this one. The book I chose to write a book talk on this quarter is called The Batboy. In the book, Brian, a fourteen year old child, gets the opportunity that he has always wanted. Brian is hired to become the batboy for his favorite baseball team, the Detroit Tigers. Although Brian’s dad was in the major leagues at one point, he left Brian and his mother when Brian was eight. However, Brian got over that when he was young and the situation was not a big deal anymore. When Brian thought things could not get better, he found out that the Tigers signed his favorite player Hank Bishop with Bishop coming off of his fifty game suspension because of steroid use. While reading

More than any other sports, baseball sits highly on the throne of America. The heroic sport calls for fond memories from stacking tiny baseball figurines to betting large sums of money on the winning player. Behind every swing of the bat lies the recorded scores, broadcasted reports, tales, and legends that all American boys and girls hear. During the 1900s, baseball was everyone's favorite sport and source of entertainment. Films, documentaries and short stories rose to display the magical American love for baseball. In one case, W.P. Kinsella illustrates the prominent theme of love in the baseball fan favorite novel, “Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa” and its film adaption. Ray Kinsella, through his love for baseball and receiving support from his family, is transformed from a mundane farmer into a baseball hero that drives Archibald Wright into discovering a critical passion.

This is a story of baseball and how it is a team sport. The book relates with the title by showing how this boy named Sandy Comstock that plays on the Grantville Raiders and has a big game coming up. It was against the Newtown Raptors. He wanted to beat them and become one of the best teams. By the time he knew it he ended up on the Newtown Raptors team and he was going to play is old team. It was kind of like a baseball turnaround.

During the reading,I began to think of sports, soccer in particular. This is because when the author was referring to hockey, it made me think of the sport that I play and how I can improve.When the author writes“ if your are to work to develop that ability, the system will reward you” ( Outliers pg.17). I made a connection to what my parents and been instilling in me not just in sports but also in life.I really like how the author takes examples from different circumstances to prove his point. This allows readers to connect to the reading, and in turn makes the book more enjoyable to read.

My question to you is if you were an adult and parent, would you recommend this book to child? Drew is a superior high school basketball player known in the state of California as Drew "True" Legend. True struggles with the fact of not having a father, since his walked away when he was a young. Until he moved from New York when the guy who "recruited" him to move and give his mom a new job. True starts the season with a spark and carries the team. He has trouble with the school and eventually the law, until helping out a Streetball legend. As a parent i would personally like my child to read True Legend a novel written by Mike Lupica because it relates to lessons that we can use in our everyday lives,loyalty, shows honesty, and to never give up on anything you start, even though True gets into trouble throughout the book.

I really enjoyed this book because of how they are the underdogs. They don't have enough money, players, and a good field to play. As a sports fan, I always want the underdog team to win. It is just a good feeling when a team that was expected to lose, comes out victorious.

This novel develops characters that engage in sex, to teachers cheating so their high school football players can continue to participate on the football field. Many people have a major affect on football and society in this novel. One of the major characters was Boobie Myles. Boobie was supposed to be the star athlete on the Permian football team. In the beginning, Boobie was arrogant to his teammates and wasn’t a good team leader. All Boobie cared about was winning and getting to the next level of football to satisfy his athletic needs. When Boobie is injured, he realizes he took football for granted and would do anything to play again. The team needs Boobie and Boobie needs the team. Coach Gaines realizes Boobie was seriously hurt and gives an inspiring pep talk to the team about how the players need to put their heart in the game and how lucky they are to be playing for Odessa.

There were a few points in this book that taught me about life and how crazy it can be sometimes. The photographer named Fulgencio was very afraid of hitch hiking to Mexico City with a stranger, especially with all of us expensive equipment. On the ride, Fulgencio is so paranoid that the guy is going to kill him, he grabs a machete out of the back of the truck. In doing so he gets kicked out of the car and loses all of his photography equipment anyways. This taught me that we need to trust each other more, Just because there are a few crazy people in the world, we shouldn't let them give us all a bad name. I mean, the guy picked Fulgencio up when he was in desperate need of a car, and gives him a ride. He should have been thankful, not picked up a machete and threaten the guy. Another thing this book taught me was that just because your sister doesn't want your kid anymore because she

Calico Joe,” written by John Grisham, is a novel that can really grab the attention of the reader. The author of this novel, John Grisham, once dreamed of a professional baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals. There are three main characters within the story. There is Joe Castle, a promising 21-year-old rookie for the Chicago Cubs, who is having an unbelievable year and breaking rookie records. There’s Warren Tracey, who is a 34-year-old pitcher for the New York Mets and the father of Paul. The other main character is Paul Tracey, who is also the narrator. Paul Tracey is an 11-year-old who seems to take after his father in the sense of being a rather skilled baseball player. The novel, “Calico Joe,” is about a baseball player with a promising career that gets ended just as it is beginning. This was because he was intentionally hit by Warren Tracey. This novel also shows the aftermath of this tragic event. This novel does an excellent job of revealing its point, as well as revealing certain things that are were relevant in the America of that time and the America of today.

He even sets the minor league record for career home runs. After all of this he still fights with all his energy to make the majors, he is one of the team’s leading hitters and mentors the team’s star pitcher, Nuke. Again, despite his efforts the team decides to send him down. At first, he is heartbroken, but then he bounces back on his feet and decides to become a manager. Even though he does not get to achieve his dream of being a major leaguer he adapts and makes the most of his situation. By all measures he fails in almost every aspect of becoming a major leaguer, but in the end he is happy and is doing what he loves. This is a key to the American lifestyle.

This summer I read an outstanding book called Heat by MIke Lupica. This book includes a lot of baseball and when you start this book you won’t stop reading it!If you like baseball this book is definitely for you, I was able to connect with the character and his love for the sport. The characters in this book are Michael, the main character who loves baseball and is the best pitcher in his league. Carlos, Michael’s brother who will do anything to keep them together. Mr.Gibbs, an official person who wants to know the truth about Michael and Carlos’ father,but also wants to help them. Manny, Michael’s best friend who wants to help as much as he can, but wants to make it to the Little League World Series. Another character is Mrs.C, Mrs.C tried

The novel begins with preseason football in the heat of a Texas summer. The players and coaches practice over 4 hours a day in 100-degree weather. The media is affecting every player pushing for a state championship and college scouts at every practice. The boys who gave completely of themselves for their sport are unique personalities. From dedicated quarterback Mike Winchell to Harvard-bound Brian Chavez to the inscrutable Ivory Christian, the team was full of young men who were singular human beings, each one bringing something special and indefinable to their group. And that's just scratching the very surface.The book recounts the tragic story of Boobie Miles, team’s star running back who had been highly recruited by all of the major programs. He is expected to attend and earn a scholarship to a large state college. The community

It also introduces us to and establishes Olympian Jim Thorpe, a multi-sport player once considered the world’s greatest athlete, and legendary coach, Glenn “Pop” Warner.

Evaluation: Although the dialect of some of the characters takes some getting use to, I enjoy this book. This is an American classic, filled with humor but critical of people who can be so civilized and so cruel at the same time. It is a boy’s adventurous coming of age that celebrates the individual spirit of America and the romantic vision of innocence and virtue in nature.