Breaking Balls: A Short Story

The college essay, sending in the SAT scores, The Common Application, all having to be done before the early action deadlines I needed to meet. I can remember the countless nights I spent in my high school’s library trying to finish all of my homework, on top of finishing all of my pieces for applying to college. Usually, the library was a bright and enjoyable place you could go to get work done, but at this point in time for me, it was a large dark room that felt like it had been closing in on me. When the clock reached eleven in the evening, the janitor would come in and say that he was done cleaning the school and the library was closing for me this was the worst time. Every time I felt like I was getting something productive done, it was already time to go home. Unlike most people, my house is a major distraction zone. The family is always visiting, loud echoing conversations that would reach even two floors above and my dog, who needed attention constantly and cried every time you did not want to play fetch with

Also making sure you have a good grip on the baseball and placing your fingers on the “horseshoe” with both index fingers being perpendicular to one another

The first step to being successful, no matter what you’re trying to succeed, is to recognize your weak points, your strengths, and your limits. I myself know that I have several, and when I say several, I mean several, weak points when it comes to writing papers. The first and most lethal to a student who wishes to be well, is procrastination. I will always put writing a paper off till the last minute. In fact, I’m doing it right now as I’m writing this. I’m already doing what I say I’m not supposed to be doing. You can probably tell that I’m off to a great start. The next on the list of things that will brutally murder a student who wishes to do well in a class are distractions. Of course there is a multitude of things that can distract

In spite what I was told, I gave the Air Force a try. I did not score high enough to get recruited, so then I started college within the same of year of graduating High School. The adjustments I have made to ensure that I would not encounter difficulties in my educational endeavors is by alternating my work and living environment, more flexibility in time, exercise weekly and changed my diet. A balanced lifestyle includes physical fitness and a healthy diet. I believe this allows students to focus mentally throughout their daily task or projects. I now see college as a second full time job with putting in at least twenty one hours a week of studying time at the library. Study sessions will insist on 3 hours Monday through Friday with a minimum of 5 hours on weekends. In addition to the changes that I have made in order to succeed, there are challenges in the aspect of coming into the Information Technology world with a healthcare background. Healthcare has its own language as well as the Information Technology. Even though learning the language of Information Technology will be a challenge I am confident in my strength in persistency. I’ve learned my strength is being persistent in finishing a task or goal. With diligence and persistency I will accomplish my goals. For example, an unexpected emergent situation occurred at work. There was an active shooter present within the building. .

“Next up the right fielder Auuuuusstin Meeeehhhhrrrr” belows out of the speakers at full blast as I approach the plate. Feeling loose I ease into the batter's box sinking my cleats deep into the soft dirt where I can get a solid stance. Stretching my bat across the plate showing the pitcher how much reach I have tempting him to throw one in the zone. Weight is on my back leg as I slowly bounce the bat in my hands anticipating the first pitch. The pitcher begins his windup and I stop moving the bat and focus on the ball.

I clearly wasn’t trying to be rude about my email but obviously you were. I was simply pointing out what I thought was an error in the schedule. It has nothing to do with fairness, it’s just common sense. The ‘A” division teams are much better than the ‘B’ and ‘C’ division teams (likely the division you play in) and SHOULD be scheduled on the diamonds they usually play on. I bet there was only 20 games played by ‘A’ teams on Beiner B all year long and majority of them were rescheduled games. So, why would a game be scheduled for the year end tournament on a diamond that we rarely play on?…. oh that’s right, it’s because when you get an email from a guy pointing out an error, you shove it back in his face and tell him to join the executive. All I was trying to do was get one game switched, which would take 5 minutes of your time but that was way too much to ask. In the end, I think everyone in all leagues would agree with me that ‘A" teams should be scheduled for all games at either Cameron ‘B’ or Beiner Hardball diamonds when possible.

I am going into the pathway I want, which is the medical pathway, I am taking the classes to be a paramedic which is the first step in my education and career to hopefully later be a Surgeon in my life, that is my ultimate goal in life, and it is something that is not going to change. I am putting in the work and effort into making sure I am doing great in my college classes so I can succeed and fulfill my college goals, no matter what happens or what is thrown at me either I am going to continue to put in the same amount of work and effort, maybe even more, into my schooling so I will be able to get where I would like to be in life and to be able to achieve all my goals in

Mattball was most meaningful to me, When were first started we were outrageously outmatched. It was freshman vs Juniors being the little fresh out of middle school boys we were facing men who shave twice a day was intimidating. a "David vs Goliath situation expect we were smacked. Day's went by where no one was able to get on base. Games going from 0-21 and higher. They screamed sounds triumph and running us over as we were forced to clean up and shamefully drag the matts back into the closet. Dreaming for the day we could scream with triumph. Then it happen, Ian Millholland the 7th round kicker. a nobody at the time, Kick the ball and it insistently went into the basket. An instant 100 points a free victory. Screams of joy were heard

I hit the ball in the sweet spot of the barrel and the ball takes off, a shot to the right field fence. I take off as well, running as fast as I can towards first. In the meantime, the ball has hit the fence on the fly, and the right fielder hasn’t even gotten there yet. All the while I am now half-way to second and still going fast, I look to Kent for the sign and he gives me the “you-better-hustle” sign. The right fielder has now gotten the ball and thrown it to the cutoff man. I turn on the after burners as the ball is thrown through the entire infield, the third baseman is getting the ball as I slide. I do a little trick slide I learned from watching the MLB. I through the back half of my body to one side and automatically the other side goes

I've played baseball ever since I could remember, but somehow, at fourteen, I still wasn't very good at it.

We arrived at the fields one hour before the game so we all got warmed up and started the game. This game still didn't go as well as we hoped, I still didn’t hit at all so I decided to try bunting and I got one down to see if maybe I get on base one time it will help my hitting at all and of course I still got out. We ended up losing that game by two runs which disappointed us all

College students have to balance work, family, and college activists and any delaying behavior from within can cause an unbalance. This behavior is called procrastinating and it can lead to problems in many areas of a student’s life. College students are the worst hit by this type of behavior because they have many different activities to focus on instead of studying. These activities can cause students to study when they have time which often is usually too short amount of time. There is a time and place to relax and enjoy life, but if students focus on playing around instead of getting their assignments done, college life will be stressful.

Deferring a task such as writing a paper does not necessarily mean a student's paper will turn out negatively. However, it also does not help a student to procrastinate because students builded up exceeding amounts of stress. According to, “Longitudinal Study Of Procrastination, Performance, Stress, and Health:The Costs and Benefits of Dawdling,” this study suggest that,“Even if the estimated time to do a paper is accurate, the student may perform worse because of unforeseen delays or

According to Semb, Glick and Spencer (1979), the level of procrastination increases as an individual stays longer in universities. It was stated by Ellis and Knaus (1977) that approximately, over 70% of college students engage in this activity. Undergraduates tend to start papers during the last minute; they fail to prioritize what should be accomplished first, and as a result, their academic performance is greatly affected. A detrimental effect on their studies leads to having poor grades and eventually, failure in class (Semb, et.al., 1979).

Taking required classes and doing the school work is a lot more vigorous than what people imagine. Ideally people, especially new college students, hold the thought of taking the required courses just to get it over with. However, there is no time to ease up on the school work because as time passes, it will only become heavy. As well in movies, students will often find themselves staying up long hours of the night gulping down coffee just to finish or study for further assignments. Other than that, people will soon face the realization that the work will feel like it is