Casey Bat Anticlimax

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

“What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” is American philosopher, Thomas Nagel’s, opinion on the widely debated mind-body problem. Nagel introduces the paper by explaining what it means for something to be conscious. He defines consciousness as an organism’s ability for there to be something it is like to be that organism. Using his definition of consciousness Nagel suggests that physicalism cannot be successfully defended using the popular reductionism theory. This is because in order to be defended a physical account must be given to phenomenological features themselves. This leads Nagel to his argument, “Every subjective phenomenon is essentially connected with a single point of view, and it seems inevitable that an objective, physical theory will

This is clearly the case when he says, “...the Kid, grinding the bat in his fists, twitches and blocks his hips with the pitch...” (Angell 322). This vivid description makes the reader feel as though he is present for the greatest moments in the history of the sport. The best times of a game are what truly make the sport wonderful, and allowing the reader to be present for these instances makes his essay even more impactful. Again, this is demonstrated when Angell writes, “...Frehan braces himself in front of the plate... ”

“It's never over,” Derek Jeter once started, “You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out.”

Since the inception of the first Major League Baseball (MLB) game, played on May 4, 1871, bats made of wood have been the tradition in baseball. The creation of metal bats occurred in the 1920s, but not actually used in play until 1970 when they were introduced into Little League youth baseball. Even though all levels of players from children to professionals seemed to prefer the new metal bats, MLB prohibited their use. Safety, skill level of the players, cost, level of entertainment provided, and tradition are all arguments used in the controversy between whether Major League Baseball should allow metal bats or continue using wooden ones.

Suspense is when the author makes the reader, or audience excited or scared for what might happen in the story, or even what will happen to the character next in the story. Suspense might even be something you see or hear that will make you have questions about what will happen next. If there is a cliffhanger at the end of a story, it will leave you with questions wondering what will happen to the characters next. The mood, tone, setting, emotions of character, sound and sight might affect how the story is suspenseful. We all enjoy watching suspenseful movies and reading stories, because they are exciting. It leaves us with questions that the author won't have the answers to in the end, so the author gives us as the audience, the chance to make up their own ending to the story or movie. The author will give you clues throughout the story, to help you fill in questions you might have in the end. This makes it more exciting for the reader and the audience because we get to engage with the characters in the book or movie. The tv series, Stranger Things, is about 4 kids who have to fight off monsters in a little town in Indiana. This TV show is a great example of suspense, and it shows it effectively because, of Foreshadowing, Dilemma, and Dramatic Irony presented throughout the show. With just using those four examples, Stranger Things is a great example of suspense.

All game I was comfortable batting until that moment. Right foot in, left foot out, staring at the pitcher, my arms shaking, heart pumping I get ready to bat. First pitch comes, ball outside what a relief. Second pitch, fastball blown right by my waist, buffet strike; I just looked at it. Anxiously wanting to hit the ball, next pitch I swing it goes deep down the foul line. One and one is the count, next pitch I swing and miss, still anxious, and now upset at myself. The common two strike pitch is a curveball. With the knowledge of that, I swing at a curveball in the dirt: "striiiiike three!" the umpire sits me down. I was so upset at myself, but the following batter wins the game for us with a hit right up the right foul line to bring the runner from first to home.

“Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in 1888” is a dramatic narrative poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer. “Casey at the Bat” is a ballad of thirteen stanzas documenting a baseball game between an unnamed opponent and Mudville. The game is coming to an end and Mudville is losing four to two and the upcoming hitters are especially bad. By a miracle the batters reach base and bring the best player to bat. The win is just out of reach when Casey strikes out and loses them the game. Thayer uses figurative language, characterization, and choice of speaker to show the theme of men and masculinity. By giving Casey all the qualities of a super masculine sports hero, and then having him fail, Thayer makes us question whether or not those traits truly lead to success.

The Bat 6 game was everything, the most important event for 6th-grade girls, and this was the 50th game. In 1899 — 49 years before — the women of Barlowe Road and Bear Creek Ridge, at the end of the Oregon Trail, decided the rivalry between their towns had gone on long enough. They planned a ladies softball game and picnic, and the men from both towns showed up and made friends. Over the years, the games continued, and eventually, it became traditional for the 6th-grade girls’ teams to play against each other. It was the only game they played, and they could only be on the team for one year. For the nine girls on each of the teams, it was the most important year of their lives.

It makes readers ask what will happen next and puts characters on edge. In “Terrible Things” an example of anticipation is when the Terrible Things say “We have come for you”(Bunting, Three). This sentence makes the rabbits fear for fir their lives. It also causes the reader to be scared for what will happen to the rabbits. Another example of anticipation is in the story “The Lottery” throughout the text the reader is not aware of what will happen to whoever wins the lottery. This detail sets the reader on edge and makes them wonder what will happen. This also adds to the horror of the show of cruelty that happens at the end of the story. One more notable example of anticipation is shown in “Masque of the Red Death” when the masked figure appears at the ball. This detail creates anticipation because it is setting the the characters on edge and they whisper among themselves nervously. This also scares the reader because it causes fear that the figure is going to harm the other characters. One final detail that portrays anticipation is in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” Finney writes

Balls were hit, strikes were swung, and outs were cast. One and two and three, and as fast as the inning began, it ended. Those who spectated cheered, and others who watched booed. The home team who was defending now attacked, but just as swift as those before them, they were struck down, only ever hitting their mark once. When the Dodgers reached the plate again, fortune was struck, along with the ball, and away it was sent, beyond the green field of contest, and the enemy team cheered loud and full, for they were ahead in the struggle. The outs continued to add up, and innings continued to be completed. Through a sacrifice of a hit, a run was finally scored for the Giants. Furious exclamation came from the stadium, filling the air with the cheers of the onlookers, but short lived was this joy, for in just the next inning the Dodgers stole back their domination of the field. Before the game was almost finished, only two outs before the Giants were crushed, they swept back with a glorious score which made the onlookers even more feverous than before. With this score, the game was extended further, so a victor could be

George had pitched a no-hitter for a couple innings. He was getting very tired. The coach called out another pitcher who wasn’t as good as George, but was still super good. The first pitch, the other team got a hit. Luckily, they got the ball to first before they could get to first base. The Orioles won the game but not by much.

Theodore Roethke’s poem ‘The Bat’ clearly focuses on the animal the bat and effectively conveys through the latter an important message to the reader. One could interpret this poem in various ways; however a prominent theme would be that every

The ending of the book was very disappointing to me. I really enjoyed reading about how his mother was in pure denial and wanted to keep her son near her forever and how his father knew how hard it would be but he also knew that

An anti hero is said to have flaws, he is gritty, and he often looks for redemption or for his own revenge satisfaction and sometimes for the greater good of society. One more significant point is that unlike tragic hero who thinks of what is a right or a moral thing to do at times, an anti hero does what appears to be right to him. He is often misunderstood by the society; he could perhaps be called as a noble criminal or a vigilante and their mostly motives are fulfilled by breaking the law a.k.a “the ends justify the means”. The last characteristic of an anti hero is his increased moral complexities and rejection of traditional