I Am A Baseball Field

I have loved baseball for years, but by the time I was a freshman at Laurel High School, I had precious little experience. The chances of me playing baseball in most high schools were slim, but this was Laurel. America’s favorite pastime was treated there as a vestige of years long forgotten. The athletic director ignored us, the students didn’t support us, and the school funded us just enough to say that they had a baseball program. Tucked away in a forgotten corner of the campus in the gloomy shadows of the tower from which football games were announced, the baseball diamond was the school’s disgrace. The dugouts were dismal cinder block bunkers with peeling paint and a propensity to flood. Grass was scarce where it was supposed to be and

Baseball has been one of Americas favorite sports ever since it was created. As Babe Ruth once said, “Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.” Through time though other sports started to emerge such as soccer, football, and basketball, but America never had quite the passion towards them that they had with baseball. It is rare to find someone that does not like baseball because of how long the sport has been around. It is reasonable to believe that baseball is the greatest sport out there. Baseball is a one of a kind sport because it has a great history, one can go to college in the four different areas it offers, such as hitting, pitching, defending, base running, and finally one must be mentally tough to play it.

Baseball is a game of skill that is played with a hard ball and a bat between two teams of nine players each at a time on the playing field at once. Although many different people play Baseball all over the world it is most popular in the United States. It is so popular in fact, it is referred to as the national pastime of the United States because of the tradition and popularity associated with the game. Baseball consists of many complicated rules. It also has a very elaborate history. One can not fully understand the game America has grown to love until learning about not only the rules but also the history.

I walked behind home plate and stopped to notice how far the fence was from the plate. "400 feet to center field, that is a shot," I said to myself. The outfield was awesome; it was flat and the green grass was cut like a golf course, and not to mention, the largest one I had ever seen.

As I walked through the gates and smell the amazing smell of fresh popcorn. look forward and see a perfect baseball field. Then you see the two teams and the superstars of the teams. I see the great Derek Jeter in his final season of his career. I see the uprising star Lorenzo Cain running through the outfield catching fly balls. I also see the 2 pitchers warming their arms up. The stars are warming up and I am smelling the great food and taking in the experiment.

Baseball has always been something that I have loved. Whenever I get the opportunity to be around baseball I am. I enjoy every aspect of the game, the pastime and now. That is why I chose the piece of art I did for this paper. For my piece of artwork, I didn’t choose a piece of art that was extremely famous by any means. I actually chose a piece of art that most people probably don’t even know exists. The piece of art I chose was Ebbets Field Giclee on Canvas by a man named Al Sorenson. Neither the painting or the artist are known very well, but this work of art actual made me feel something when I looked at it that provided me with the urge to write my paper about it. Some people may not enjoy it, but the sole fact that

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.

One of the reasons is because baseball is more entertaining. There are so many things that occur in baseball that excite the fans and sometimes when watching the games you feel like you are there playing as well. For example, when all bases are loaded, people get excited wondering what will happen in the play. Another reason why I think baseball is better than football is, because baseball is a family sport where children enjoy attending the games. For example, since I was five years old, I have been going to the baseball games, and most of the times I come back with a baseball that was thrown to the fans to keep. On the other hand, football is mostly watched in-groups of friends, not family. When you attend a football game, you never receive a football that is thrown to you during the games. Another reason is, because baseball is not timed. As mentioned in Twenty Reasons Why Baseball is Better Than Football, “It doesn't matter if a team is down by one run or ten runs, their opponent still has to get that 27th out. There's always a chance, however small, without a clock in charge. In a football game, it's all about the clock,” (Peterson, par. 10). A baseball game can continue the whole afternoon or night if it was necessary, and there is always a chance to win the game. Last but not least, what really makes people want to play baseball is the fact that it can be played internationally. When the football season is over, they are not able to travel to another country to play football, because it is only played in the United States. These are just some of many reasons as to why baseball is so much better than football in my

Year after year more than a million cub fans make the trip to Wrigley Field on the north side of Chicago. Wrigley Field is known as the friendly confines by many baseball fans. Built in 1914, Wrigley Field is one of the most celebrated baseball stadiums in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. Several key factors have contributed in making Wrigley Field what it is today. Some of the key factors: the owners, the stadium features, the players, the broadcasters, the historical games, the fans, and community have all helped make Wrigley Field special.

I think Comerica Park field is very interesting for many reasons. It would be easy for me to choose an MLB field, and it would be Comerica Park because it has a singing stage in right field. Comerica Park can hold 52,416 fans in it. Over the years Comerica Park has changed a lot over the years. The players get to play with colored bats and the bats are colored when they get them.The bottom knob of the bats have the players number on it. Tiger fans talk about the history of the Tigers.The history of the Tigers is interesting because Andrew Romine played all nine positions in one game.

When I was a child the atmosphere of baseball was almost intoxicating to me. The scent of freshly cut grass as it tickles your nose, the sound of the ball whooshing through the air from the mound to the catchers’ glove, and the sudden crack of the bat as it knocks the little leather ball hundreds of feet out into the park. All of my senses are in full joyous glee when I am surrounded by that environment. Unfortunately, I only got to enjoy this atmosphere from the bleachers. I was born with many medical issues, one of which being asthma that did not particularly like the freshly cut grass tickling my nose. I would spend my time in the stands watching my half-brothers and cousins who were much healthier than me live my dream of becoming the next

From the sandlot to stadiums seating over fifty thousand people, the game of baseball has provided people of all ages with a

With the heat and pressure of the season fully upon us, it’s a nice change of pace lend a hand in our local communities. So, when the Prospect Valley Rebels little league baseball team needed help rebuilding their baseball field, they came to LGE. The field was in disrepair – full of weeds and rocks – making it an uninviting place to be, let alone a place to play baseball. LGE stepped up to the plate (pun intended) with donations of material, trucking, and equipment time. Along with helping hands from volunteers from the baseball team and the local community, the field was soon ready for the kids to play ball. Now this field is an enjoyable place to watch a baseball game on a hot summer afternoon.

When I think about a special place to me, I can only think of one, the cornfield. The cornfield is a special place to me because it is of great importance to my family and me. The smell and looks of the freshly overturned dirt in the spring makes the entire farm look like it has a new beginning. From the fresh dirt to the rows of the newly sprouted green corn gives the field an entirely new meaning. The scratches you get from walking down the rows makes it all worth when you see the giant ears. Those giant ears make it so that you can almost taste the money that you will be making in the fall. The sound of the combine in the field in the fall makes it all worth it. To some it may be just another cornfield, but to me it is a place where I can go and do what I love most.

The field right next to my mom’s house and this is an area where I grew up, living there until I moved off to school. I enjoyed the