Jack Washburn Short Biography

What is one activity that comes natural to you? For Roy Hobbs that activity is baseball. In Bernard Malamud’s “The Natural”, Roy eats, breathes, and sleeps baseball. He is said to have natural talent that some describe as supernatural. Although Roy undoubtedly has natural talent, Roy and every other professional athlete puts in countless days training, practicing, and studying their sport. However, with all of Roy’s hard work and talent, he is seen as a bad figure to many people, which causes him many problems in his career. Roy Hobbs has a deep emotional love for baseball; this passion drives him to overcome many obstacles during his career, and is ultimately the reason for his success and achievements.

Author Kris Vervaecke wrote an essay titled, "A Spectator's Notebook," for Writers in Sports. She talked about sports and how they affect different generations. Vervaecke supports her claim by showing how much she loves sports and by using her children as examples throughout the essay. Her son, Ben, represents strength, determination, and talent because of how successful he was in golf, and before he leaves for college he puts in Michael Jordan’s Air Time, that united Ben and Vervaecke. On the other hand, Vervaecke’s daughter, Emily, is a bench-warmer and was told she is only smart not athletic, so she was “benched” in the classroom. She then talks about her other son, Andrew, and describes him as the true athlete of the family because of how much people liked him. Vervaecke’s purpose is to show that sports are not just about something fun to do or watch, but can have a motivational impact that can affect someone's emotions, and she does this by developing an influential tone.  Although Vervaecke mainly talks about her experiences and her childrens throughout the essay, her experiences apply to many students across the country. Many student-athletes are very successful in their futures because of what sports have taught them. Students should be involved in sports because student-athletes learn responsibility, how to manage their time, and take care of their psychological

Ever since I was young I always loved going to professional baseball games. One thing that has always been my top priority when going to games is to get a professional major league ball. So, for my topic I chose youtuber and professional ballhawk, (Someone who collects major league baseball's) Zack Hample. He travels around different stadiums in the country and collects major league baseball's. His lifetime total is currently over nine-thousand. This essay will show how Zack Hample became such an amazing ballhawk and what inspired him to be one.

Nick is incredibly smart; he is taking two classes at GPC and two more classes at Chattahoochee High School. He earns high grades in all his classes. Nick has been in the band for over ten years and plays three different instruments. He plays the trumpet, baritone, and trombone. Nick is also a member of the Chattahoochee marching band. In addition, Nick is very passionate about umpiring. He has been umpiring as a hobby and a job for a year. In fact, he has mastered it so well that he is currently being scouted by the major leagues. Along with umpiring, Nick also coaches the eighth-grade Chattahoochee football team and sits high on the board of directors. Despite all of these activities, Nick still finds time to hang out with his friends. They play many sports together such as football, baseball, basketball, and volleyball. Nick is a very busy person but he is still able to balance everything due to his hard working

In the novel Losers Take All by David Klass, Jack Logan, the main character, is a senior Fremont High School. Fremont High is a very athletic school. When their old principal, Mr. Gentry dies competing in a race, Mr. Muhldinger, the football coach takes over. Muhldinger set a school rule requires all seniors to play a sport. Muhldinger attempts to recruit Jack to the football team, knowing that his dad was an All-American at Fremont High back when he played football. Jack declines the offer because he is not interested in joining and he is a very bad wide receiver. This upsets his father as well Mr. Muhldinger as and they both become furious at him when he starts a non-competitive soccer team made up of kids who do not play, know or care about

However, Jack was not interested in any sort of physical activity. “I’m tall and slender - my dad says ‘scrawny,’ and he’d been encouraging me to lift weights since I was twelve. ‘Bulk up and it’ll pay off across the board,’ he assured me. ‘Coaches will see it, girls will notice, and you’ll be able to shovel our driveway faster.’” (Klass 5). After Jack is forced to play a sport for his senior year, he was invited to a private football tryout. Jack was very reluctant before trying out for the football team yet Mr. Logan, who secretly attended the tryout, encouraged Jack to do it. “My dad had been in on the plan. ‘Just try,’ he encouraged at the breakfast table the next day.” (Klass 18). Mr. Logan was pleased with Jack’s effort and success during the tryout. “You did good, son. I’m proud of you.” (Klass 25). When Jack had the opportunity to play football and he turned it down, Jack’s father originally outwardly supported his decision. “‘Okay,’ he said, ‘then don’t.’” (Klass 34). However, the abrupt and short response may be suggested that Mr. Logan may not have been completely approving of Jack’s rejection of the football team. This did not interfere with the love between Jack and Mr. Logan and this is shown during Mr. Logan’s jersey retirement at Fremont High School. Although Jack initially rejected being a part of the ceremony, it was

Shawn Partin spent his life playing baseball. From the time he was four years old he was on some sort of baseball field, “we lived right across from the field, so my mom and I would walk over there after I got home from kindergarten every day with my tee and a bat and a ball and we would hit through,” says Partin. So when he injured his shoulder in high school, he was devastated, “it wasn’t career ending, but it still set me back. In my mind, I was a failure.” This led him down a ‘rabbit hole’ where he struggled to recover and became very depressed. Eventually he struggled with substance abuse and was forced to quit baseball, giving up the chance to play baseball at a Division I university, and the dream of being in the Major League Baseball League.

One of Zachary’s many interest is sports. He started out at a young age in Taekwondo. He stayed with it until he was a brown belt. He switched gears and joined a year-round swim team. He loves the water and met a lot of wonderful friends. Finally, he decided to give baseball a try. He found his niche. He realized quickly he has a natural ability with the sport.

Brian’s practice came to an end. Brian collected all his baseball gear and it put them in his red bag he’s had since he was nine. Brian loved baseball. His uncle was the first one that introduced him to baseball at their annual family reunion. Ever since then, Brian’s world revolved around baseball. Brian had practice every day after school and went straight home. Due to his busy schedule, Brian didn’t have that many friends. He usually kept to himself and didn’t socialize with any of his peers. Brian grabbed his bag and threw it across his back and got on his bike. He didn’t live too far from his middle school, so he would ride his bike to and from school. He also didn’t like disturbing his mom because she worked most of the time.

Miami Senior High’s golf team began the 2016 season with a fairly inexperienced team. Coach Upperco expressed his bittersweet feelings towards retiring from Miami Senior High after many years of devotion to not only his students but his athletes as well, by assuring that next season’s team, which will be coached by Mr. Zuniga, will be “one of the top teams in Miami Dade County.” The team captain, Wendy Chong, said the “biggest challenge” she faced as captain was that she was in the process of learning a new sport as she had the pressure to be a strong leader for the rest of the team.

Waycross Middle School allows a lot of sports for their students. A lot of students play football, and track. Most boys play football and basketball. They play these sports because they know it would lead them to success in the future. They want to have a god job and doesn’t want to be alone all their life. Also they want to be rich so they want be poor in their lifetime. In conclusion, most of our students love sports, because in Waycross Middle School there’s a sport for everybody.

Gould, Daniel, Dr. Are High School Sports Good For Kids? N.p.: Reading and Writing Project, n.d. PDF.

Driving home that day was extremely hard because Jacob knew he was leaving everybody that made him a better person, but he was anxious to come back home and continue his life like the good person he had been in the past months. Jacobs’s parents greeted him on their porch and for the rest of his teenage years, until he left to college, he was a good kid who got along with his parents and stayed out of trouble. Throughout the rest of his life, baseball was always more than a

Jack found his first love and found his passion in high school, sports. His freshman year he tried out for the wildcat’s basketball team. He was natural and in his freshman year he was a sixth man and led the team in rebounds and assists. Basketball wasn’t the only sports he excelled in. He also tried out for the football team and went all state his freshman year.

In addition, Jim has many hobbies and interests, which include playing sports and collecting miniatures. With the volleyball season approaching, he wishes to tryout for the volleyball team of our school. His favorite sports include baseball, which he has been playing since the past 9 years and soccer, which has been his favorite sport since kindergarten. In his free time, he also prefers to play racquetball and golf. On being questioned about his hobbies, the athlete replies, "I have 6000 baseball cards." Jim has had the passion for collecting miniatures, baseball cards and autographs since he was a kid. His favorite baseball player is Barry Bonds of the Giants team. "I'm sort of crazy so I have 3 posters of him, one of which is life size, in my room, three plaques with cards, and an autographed ball with his signature". "I also make a good babysitter" he said when we talked about his jobs; he likes to baby-sit his neighbor, little Sam. The money that he earns from his day to day job is spent on video games and all kinds of DVDs. As a result, Jim is a good athlete, who is interested in baseball and collections of miniatures.