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    A Bar Mitzvah or Bah Mitzvah is celebrated in a similar manor to the Catholic Confirmation. During a Jewish Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah the child that is “becoming of age” reads from the Torah in front of the Sabbath congregation, they say prayers and read other readings. After the ceremony at the synagogue the whole family gathers to congratulate the young adult who just took

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    goal. I'm the type of person to fail and work harder until I am content. As my championship baseball coach would say "What’s our motto? Never give up!" Since the age of four my father has trained me to be the best baseball player I can be. Every single day my dad would practice with me. He would make me do drills and plays until I got them right. Due to my father’s commitment of making me a great baseball player, we won three championships: two in Little

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    Baseball and softball are both competitive sports that have been around for many years. Baseball was invented in 1839 and softball followed in 1887. While both sports are similar, the differences over ride the battle. People see the difference between softball and baseball when both sports comes down to mechanics and visual things, but what they do not see is the difference in the players emotions. In these sports, both runners can steal bases and are allowed to run on the dropped third strike

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    Wood Bats Should Be Used in the NCAA Trent Ream University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Abstract A major topic that comes up when people start to talk about college baseball and the bats they use. They went back and forth debating on whether or not the NCAA should switch to wood bats. Reasons why people think they should switch to wood bats. But there are still people who think they should stay using what they use now. Metal bats will keep the game interesting, some reasons why they

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    different sports America has today, baseball is America’s pastime. It might not be the most popular sport in America today, but it is what started America’s interest in sports. Baseball started out as an amateur sport and had an unorganized set of rules. The Knickerbockers Base Ball Club of New York was the first organized baseball team to have a set of rules (Mondout) and some of those rules are still used in today’s game. This club made the first twenty rules of baseball. Sense then the rules has become

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    Baseball and basketball have somethings alike,But as well some things different.One difference is that Baseball has a bat and basketball has a hoop.Another difference is that in basketball you have to make a basket and in Baseball you take turn batting and you have to get to base.Basketball is to make to make the ball into the basket.The similarities are that they both have a ball in the game and both have teams.Sometimes you can play basketball inside but you cannot play baseball inside.Most times

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    1 Eddrick Runnels6/7/2018Casey At The BatCasey At The Bat, written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is a poem about a baseball player from Mudville who apparently played a great game of baseball. In this essay, I will talk about baseball being the theme of the poem as well as the two key elements in which the author also speaks about. Not only does he speak about Casey but he also speaks of his teammates, Cooney, Burrows, Flynn, and Blake, as well as the crowd.At the beginning of the poem, the author

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    My name is Jack Roosevelt Robinson. You may know me as Jackie Robinson. My passion is baseball. I played in the Negro Leagues for a little while. Not long after playing with the Negro Leagues I was chosen by Branch Rickey to help integrate major league baseball and to play for the Montreal Royals. This is the start of where history was made. It was opening day for spring training with the Montreal Royals, there were lots of reporters waiting for me. Reporters asked questions like, “How do you think

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    Baseball, America's pastime. As technology has improved many parts of the game, this research will take a closer look at how a quality baseball can help or hurt the distance in which baseballs are hit. Baseballs have changed significantly over the years and have become one of the reasons why players can hit the ball further. To make a baseball, the process takes about a week with many procedures being crafted by hand. The components inside a baseball may vary between different brands and procedures

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    Mentality Of Baseball

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    The Mentality of Baseball I’ve noticed that every year of baseball, the mind set of each player must at least be any time before the acquired date of practice. In my sense, baseball is the greatest sport to be adequate in every aspect of life. To build the loyal character I want, the game of baseball will in fact; be the more efficient way to adapt to life ahead. Many people may understand the difficulty of the game, till the realization occurs; it’s all focused on mentality. Off-season is the time

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