{"id":67881,"date":"2022-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingstudybay.com\/2022\/03\/19\/my-life-journey-and-baseball\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"my-life-journey-and-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/my-life-journey-and-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life Journey and Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feet shoulder width apart. Knees bent. Weight on my back foot. Head down and still. My eyes concentrated on the pitcher. The determined stare of the opponent reflecting right back at me while I\u2019m waiting for that ball to be released and zip at me. I hear a fellow teammate cheer me on from first base: \u201cCome on, big guy! Let\u2019s crack one out of here!\u201d But it\u2019s not as easy as it sounds.
Hitting a round ball with a round bat is one of the hardest things to do in sports if you succeed three times out of ten, you\u2019re considered a hero.
The wind up and the pitch. Taking that small step forward and focusing on the white ball with the hint of red from the stitching. Starting to swing, I have that quick second where I am are able to think a complete thought.<\/p>\n

Am I even close? This is so much pressure; I need to come up in the clutch here. Hearing the pop of the catcher\u2019s mitt, I exhale with a side of relief and disappointment.
\u201cStrike one!\u201d shouts the umpire.
I step out of the batter\u2019s box, knocking the dirt of my cleats and regaining my composure, ready for the next opportunity.
I step back in the box, perfect my mechanics and set myself. He winds up again. I\u2019m ready to come up big, even though I swung and missed the pitch before. I can\u2019t let that bring me down, though because at the end of the at bat, I\u2019m just beating myself. The pitch approaches me; I take a good hack at the ball and hear the sweet relieving sound of the \u201cding\u201d of the bat.
\u201cFoul ball!\u201d says the umpire.
I become slightly disappointed, but glad I am making progress. 0-2. I dug myself in the hole, but I\u2019m not dead yet. Anxious, I take a deep breath and get ready for my possibly last chance.
I set myself up and watch the pitcher wipe the sweat off his head from throwing so hard. Just like me, he is composing himself. He\u2019s ready. I\u2019m ready. The pitch. Another solid ding, but this time I see the ball fly straight into the outfield, just missing the arm\u2019s length of the shortstop by a foot. Excited and accomplished, I sprint to first base. I have reached my goal.
Baseball relates to what my life is all about, meeting frequently set goals. As I approach the plate for the first time, I ready myself and begin to concentrate. Every day, I ready myself mentally and physically to be prepared for the day. My fellow teammates cheer me on is like my family and friends who want to see me do well.
Not always succeeding in baseball is just as fine as not always succeeding in life. Many times I don\u2019t accomplish everything I would like to. And that\u2019s fine. No one is perfect. Just like the ball, life comes at you fast. There is no slowing it down, either. So I have to make my decision and be ready for what is coming to me.
If I fail, the right thing to do is learn from my loss and try again. No one\u2019s perfect. So on my second attempt, I make progress. If I still don\u2019t reach my goal, I would use to think I\u2019m done, it\u2019s over, I\u2019ve failed, but that\u2019s the old me. Instead, I am now glad knowing I have made progress and I become prepared for my next opportunity.<\/br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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