Last Game
To be given the chance to play baseball was one of the greatest times of my life. I played baseball for four years, and every year I made the all-star team. My best friend and I played on every regular season team and every all-star team together. The final game of our career was unforgettable.It had been 4 years of great enjoyment with my best friend, Cody Smith. We always clowned around in practice, but when the game would start we had a high intensity. Cody would pitch, and I would play second base. When he wasn't pitching, I would, and he would play third base. We were the top players in our baseball league, or so we thought. Our all-star team had made it to the championship of our state tournament. Before our team took the field our coach Mr Zamouski gave us a talk. He said, "Well men, we've came a long way. Today's the day we've all practiced so hard for, but I want to have fun with it. Lets treat this like every other game we have won. You're all winners, win or lose. I want you all to know that I feel privileged to have coached such a fine bunch of men. So lets go out and play this game as hard as you can. What do you say, lets go have FUN." We all got
Getting the chance to play with my best friend and winning the state championship was everything I had ever wanted then. Having such a great and inspiring coach made me feel proud to have won the championship for our coach. As for my father, I know he was proud, and I was grateful for all the time and effort he had spent with me. I know I will remember my final game, and all the people that made my baseball career so great for the rest of my life. up and yelled, "YEAH." "Let's play hard." "Yeah" As we all got more pumped up. "Who are we?" "N.I." As we got louder and more intense, Coach said, "Bring it in. Win on three. One, two, three" as we all yelled together "WIN." Cody was pitching a three hitter and I was playing well too. The score kept going back and forth. There were a lot of errors because the field was all dirt and felt like concrete; the ball was taking bounces I had never seen before. The final inning came around and we were down by one run with two outs when I came to bat. There was no one on base and the pitcher had tow strikes on me. The next pitch seemed like it took forever. The pitcher pitched the ball right down the middle of the plate. I w
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