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Melvin Carvalho Mrs.Sabella December 15, 2016 Language arts Turn

 Baseball is not all about hitting and fielding. There are a lot of things that you need to do to keep your body safe. It's a fun game but a painful game at the same time. Baseball is all about failing and learning. I had to learn the hard and very painful way one day and I'm going to take you back to that day.

 It was a Friday night in December.The absolute worst time to play is in December but I had to play. My whole body was freezing, I felt like an ice cube. My fingers were aching while gripping the bat I couldn't feel my toes, and My face felt like I just dipped it in freezing iced water. But, I was determined to win.

 I was up to bat in the 5th inning with runners on second and third, and we were tied. I was nervous, but I knew that I could hit the ball. When I got in the box, the wind was howling, I could hear the people on the bleachers yelling out my name and shiver from the cold. The pitcher was starring at me with a determined face to strike me out. there was no going back. It was just me and the pitcher. Suddenly, I heard “ TIME” coming from the umpires mouth. From there on, I was at a position I wished I would never want to be in. The opposing coach walked up to mound to make a pitcher change. Instead of giving me a slow pitcher like the last one, they put in their biggest, and strongest kid on the mound. He was the fastest pitcher I have ever seen at my age. To make it even worse, he was extremely wild and couldn't throw a strike. While watching him warm up the only thing that ran through my mind was, //please don't hit me.// I was a nervous wreck up there but, needed to get on base. ''Batter up” the umpire exclaimed. Those words were dreading for me inside.