Bill is a stunning multi sport athlete who has a devotion to baseball. He loves being outside and doing anything as long as he’s active. When he is on the baseball field he can play almost any position that he wants, unless the older boys had their spots locked for the game. Other than that Bill loved being on the field and feeling the hot summer days on his skin and the sweat trickling down his face. But most of all he loves the delightful smell of popcorn at the concession stand and the defined smell of freshly cut grass below his feet. He also enjoys the sound of the crowd yelling and cheering for his team and most importantly, for him.
Bill was born to a not so wealthy family, which in turn made him really work for what he wanted. By the time that Bill had hit high school he had already had much respect for who he was from almost all of his past coaches. It is 17th of October and today is the day Bill has his last home baseball game of the season. “Bill, come over here,” Bill’s coach shouted. “Yes, coach? ” Bill said. “I noticed how anxious you seem after watching your warm ups, and see that you are more than ready to play your last home game for this season. So I was wanting to ask you about what position you would like to play today? Coach said. “I was thinking infield today,” Bill replied.
After some more warming up it was finally time to start their last home game of the season. The crowd was so overwhelmed by that and were cheering loudly before the game had even been started. Throughout the first few innings Bill and his teammates have been able to hold their opponents to a astounding 1-5 score. When the fourth inning had hit Bill was extremely tired being in the sun and in the game the whole time to this point. Because Bill was so exhausted he started to make some silly mistakes, so his coach had pulled him out for a quick breather.
What’s going on out there? ” Coach said forcefully. “In my opinion to be out there for that long and still expect to be fresh is a big expectation of someone that is a Freshmen,” Bill said. “Well of course we expect a lot from you, we want you succeed and to do that we have to push you a bit to get you to work sometimes,” Coach said kindly. “I understand that, but I’m just saying that I’m trying,” Bill concluded. So after two innings Bill had gone back out, but as pitcher. His goal for himself was to try to make sure that their opponent couldn’t come back on them.
It was the start of their lineup which means it’s usually a contact hitter. To deal with this Bill had thrown a couple outside pitches to try to make it difficult to reach, then he laid a fastball right down the middle for the strikeout. Two outs, two runners and it’s the bottom of the 7th. The score is 3-5 with the tying run on first. One good hit into the outfield and this game could be lost in moments. As batter had stepped up to the plate, Bill had started his throwing motion. Before the batter could even think about what is going to happen as Bill pitches the ball, Bill had already sent it flying. Strike 1,” the umpire roared.
“Okay, two more strikes to go,” Bill said to himself. He stares down the catcher waiting for his next sign, curveball. Bill nods his head to show that he got the sign. He winds up and sends the ball sailing for the catcher’s glove. A swing and a miss! “Strike 2! ” The umpire said. The crowd is going crazy now. The home fans are ecstatic. They’re screaming for Bill to strike out the last batter to sell them the win. This is it, this last pitch will determine what the outcome will be! Bill gets in his stance. He starts to throw, and the ball is released.
For a brief moment the whole stadium was quiet. CRACK! The sound of the bat had filled everyone’s ears and everyone’s eyes had followed the the white sphere that flew through the air. The ball had hit the ground with a thud. Then that was when the opposite team had started to cheer. It was a homerun. All the players on Bill’s team had put their heads down in disbelief, they had just lost the game 6-5 to a home run at the end of the game. After Bill and his teammates had cleaned the field after the game they had started to regain their spirit and decided to go out to eat as a team to celebrate a hard fought game.
