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Literacy Narrative (Draft)A Love for Baseball

The count was 3 balls, 2 strikes an ! was "re"arin# for the si$th "itch of the at%bat& The

score was tie ' to ' with the winnin# run on thir base& Thou#hts of becoin# the hero flutter

y in& The "itcher wins u", stries towars hoe "late an releases the ball& ! a thinkin#

fastball, but antici"atin# the rare curveball& The re seas race over to" of each other as the ball

ebarks on its "arabolic ourney& ! reco#ni*e the breakin# ball, kee" y wei#ht back, an unloa

on what woul be the "itcher+s final "itch& The ' illieter ball rolls ust out of reach of the

shortsto" while the winnin# run crosses hoe "late& ! ha ust #otten y first ever walk%off hit- !

ha fallen in love with Aerica+s "astie&

.hile y #ae winnin# hit for the Alaance /atriots 02u baseball tea ae #reatly to

y love of the #ae, the bon between baseball an yself s"arke years earlier, ar#uably

before ! was born& 1y father #rew u" in a suburban area of the /ieont%Tria with 2 brothers&

.ith neither brother really bein# the s"orts fanatic that y father was, y a seee a bit of an

oball in the faily& 1y father ao"te this uniue love for baseball& owever, since there was

no aor lea#ue baseball tea confie in North 4arolina, there was no tea for y father to

sie with on the basis of #eo#ra"hic "ro$iity& There was, however, 1ichael 5ack 6chit, star

/hilael"hia /hillies thir basean an "ower hitter& !t was y father+s airation of 6chit+s

ability to efficiently hit the lon# ball that for#e his love for baseball& This love for baseball, the

/hilael"hia /hillies, an 1ike 6chit continue over the years& .hen ! was a youn# boy, it

was this love that y father ha that "ro"elle y "assion for baseball&

!t was the evenin# of a cool s"rin# ay an the ile of a 4reeksie 7Diaonbacks8

tee%ball #ae& The others an fathers were line u" behin the sall, 29 foot tall backsto" to

see their chilren "lay baseball& 1y father, who coache the tea of 00 '%year ols, was

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enoyin# every secon he ha to influence a chil with the #ae of baseball& :ur tea was

"layin# the fiel as the coach of the other tea was "re"arin# to toss the first "itch to the hitter of

his tea& e releases the ball, the hitter fro the other tea unloas on the ball, senin# a rocket

y way& ! reach out for the ball, o"en y #love, an listen to the sack of the cork hittin# the

leather& ! race to y a after akin# the catch& The ener#y on his face seee to transfer to

e, akin# e feel like ! coul u" 09 feet hi#h& ! ha ae y a "rou by catchin# a

baseball, an that hel"e e love the #ae&

! thorou#hly enoye baseball, fro y early tee%ball ays, to lon# "ractices with the

;N4 4harlotte club tea- however, such as the ol sayin# #oes, 7No "ain, no #ain&8 Baseball

was not always easy an it i not always coe natural& Like when becoin# literate in any

subect, there are iscoura#in# oents that will ake you want to walk away fro it& !t was

the botto of the last innin#, an ! was the last ho"e for y tea& The "itcher wins u", releases

the ball, an ! watche the thir strike #o by&

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As ! becae oler, baseball becae ore an ore of a routine& ! "laye baseball in all ?

seasons, e$ce"t for winter& 1y father once tol e when ! was in the @th#rae that ! ha alreay

"laye ore baseball than he i over the course of his entire life& ! becae very failiar with

all of the custos that were associate with the #ae&