Baseball Before High School

The first time I ever played baseball that I remember, was when I was four. It was in tee ball. We played every team twice, and even though we weren’t supposed to we always kept score. There was one team that we always had tough competition with them. It was pretty much a rivalry game between the two best teams. The games were close but my team always on each year because we had the best coach. Of course my coach was my dad. He is the one that taught me pretty much everything I know about baseball.

            In coach pitch, my team was really good; there was only one kid that challenged us. He always would hit home runs. One time I robbed one of his home runs and his mom came on the field yelling at the coaches because they said he was out, and then she came and started yelling at me because I caught the ball. So I just walked away.

            Then we went on to the minor league, we only played for one year there. My team was undefeated for the whole season. Then we got to our last game. It was real close the whole time, then in the last inning we were up by two. I was pitching, and a bigger kid came up to bat. He hit the first pitch I threw to the fence in right center. He ran all the way around the bases for an inside the park home run. There were two kids on the bases too, so we lost by one run. Our undefeated season was gone.

            After the minor league we went up to Little League, I played for three years there. When I was ten, I thought it was the coolest thing, when I was playing center field when Ilacian came up to bat. He hit a ball so high in the air and I ran right up close to the fence and caught it. I felt like I was so awesome because I caught his ball. The highlight of my career was when I was on the all-star team for Holbrook. We were losing by two runs in the top of the sixth and I came up to bat with two guys on base. Then, I hit the first home run I had ever hit. RJ, my teammate, smacked me on the head so hard my ears were ringing, but it was all worth it in the end.

            Next, was Junior League. The field was so much bigger and I was still just a small kid, so I could barely hit the ball out of the infield. But, I had a bunch of good player on my team so all I did was walk when I came up to bat, then they would hit me around to score. My favorite play form Junior League was in all stars against Show Low. Ryan hit the go ahead home run in the top of the seventh. He was only fourteen years old and he hit a home run at Blue Ridge’s field. That field is not small at all.

           After Junior League came high school ball. I think I was prepared well for that.