What - baseball play off game
Where - baseball alley
Why- because the team is good and made it
When - Saturday ,October 17
By: Anthony Martinico
M. Underpressure
On Saturday October 17 there was a playoff game that took place at baseball alley. On a really cold night were everyone was trembling and breathing smoke from the coldness air. There were 2 Berwyn teams facing each other to go to the next step of the playoffs . The Berwyn team (redsox) were the home team so they were on the field first for defense.
A pitcher named Julian with the second best arm on the team, then a kid named Anthony with the best arm on the team was in center field. Man on second and Julian tried picking him off and he decided to run to third causing a run down. Back and forth the runner goes and center field Anthony came in caught it and threw it to the catcher than got involved and tagged him out.
Few innings later the score was 7-4 the Red Sox were down , Anthony was up to bat while there were bases loaded. He hit the ball and it was a pop fly like a major league hit but into the infield. The umpire called it an infield fly rule but said the play was dead. It was not dead it's still a live ball like any other play. The Red Sox coach kept arguing and never got his play over turned. The younges kid on the team was up to bat with 2 outs and had hit a ball straight to center and make a quick turn bounce to the gate. Everyone ran in on base and Red Sox won the game 8-7 proceeding to the next playoff game.
Anthony Martinico
Block 3 Ta
October 5, 2015
The big game
My baseball tournament was in 2013 in Chicago,IL. I was 11 years old. It was a really hot day and it was 107 degrees on a July summer day. We were facing Chicago 12-13 youth.My team was also 12-13 young but I was only 11. I usually started left field or first base but my coach didn't start me at all. I asked the coach "Coach Pauly why didn't I start ?." His response was "These kids are too big for you I don't think you're ready." I told him back "I'll show you if you let me play."
So my coach actually thought about it and put me at first in the 4th inning. The guy kid on the other team was a lefty so I knew it was coming towards me. On the first pitch are pitcher threw a changeup and the ball was a pop fly towards me so I ran and ran and ran as fast as I could and I dived caught the ball and landed on my wrist.
I was on the ground crying and I sat out for awhile. I got back up and told coach to put me in. He said "right on time you're up to bat." As I got to the plate this kid on the mound gave me the dirtiest smirk ever. He set up and threw a fastball right down the plate got me feeling warmed up.
The count ended up being 1-2 he threw a curveball and I blasted the ball and it went down left field and hit the gate with me and my little legs advancing all the way to third to get a triple. Thinking in my head I almost got a dinger.
But at the end Me teammate got a single and we won't the game leading in the run winning 9-8. At the end of the game I got the game ball for having confidence and showing what your made of no matter what age.
All in all just have confidence and no matter what happens keep your head in the game.
