The Colorado Rockies truly are the team of comebacks one of this summer’s games proved just that statement! I had the wonderful opportunity to attend this exciting, action-packed game full of surprises.
When I got to the Rockies’ stadium in downtown, Denver I smelled the food, grass, and best of all a Rockies’ win. During the pre-game I enjoyed a cheeseburger while watching performances from many different people and watching the Rockies’ players warm up. Later in the 2nd inning of the game when the Rockies’ were coming back out on to the field to warm up before the St. Louis Cardinals came to bat Ryan Spilbourghs, the right fielder for the Rockies, threw me his warm up baseball after he was done with it. It was the most exciting souvenir I had ever gotten! I was never going to give it away.
Around the 7th inning which was going to prove to be the Rockies’ comeback inning 2 Rockies players were on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs and Dexter Fowler up to bat. At the time the Rockies were down 7-4 mostly because of Matt Holiday and I never guessed that Fowler would be the one to hit the homerun to tie the baseball game up and neither did the other 30,000 fans in the stadium. But at that moment he surprised everyone by crushing a 3-run homer to right field to tie the game at 7 a piece.
Into the 9th inning of the baseball game between the Rockies and the Cardinals was still knotted up at 7. The first batter Chris Iannetta changed the tie game by absolutely crushing a long ball to deep left field and the baseball game was over and the Rockies won!
When I got back to my house the replay of the game was on and something I saw made the night even more awesome. After one of the Cardinals had hit their homerun and almost hit me in the face I saw myself on TV and it wasn’t very clear but it was noticeable. This event was one of the highlights of my summer and the best Rockies game I’ve ever been to!
Interview:
Interviewer: Josh L Person being interviewed: Steve (My Dad)
Q:How long did you play baseball? A:I started when I was 5 and played until I was about 16 years old, so 11 years in the game.
Q:Why did you choose to play baseball? A:I Really enjoyed playing the game. And there weren’t as many sports back then compared to how many we have now. Also I was a decent player.
Q:What was your favorite moment from playing baseball? A:I was on the traveling team when I was 12 years old and I was playing in a tournament. We Finished 2nd in the tournament but we came close to 1st place but a kid who could throw 60-70 from 45 feet away was able to win with the pitching. I think we only lost 1 to nothing.
Q:How long have you been a fan of the Rockies and why do you like them? A:I’ve been a fan for 6 years a few years after we moved to Colorado and they’re the home team in the state of Colorado. I like the well-rounded organization and they recruit players who are good guys and can play well. Also over the past few years they’ve been fun to watch on the runs they’ve gone on.
Q:Who’s your favorite player currently or in history? A:My favorite is Troy Tulowitzki. He’s just well rounded player and a good guy. He just signed a contract with The Rockies through 2020 when he could have gotten more money elsewhere so it doesn’t seem like he’s selfish.
Q:If you could play any position what would it be? A: Honestly I would choose to play 1st base because you are involved in a lot more plays.
Q:Would you ever consider coaching baseball? A:I would only want to coach for little league because I would want to help kids learn how to play better and to support my kids.
Q:Do you enjoy watching baseball games on TV and why? A:Yeah I like watching them on TV because you can see everything a little easier and replay is a little easier to look at, but being at the games is great too because of the atmosphere in the stadium.
Blog Editorial:
Baseball as everyone has heard is America’s pastime and a favorite sport to many people in the USA. In baseball there are many statistics and things that analysts and fans look at to decide what the player’s attributes and abilities are. These people also have arguments over what stat defines a player the most and what stat makes a player "the best." My stance is that the stat that makes a player who they are is their batting average for several different reasons.
Everyone agrees that most of the time baseball is not a very high scoring game because of the way it’s played. Baseball players need to perform well and also they need to strive to be the epitome of the best in batting average. High batting average everyone agrees gives a team a better chance to score runs as a team and ultimately win the baseball game. If multiple players have a batting average that’s high what do people expect to happen to their opportunity to score runs?
I agree defense is important to the game of baseball, but ponder this, what if no one on a baseball team had a good batting average but your defense is good? How are is that team going to score runs? They can’t that’s the answer, teams can’t score runs without getting opportunities to score which comes from a player’s batting average. And without runs these teams can’t win games.
According to two credible websites I checked out, sportsillustrated.com and liquida.com/dustinpedroiasalary, a player is paid more money the better their batting average is. For example Albert Pujols, one of the best players at hitting for average, hit .314 and made 16 million dollars in one year. Another player, that’s not as good as Pujols, named Dustin Pedroia hit .296 and made 7.75 million dollars in one year.
Batting Average is truly the epitome of a good player in the world of baseball according to the research I did and the sites and books I checked out. Everyone may have a different opinion but, because of the way America’s pastime is played and how the players play the players have to focus on their batting average.
Personal Narrative
My Colorado Rockies' Game Story
The Colorado Rockies truly are the team of comebacks one of this summer’s games proved just that statement! I had the wonderful opportunity to attend this exciting, action-packed game full of surprises.
When I got to the Rockies’ stadium in downtown, Denver I smelled the food, grass, and best of all a Rockies’ win. During the pre-game I enjoyed a cheeseburger while watching performances from many different people and watching the Rockies’ players warm up.
Later in the 2nd inning of the game when the Rockies’ were coming back out on to the field to warm up before the St. Louis Cardinals came to bat Ryan Spilbourghs, the right fielder for the Rockies, threw me his warm up baseball after he was done with it. It was the most exciting souvenir I had ever gotten! I was never going to give it away.
Around the 7th inning which was going to prove to be the Rockies’ comeback inning 2 Rockies players were on 1st and 3rd with 2 outs and Dexter Fowler up to bat. At the time the Rockies were down 7-4 mostly because of Matt Holiday and I never guessed that Fowler would be the one to hit the homerun to tie the baseball game up and neither did the other 30,000 fans in the stadium. But at that moment he surprised everyone by crushing a 3-run homer to right field to tie the game at 7 a piece.
Into the 9th inning of the baseball game between the Rockies and the Cardinals was still knotted up at 7. The first batter Chris Iannetta changed the tie game by absolutely crushing a long ball to deep left field and the baseball game was over and the Rockies won!
When I got back to my house the replay of the game was on and something I saw made the night even more awesome. After one of the Cardinals had hit their homerun and almost hit me in the face I saw myself on TV and it wasn’t very clear but it was noticeable. This event was one of the highlights of my summer and the best Rockies game I’ve ever been to!
Interview:
Interviewer: Josh L
Person being interviewed: Steve (My Dad)
Q: How long did you play baseball?
A: I started when I was 5 and played until I was about 16 years old, so 11 years in the game.
Q: Why did you choose to play baseball?
A: I Really enjoyed playing the game. And there weren’t as many sports back then compared to how many we have now. Also I was a decent player.
Q: What was your favorite moment from playing baseball?
A: I was on the traveling team when I was 12 years old and I was playing in a tournament. We Finished 2nd in the tournament but we came close to 1st place but a kid who could throw 60-70 from 45 feet away was able to win with the pitching. I think we only lost 1 to nothing.
Q: How long have you been a fan of the Rockies and why do you like them?
A: I’ve been a fan for 6 years a few years after we moved to Colorado and they’re the home team in the state of Colorado. I like the well-rounded organization and they recruit players who are good guys and can play well. Also over the past few years they’ve been fun to watch on the runs they’ve gone on.
Q: Who’s your favorite player currently or in history?
A: My favorite is Troy Tulowitzki. He’s just well rounded player and a good guy. He just signed a contract with The Rockies through 2020 when he could have gotten more money elsewhere so it doesn’t seem like he’s selfish.
Q: If you could play any position what would it be?
A: Honestly I would choose to play 1st base because you are involved in a lot more plays.
Q: Would you ever consider coaching baseball?
A: I would only want to coach for little league because I would want to help kids learn how to play better and to support my kids.
Q: Do you enjoy watching baseball games on TV and why?
A: Yeah I like watching them on TV because you can see everything a little easier and replay is a little easier to look at, but being at the games is great too because of the atmosphere in the stadium.
Blog Editorial:
Baseball as everyone has heard is America’s pastime and a favorite sport to many people in the USA. In baseball there are many statistics and things that analysts and fans look at to decide what the player’s attributes and abilities are. These people also have arguments over what stat defines a player the most and what stat makes a player "the best." My stance is that the stat that makes a player who they are is their batting average for several different reasons.
Everyone agrees that most of the time baseball is not a very high scoring game because of the way it’s played. Baseball players need to perform well and also they need to strive to be the epitome of the best in batting average. High batting average everyone agrees gives a team a better chance to score runs as a team and ultimately win the baseball game. If multiple players have a batting average that’s high what do people expect to happen to their opportunity to score runs?
I agree defense is important to the game of baseball, but ponder this, what if no one on a baseball team had a good batting average but your defense is good? How are is that team going to score runs? They can’t that’s the answer, teams can’t score runs without getting opportunities to score which comes from a player’s batting average. And without runs these teams can’t win games.
According to two credible websites I checked out, sportsillustrated.com and liquida.com/dustinpedroiasalary, a player is paid more money the better their batting average is. For example Albert Pujols, one of the best players at hitting for average, hit .314 and made 16 million dollars in one year. Another player, that’s not as good as Pujols, named Dustin Pedroia hit .296 and made 7.75 million dollars in one year.
Batting Average is truly the epitome of a good player in the world of baseball according to the research I did and the sites and books I checked out. Everyone may have a different opinion but, because of the way America’s pastime is played and how the players play the players have to focus on their batting average.
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