Baseball is my favorite sport. I have been playing for three years and hopefully for a fourth year for my high school baseball team. I have had many different, embarrassing, but fun experiences from playing baseball. One of the most memorable times of my baseball career was when I hit my first over-the-fence run. Despite the fact that it was a foul, and not a home run, I had still cleared the outfield fence and the ball had flown a good way past it.

It was my second at bat for that game, and I had a two - two count on me. The muddied baseball came hurtling at me for the fifth pitch and I readied my bat. I swung and I heard a crack of the bat as I whipped the aluminum bat around. The adrenaline in my blood spiked and with the small crowd and my team in the dugout roaring for me, I dropped the gray, metal bat, and sprinted towards first. I turned my head to see the baseball in mid-air, just barely clearing the left-hand side of the yellow left field foul post. My black cleats hit first base as I heard the umpire yell,"FOUL!" I glanced over my shoulder and saw my coaches running outside the chain-linked fence to pick up the beaten baseball. Although I was dissapointed that it wasn't a home run, I grudgingly went back to home plate for another hit and got a double.

Another unforgettable moment I have had from playing baseball was a few years ago when I was playing shortstop. There was a man on first, who was leading off, and the batter hit a pop-up to me. It was an easy catch, no blinding sun in my eyes, but yet, as it landed in my leather, eleven-and-a-half inch glove, I fumbled it. I can clearly remember watching my hands juggle the ball as the runner on first base tore from his spot and ran to second. I kept desperately trying to toss the ball to the second baseman, but it did not work. My coach yelled, clutching the chain-linked fence, "It's not a bar of soap!"

Eventually, I chucked the ball at the first baseman, but it was too late for an out. I was furious at myself for making that error, but eventually I let it go. I have made better plays in my life, but these memories will always stay with me.