Baseball for Life!!!!!

            When I was two and first put a glove on my hand, I knew I was hooked. Baseball was officially my life!! I actually started playing on a team when I was four.  I broke my leg when I was four but even with a cast on, I still managed to play ball in the front yard!!  In 2007, a friend of ours recommended that I try out for Chesterfield gold select league. So then I tried out..... and SUCCEEDED!! I felf so accepted. I loved playing on my other team so my parents decided that I could start playing on two teams and still am currently. Lots of practicing and lots of games but I never get tired of anything about baseball. Not only do you need to be athletic to play baseball, it is also a mental sport.  You must think ahead, be aware of everything on that playing field!  At the age of 11, I entered into a competition called Major League Baseball's Pitch, Hit & Run (PHR). It was a complete honor and I wasn't as nervous as I thought i would be. I took first place in local, sectionals & placed second in state - all the way to Busch Stadium!! I was totally stoked to be there at home plate standing with my bat in my hands right where the pros stand!! Because of the PHR competition, Mark Elder (a journalist) interviewed me for an article in the North County Journal. I was completely surprised!! The sport of baseball has taken me a far way from home..... as far away as Myrtle Beach S.C. My family and I went there along with my Stl. Knights team (gold select team) for a tournament called Cal Ripken's "The Big Kahuna". What an experience that was to play teams from all over the United States. My dream for my future is to become a major league baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals (Im hoping and praying that it's not the cubs!!). I need to stay focused, stay with God, keep working hard at my skill & never give up!! I truly will..... play BASEBALL FOR LIFE!!!!!