Baseball A Game Of Known And Unknown Playing Parts

Baseball is a game that has many people andbrother glove it changes with every hitter who
things all playing a part. Everything and everybodycomes to the plate. Big boy standing about 6'3"
plays a part to make baseball a game referred toand a solid 240 lbs. come up there with a piece of
as our National Pastime.Would we have a gamelumber that looks like the garden fence post. He
without our players? Do the fans make our gamestands in there swings and whiffs swings and
stay popular with their support? Do beginningwhiffs and drags himself and his power pole back
baseball players put up with a coaches constant,to the dugout. Little 5'8" cracker jack buzzsaw
do it this way, or do this, time and time again ifcomes to the plate with his tinker toy stick slaps
he did not want to be a player like his favoritethe ball a good one and takes off like a scared
baseball hero? Probably not!We can readily seejack rabbit. So the bat plays his part.The catcher
that the player, the fan and the beginners all havewears a baseball mask because his girl friend
a part to play. But this is only the tip of thewould not be caught in public with a snaggled
iceberg that we see. Hidden down in the real nittytooth catcher after little baseball at ninety miles
gritty is all the other things which play a part inper hour comes calling. So old iron mask plays a
this great game of baseball.The glove the lowlypart.It's so hot here in the bleachers with no
little laced up piece of leather padding comes in allbreeze. Then sudden as a sneaky hold up robber
shapes and sizes. The baseball glove of a secondthe wind picks up. The next hitter lofts a well hit
baseman normally is significantly different fromball toward right center field but ole long striding
the outfielders.center fielder is outrun by the ball in the wind.
A second baseman's glove has shorter stubbyLittle ball rattles the fence now excitement is in
fingers for digging into the dirt and scooping upthe wind. So too the wind plays his part.It's the
that little baseball. Then again to be adept atbottom of the eight inning two men are on base
turning the double play he needs a glove which willthere are two outs and the pitcher is right handed
give up and let him have the ball without aand is throwing slower and slower. The next hitter
struggle.Now the long striding fast movingcoming up is a left handed batter so the manager
outfielder has a glove with finger and webbing somakes his appearance. He calls for the ball and
long it looks like a dog catchers net when he runswaves in a left handed relief pitcher. Now the
down that high flying rocket shot. The outfielderteam manager has let us know that he has a
may even hang onto the outfield fence send apart in this game.Now would you not agree there
wave a hand full of leather across the fence toare many known and unknown playing parts of
retrieve little baseball.Look at what the firstour game of baseball? People and things all playing
baseman calls a first baseman's mitt. If I did nota part. There are so many more parts being a
know better I might think it was a size 16 leatherpart of the action it is impossible to get them all in
sack he uses. At any rate he sacks all throwsone session. Keep tuned and keep going out to
coming his way and pretends there is nothing tothe ball park and soon you will be a super
it.The catcher sits back there behind homeplatefan.Batter Up---Let's Play Ball...Major Wiley B.
holding an overstuffed mitt that looks like aChannell USMC (retired) staying with you at with
whoopie cushion. When ole knuckle ball thrower issome baseball for your enjoyment. Teach a
on the mound he gets a mitt the size of a stolenyoungster the game of baseball and give him
stop sign.You see even the well oiled leather glovesomething they will cherish all their life. There are
in baseball has a part to play. We often overlookmore parts to the game than readily meets the
these subtle little differences yet there part iseye.
critical in the game.Ole baseball bat is just like