Descriptive Essay The Verde Valley Allstars

I was 11 years old and I was on the Verde Valley Allstars and we were in the District playoffs hosting the tournament in Cottonwood, AZ. Our baseball field was located next to Dead Horse State Park and this is where we practiced and played our home games. If we win this District championship then we would go to the state playoffs in Yuma, AZ to play the best teams in each district around the state in a huge tournament. We are playing Prescott Valley as usual in the district championship. Verde Valley would always play Prescott Valley in the district championship game every year because our two teams were the best in the district every year. A typical Friday night for Arizona baseball, we were under the lights in a night game. The aroma of†¦show more content†¦One out away from us receiving the banner that states District Champions. The player next up to bat gets a double down the first baseline. It should’ve been a single, but he speed made him stretch it into a double. Josh throws 4 straight balls to the next batter and causes my coach to give a mound visit. Coach Kelly jogs onto the field signaling to us to meet him and Josh at the mound. He tells us â€Å"We need to settle down, and play ball like we have been. Make sure to have fun while you beat these guys.† That was a stern pep talk and gave us the determination to end this game. Josh is now facing a new batter with runners on 1st and 2nd with 2 outs. Josh is in an all out war with this batter, throwing all of his junk balls and his fastball, but the batter would just foul them off saying he won’t go down without a fight. The count i s now 3-2. Josh throws a fastball on the outside corner which the umpire calls it a ball and signals the batter to go to 1st base. The Verde Valley side was very upset with that call screaming right at the ump, â€Å"that was a strike, end the game.† The umpire throws out one of our parents because he was yelling at him obnoxiously. Coach Kelly had to walk out of the dugout to tell our parents to calm down and let us play ball. To remind you the bases are loaded in the top of the 7th with 2 outs. Walking from the on deck circle is the best hitter on their team, which is the cleanup hitter in the 4th spot in the lineup. I was staring at this kid