Baseball is a game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. Many people think that baseball is an easy sport, but in reality, it's one of the most difficult to master. A baseball, 9-9 ¼ inches in diameter, coming at 90 miles per hour gives the hitter 0.46 seconds to decide whether or not he should swing at it. Once he makes that decision, the batter then must square up the ball with a bat that has a barrel 2 ¾ inches in diameter. In the game of baseball, there's certain things that you might never see on the diamond. As a player you must build good relationships with your teammates and coaches, deal with many different pressure situations, and have the best endurance physically and mentally. .
Growing up, you build good relationships with people that have similar characteristics as yourself and you consider them your best friends. Well, the game of baseball will make you have a ton of best friends because everyone on the team shares a characteristic which is: loving the game of baseball. You learn to love your teammates and coaches through thick and thin. Whether you get your butt chewed or get a complement, there's no holding grudges in the game of baseball. Susan Zaro's article "Building Solid Relationships with Your Teammates and Coaches: Awareness Questionnaire" is from the website "AccessAthlete.com." This blog gives good information on building your relationships with your teammates and coaches. Zaro states many qualities to help a player build a solid relationship with his or her teammates and coaches. For example, Zaro puts down that personal responsibility helps with building relationships because a player with the intentions "to engage and strive for a high level of success is a decision you make each day" (Zaro, Susan). As a baseball player, you show up to weights or practice every day and must have the mindset to get better each day.
