Positions In Baseball

In Baseball, each position has a number. First off, the number 1 position is the pitcher. The number 2 position is the catcher. The third postion is the first baseman. The fourth position is the second baseman. The fifth position is the third baseman. The sixth position on the baseball field is the short-stop. The seventh position on the baseball diamond is the left fielder. The eighth position on the baseball field is the center fielder and the ninth position on the diamond is the right fielder. Also, there is a special position called the designated hitter. The role of this position is for a very talented, normally power hitter, to take the hitting duties for the pitcher. Pitchers in baseball usually discontinue hitting in college so it's very easy to find this role in the college or pro level. You will find it sometimes in high school, but not as much.

My Favorite Game Shows

Some of my favorite games shows include: Jeopardy (even though I'm completely terrible at it), Wheel of Fortune (which is probably my favorite), Deal or No Deal (which I think is the most intense) and an 80's game show called Press Your luck. Wheel of Fortune is my favorite because I love puzzles. It's always fun for me to think out loud while watching Wheel of Fortune and it's always exciting to see where the wheel lands. Jeopardy is a trivia game which is fun to try and yell out the answer. I would be terrible though because I don't know all those facts and I'd probably forget to say "What is...." or "Who is...". Deal or No Deal is exciting to watch because of the risk involved in the game. It's always exciting to see someone pass up a half of a million dollars just to have a chance to win a million.

I like planets

Ever since I was a young kid, I always had an obsession with the planets. I started to take an interest in them when I turned 3 years old. I learned them in order and was very impressed. I was that annoying kid that went around sharing my knowledge that I though no one else knew. If you were ever around me when I was 3 years old, all you would ever hear was, “Mercury,Venus,Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto!” It always boosted my ego when everyone told me wow, you’re really smart or good job. I used to want to be an astrologist. When I heard that Pluto was no longer going to be a planet, I was quite upset.

The Importance of Hygiene

It is very important to make sure you bathe, brush your teeth, floss your teeth and wash your hair everyday. When one does not do these hygienic habits, one may start to smell offensively to other people. Bad hygienic habits can alter one’s opportunities in life such as: jobs, having friends, a good reputation and so on. When one bathes, many opportunities open up. People don’t talk about how bad one smells. In fact, people talk about how good one smells. When one makes the effort to be clean, self confidence goes up and people respect one more.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Couples at NGU..

One of my biggest pet peeves is public display of affection. I must admit that it is a serious issue at North Greenville University. There are some couples at NGU that are just out of line. I have seen couples making out in front of everyone at the student center, people laying out making out at the baseball field and couples who take classes together and hold hands while taking notes. I have no problem with a happy couple who watches TV in the stud together or just eating dinner together. But when couples are all over each other, it's really just inappropriate for everyone around. So if you are one of those PDA couples and you're reading this, please stop, it's really annoying.

Things to Do On the Weekends at North Greenville University

North Greenville is located in the lovely and metropolis town of Tigerville, South Carolina. There are many things to do in Tigerville on the weekends. The biggest attraction of Tigerville has to be the student center at NGU, where I currently am as I am writing this blog. If you don't find the student center to be exciting enough for your fancy, you can always play ping pong in the game room. Restaurants of Tigerville include, the '63 ~'64 Grill, the NGU cafeteria, Einstein Bagel Shop, or the infamous Thai and I. As for sports, NGU has a wide variety of them such as Baseball, Football, Softball, Soccer, Basketball and Cross Country!! So if you want to live the high life, you should stop by Tigerville at least once in your life time.

This weekend...

This weekend my baseball team didn't have any games so I decided to come home for the weekend! I first stopped by USC on friday to see some good old high school friends. After touring part of the campus, I made my way back to Charleston around 1130. I almost fell asleep at the wheel a few times but I made it home safely after all! Today I watched Furman play College of Charleston in baseball. It was a great ball game that was decided in the 6th inning when furman tied it up at 7 with a grand slam and never looked back. The final was 10-9. And now I'm writing my blog and dreading to have to drive back to Tigerville tomorrow.

Things To Keep In Mind When Scheduling Classes For A New Semester

College is a building block process. You start out with lower level classes and build your way up. When scheduling your new semester, be sure you don't over load yourself with a bunch of difficult classes but at the same time don't overload yourself with a bunch of easy classes. If you overload a bunch of difficult classes in one semester, you're setting yourself up for a semester full of stress. One could say "if i get these tough classes out of the way, I'll have it easy later on." This may be true but the likleyhood of doing well in this hard semester is slim. Now, the problem with setting up an easy semester is that you're setting yourself up to eventually take a bunch of hard semesters down the road. There's only so many easy courses you'll take. You need to make each semester a mix of a few hard classes with a few easy classes. This is the best way to have success in your college career.

Things That I Would Like to Do for My Career.

As a sports fan, and as an entrepreneur, I asked myself in high school, "What do I want to major in in college and what do I want to do with my degree. I had always leaned to business, but as my senior year came, I wanted to incorporate sports into business as well. So when I was accepted to North Greenville last year, I made the decision to major in Sports Management. I have done many sport related jobs and have played baseball and other sports since I was 7. My resume consists of: writing articles and scouting young baseball talent for Jr. Diamond Prospects, working football and basketball oporations for North Greenville University as well as scoreboard technician and PA announcer for baseball. I have helped coach recreational teams in baseball and have field preparation experience in baseball at North Greenville. I also have a sport information background in baseball. All of these titles I enjoy but my dream is to become a general manager of a baseball stadium!

How To Remember To Write Your Blogs For English!

As you can see, I have missed two weeks worth of blogs. There are ways to help you and myself remember to write your blogs for English class. The best way is to set an event reminder on your cell phone. Eveyone's cell phones are always on them so that is really the best way to remind yourself. Another way is to get yourself a planner. With all the school work that can pile up for the average college student, a lot of times one needs a planner to remind themselves of what needs to be done for that particular week. Another way to remind yourself is to write the word, BLOG, on your hand. But the best way of all to remember to do your blog is to do it the day it was assigned, that way you don't have to worry about reminding yourself for the rest of the week!

Most Exciting Vacation

My most exciting vacation ever was when I went on a cruise to the Virgin Islands last summer with my friend and his family. It was the first time I had ever been on a cruise. It was also the first time I had ever been outside the United States. I remember, it was a hot sunny summer day when we arrived at Cocoa Beach, Florida where we set sail for our seven day cruise. When we got on the ship, everyone was eating the free food that was available. We then set sail and made our first stop in Nassau, Bahamas. The water was beautiful but Nassau seemed like a dangerous place because there is no law enforcement. After that, we cruised to St. Thomas which is part of the Virgin Islands and is part of the US. St. Thomas has so many jewelery stores. My friends dad even bought a Rolex! In St. Thomas, I parasailed for the first time which was awesome. After St. Thomas, we cruised to St. Maarten. It had the clearest water I had ever seen. Me and my friend even went jet skiing which was my first time doing that! I had a blast.
After a day at St. Maarten, we turned around to make our way back to Cocoa Beach.

Spring Break

This week has been great! I was getting piled up with school work and spring break was just what I needed. I haven't been home since the beginning of the year and was really missing my family. I have caught up with old high school friends, watched some of my home area's high school baseball games. I did get a little slack on my school work the past week or so, hence the reason I missed my last two blogs from last week. I'm not excited to be going back to old Tigerville but there's only a month and a half left! I'm ready for summer! I'm excited about the beach, baseball, making money, meeting new people and getting away from school! I have a couple of days left of my spring break before I head back up to Tigerville so I'm going to make the best of the time I have left. I might take advantage of the warm Charleston weather and head to the beach!

Better Study Habits

When you're a student, the most crucial part to success is studying. Studying helps us prepare for quizes and tests that are a big majority of the class grade, particularly in college. There are many ways to helps improve tests grades by studying. One way to study is to find a friend that is willing to sit down with you and you teach him or her everything that is going to be on the test. When you teach others, you sometimes find that you are teaching yourself. Another way to study is to simply make flash cards, perhaps color coded, and quiz yourself. Some people are very good with matching colors with facts. Another way is to simply just rewrite your notes. Rewriting your notes is sometimes the best way to memorize the material. Find something that works for you and I can guarantee that test grades will improve.

God's Corner

Revelation 1:1-6 talks about those who read his word will prosper in the end. The time is near for Jesus Christ's return. We must be prepared by reading His word and practice what is told to us through it. When we read God's word, we become more aware of what God wants for us. We also can prepare ourselves to reach to other people when we read because reading the word helps us become better witnesses. We become more aware of our actions. We start to live in the steps of Jesus Christ. When we do this as Christians, we are witnessing to people without even knowing so. Eternity is forever whether one spends it in hell or heaven so as Christians we need to start picking up the slack and live better for us and others who don't know about the greatest gift there is, the gift of Jesus Christ.

How To Think Of A Topic When Blogging

When you are stuck on thinking of ideas for writing your blog, try to create a topic about something you like to do or perhaps talk about a topic that you feel strong about. For example; I like to write personification poems as you can tell. So I just put my self in an every day item's place and begin to write my feelings from that objects standpoint. I also love baseball, so that is something that I could blog all day about. It's all about what you like. So have fun and express your feelings when writing your blogs.

My Poem Corner III

This poem is one that I just came up with by looking at my friends chapstick.
So I'm sure you can guess what this poem is called.

Chapstick
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My purpose is to smoothen lips
Broken, split, crusty lips
I intend to satisfy one pair
But my intentions are never controllable
I meet my owners peers
As if my owners lips were bad enough
To encounter the unknown
Every day is uncomforting
I'm a slave without a say so
A stick that swirls on a spirl
Without manipulation
Is quite an aggravation
And when its my time to go
That one last use of me
I will never forget how unloyal
My owner was
I was made for him only

My Poem Corner II

If you read my previous blog about My Poem Corner, then you know that I like to use personification in my poems. So this is one that I just came up with called "Dollar Bills". I Hope you like it.

Dollar Bills
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You recognize our faces,
(Washington, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant, Franklin)
But not our feelings.
You don't know our pasts.
Where we have been.
What we have been used for.
All we are to you is a value that brings a smile to your face.
We've seen drug deals, church offerings, casinos...
The list goes on.
We're yours, we're his, we're forgotten.

My First College Baseball Experience

This weekend was my first college baseball experience. I play for North Greenville University, an NCAA Division II school located in Tigerville, SC. This weekend, we traveled to Due West, SC to face the 23rd NCAA division II ranked team in the nation. When I got off the bus and stepped foot onto the field, I had a feeling that I never felt before. I was excited, even though I didn't get to play, just to be on an actual college field and being part of an actual college team. The field was in excellent condition and the grass was so soft. The fan base was bigger than what I have experienced in the past and the pace of the game was so much faster. Even though we took three losses and I didn't play, the experience was one worth remembering just because it was something I have never taken part in. I look forward to keep taking part in something I love and it will definitely be something I'll always remember.

My Poem Corner

I like to occasionally write poems from time to time. My style of poetry is very unique and I like to use personification a lot. I really like to put my self in objects positions and see how it would feel like to be that particular object. So this weeks blog is a poem that I wrote two years ago called "Stapler".


You are forcing me.
I repeatedly do the same task.
Congregation of trees in a form called paper.
Don't make those staples anymore.
So I won't have a purpose.
Because frankly,
Insertion of them is bad enough.
But to spit them out
Without manipulation of my own throat
Could very well turn my blood to rust
and cause an inconvience on your paper.

Keeping Your Dreams In Front Of You

Certain people have high expectations and dreams for themselves. Some are complacent with being mediocre. However, the ones with big dreams in front of them tend to get shot down by the mediocre crowd. Some block out the negative and some actually take it to heart. It is a shame that we have people in society that tell people they can't do something. If one works hard enough at something, I personally believe that one can succeed with encouragement from their peers instead of being shot down. Morale tends to decrease as the insults and discouragement increases. For those who take it to heart, don't. People who try to bring others down have issues with their self confidence. As goal oriented people, we need to keep our eyes on our goals and block out any distractions. You and your mindset is what controls your success. For example: Josh Hamilton was a minor league baseball player who was banned from baseball for multiple drug charges. For three years he was out of baseball and was heading down the wrong path. The media kept saying that he would never see the field again and at least ever have a job. He proved them wrong. Hamilton is now playing for the Cincinatti Reds and is two years clean. He uses his story as a witness to others and maintains to keep his goal in tact, to remain sober and play the game of baseball for the Lord, despite some negative talk that he still has to hear.
Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something. If you work hard, anything is possible through Christ.

Leadership

In today's society, we find that leaders are hard to come by and followers are omnipresent. A leader can be defined as someone who displays integrity and leads by good example rather than acting as an authority figure. A follower is one who is easily influenced by others poor decisions. With being a leader comes the gratification to know that you are influencing others in a good manner and making others want to do the right things. Ralph Nadar quotes, " I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not followers.". Our goal as leaders is to promote wise choices to others with out arrogance. If one brags about how they are leaders and how they tell people what to do, they aren't leaders; they are just trying to build their ego and ultimately they are followers instead of leaders. Peter Druckers says, "The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say "I." And that's not because they have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't think "I." They think "we"; they think "team." They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don't sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.".
Leadership is something we should definitely strive for but not for our ego. It is rather to make the world a better place.

Handling Adversity And Being Successful

Everyone in life at some point or another will stumble. However, not everyone will pick themselves back up and face adversity straight in the eyes. This is where the line between failure and success is drawn.
One of my favorite quotes comes from Chuck Swindoll who says,
"Ten percent of life is what happens to us and ninety percent is how we respond.". For example: A man has been informed that he will be layed off of his job in two weeks. The question now is how will this man respond to what is happening to him. If he is a failure, he will most likely sulk in his own humility and feel sympathetic for him self. If he is a successful man, he will ask himself, "How quickly can I find a good job and where?".
We can not control the past. We can not feel sympathetic for ourselves. We must forgive our past mistakes. We must look for ways to improve as human beings. If we don't, we will set ourselves up for a lifetime of remorse and sorrow.
I can honestly say that I have made plenty of mistakes in my short life. But I have forgiven myself and I'm focused on God and the choices he wants me to make and I'm not looking back. If I did decide to not follow God and keep feeling sorry for myself, I would get no where in life.
I hope this has been somewhat motivational to anyone reading this. If you're struggling right now and looking for answers but can't find the right ones, please read Joshua 1:9.
Thanks for your time and I will have another blog up this week.