Baseball


 * Fundamentals are everything! **

Baseball, what a fun sport, that is if you like and if you play. I play and in the past years it’s been pretty hard learning all the fundamentals. So in this article I’m going to tell you how to throw a baseball. First I’m going to tell you how to throw a ball.
 *  1)  **** You want to get a good grip on the ball like in the picture. **


 *  2)  **** Then you want to pull your arm back like you are going to throw a football. **
 *  3)  **** Now your arm should be in-line with your head. **
 *  4)  **** Now you want to straighten out your elbow make sure its straight down. **
 *  5)  **** Now just go with the flow push the ball right out in front of you.  **
 *  6)  **** Make sure your facing your target. **
 *  7)  ****Then bring your arm across your body and try to touch your other pocket**

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 * Then if you get real good at it you can start pitching. It’s a little harder because you have to wind up but that’s easy to learn you can see a wind up in the picture below.

__The biggest lie! __ Andy Pettitte, a pitcher for the New York Yankees is in a performance enhancing drug scandal. The pitcher lied about it for a long time. He said he didn’t do it to get better he did it out of stupidity and desperation, because of his shoulder on a check swing when he was playing on the Houston Astros his very first at bat he popped a tendon in his shoulder. He was taking anabolic steroids. It’s a drug that makes sports stars and body builders get stronger. There have been many cases of steroids in the MLB. For instance Mark McGuire but when he did it there wasn’t a rule in the MLB. Saying you couldn’t take steroids. Same with Barry Bonds. But now there is a rule saying that the players can’t take them off the street but if they are prescribed by a doctor than they can. That’s the only legal way. Like I said when Mark McGuire did it was legal but he denied doing it. If he truly didn’t do it why wouldn’t he answer questions under oath? He declined answering those questions on March 17, 2005 in front of a house reform government committee. He said he cannot answer the questions without jeopardizing his friends or family. In the press conference he sounded like a man who made a big mistake. He also thought there was a value in telling us what happen. He was somebody they never thought would cheat. But we don’t know what is going to happen to him he could be suspended, benched, fined, or even kicked off the team. So in conclusion I ask you do you think he should be kept on the team for being honest or should he be kicked off for doing the steroids? __

It has started! __ The Trussville baseball team roster has just been posted. The kids were so delighted to see it get posted. They had 20 people to make it and those people are the following, Andres C. Connor C. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Christen D. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Anthony G. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mattew G. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Dakota H. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Grayson J. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Joey J. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Luke K. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Sam M. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mitchell M. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Kane M. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Nash O. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Luke O. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Will P. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Brent R. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Austin T. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Nick T. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Jake W. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">John Y. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">That is the 2008 trussville middle school baseball team. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">They play thirteen games, they are the following, <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Feb. 22- Erwin <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Feb. 23- Moody <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Feb.26- Bottonfield <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Feb. 29- Clay <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 4- Homewood <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 6-Rudd <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 8- Oak mountain <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 10- Riverchase <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar.13- Bragg <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 22- Clay <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 25- Erwin <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 28- Rudd <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Mar. 31- Bottonfield <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">Apr. 4- Bragg <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'">The baseball team plays their first game two weeks and four days from today. They play Erwin middle school. They should do well after the 6:00 practices in the morning and practice after school. They do nothing but practice so they should have a good chance of winning. Good luck boys we all hope you do great.