Rough Draft Short Story

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It was a hot day in late June when I was gathering all of my gear to put in my dusty baseball bag and leave for the most important thing in my life. “Are you ready?” My mom called out. “Just about,” I called back. I grabbed my blue and gold hat, along with my polarized sunglasses, and headed to my mom’s car. I put my bag in the bag with a loud thump and closed the truck on the car. As we were driving, I listened to music to calm myself and my nerves down. I had never tried out for a baseball team before, and I was super nervous. As we neared the baseball field, my heart felt like it was beating out of my chest. I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. As we arrived at the field, I got out of the car and said goodbye to my mom and then I …show more content…
We continued to play catch and with every throw, the ball zipped through the air and popped every time it hit the glove. After we finished playing catch, we grabbed our bats and began swinging them with great force and concentration. When we were finished, we put the bats down and I took a drink of very cold water that chilled my body as it went down my throat. “We’re starting tryouts right now,” the coach exclaimed. We all grabbed our gloves as we stood around in a semi circle and waited for him to tell us where to go. When he got to me, he told me in his deep, but somehow firm voice, to go to third base. As I jogged out to third, I looked up at the clear blue sky with a few dark-colored birds flying and I began to focus. With the pop of the bat, he hit a ground ball to me that rolled through the deep green grass that I was able to field with my glove and make a strong and accurate throw to first base. After we continued doing that for about 20 minutes, he said we could go back to the dugout for a break. When I got into the dugout, I immediately ran for my water and chugged about half of the bottle, my mouth freezing from the

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