Prompt: About my nonfiction book
Book: The Only Way I Know by Cal Ripken Jr.
Pages Read: 1-52
There were many good segments of this book to pick. The one that I found most interesting was, "Fielding errors and throwing errors will happen, but strategic and mental errors can be minimized." This means that even when he was bound to break an Iron man record, he still focused on playing the game right. Cal Ripken Jr. is a good example of someone with determination and someone that focuses on what is going now, then what he is thinking about the future. It also said in the book that sometimes he wouldn't care if he had gotten, he just focused on making the play at the right time. But what I thought was one of the most interesting part was that he didn't retire after he had beat the unbeatable record. He didn't just set a record, he set a record that is probably impossible to beat for athletes today. He said that when he was 100 games away people would talk about it saying he was going to beat it, he didn't know he was 100 games away until he was 75 games into the season.
Somethings that I am not likely to forget is he beat the unbeatable. Lou Gehrig is probably one of the top 10 best baseball players of all time. When Cal Ripken Jr. was going into the league as a top draft pick, he was an average all-star player. He even said that he was some average player that nobody knew about. But what really got me, was how committed he was to baseball. He would never miss a baseball game for 2,632 times. This man is the reason why people still say today that ordinary people do extraordinary things everyday. I know he was a professional baseball player, but he was probably the least expected person to break a record this big that was set by a Hall of Famer. Cal Ripken Jr. is still probably one of the most famous but not one of the best players to ever play the game the baseball. He taught me that if you put your mind to doing something it will happen. Cal inspires us all to do something that we love with pride.
Cal Ripken Jr. at his record setting game
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Great Job! Just from reading your blog, I can really tell that Cal Ripken Jr. was a great player with an outstanding record. :)
ReplyDeleteGood work, I like how you describe Cal Ripken Jr., it really tells how outstanding he is as a baseball player.
ReplyDeleteNice job Robert, I like how you pointed out how Cal Ripken Jr. was always determined no matter what. I could feel your emotion in your concluding sentence, "Cal inspires us all to do something that we love with pride." You did a good job on this blog this week.
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