Imagine, being in Florida, Boynton Beach to be exact, playing senior league baseball all summer long. Would you ever think of being in the state championship? What might you think if you lost Game One for your team? Probably not good. However, your teammates say they have your back; even your enemy, the last of your team sitting on the bus, says, “Let's win this thing” to you. It just goes to show how The Big Field by Mike Lupica tells a tale of teammates of different ages can come together as a whole.
Seniority on a team gives you a leadership role, but when the rookie tries to take that role away, it is not good for a team. Even though you may say more leaders better organization, but that is not always the case. For this team it is not a good thing because they both want to be the superstar and only leader. Since they both want to be leaders it causes great conflict between the two of them. It evens starts a fight. Fighting is not what you want when you are a team. Thinking about fighting with a teammate is like a sin in team sports because then it shows that nobody agrees on what to do. It proves that you have no grasp on how to fix the problem in hand. That greatly affects how you do on the field or court. In the story Hutch the main character and Darryl who is being scouted to play in the majors at only age 14 solve there differences and win the championship. One may think that if players are fighting off the field they may fight on the field as well, but that is not the case; they may fight off the field but not on the field. On the field they work together. They work together well and turn the best double play in Florida.
In this day and age leaders are what teams need, but there is a difference between leading and being bossy. Being bossy can split teams apart. Trust me I have had it happen before. Teams must trust each other and play to each others strengths. A team cannot win without a team effort and you can only have a good team if they get along well and have good chemistry. That happened to the Milwaukee Bucks team in about 2000 with all of the smart-alec personalities they all thought they were better than the others. They talked bad to the media about there teammates and they made it to the eastern conference finals. This team would've won the whole thing if they were a team and not just players, but they lost it. They lost it for themselves, there family, there team, and all bucks fans throughout the nation. It is a sad thing when one person thinks of themselves before someone else. If you can help someone in need you should; it is just the correct thing to do.
This Saturday, November 27, 2010 my family and I are going to a place called The Gathering in Milwaukee. The Gathering in run only on volunteers who volunteer there time to serve meals to homeless people who are living on the streets. I am even giving up badger football tickets. Even though I want to go to the game it is more important that I use the time that I have to help others. that is what teammates should always be thinking, We not I. If you are a player don't worry about being seen because it will happen if you are good enough, but it might be better to not worry about that and just play baseball eventhough you might not want to. There is no I in team.
Mike Lupica's The Big Field just proves that teammates of different ages can come together and win a championship, but there will still be bumps in the road like there normally are. Being a good teammate has proven to win more games for teams. More teams need to work on there team chemistry because that is what makes teams better. Chemistry on and off the court.
Seniority on a team gives you a leadership role, but when the rookie tries to take that role away, it is not good for a team. Even though you may say more leaders better organization, but that is not always the case. For this team it is not a good thing because they both want to be the superstar and only leader. Since they both want to be leaders it causes great conflict between the two of them. It evens starts a fight. Fighting is not what you want when you are a team. Thinking about fighting with a teammate is like a sin in team sports because then it shows that nobody agrees on what to do. It proves that you have no grasp on how to fix the problem in hand. That greatly affects how you do on the field or court. In the story Hutch the main character and Darryl who is being scouted to play in the majors at only age 14 solve there differences and win the championship. One may think that if players are fighting off the field they may fight on the field as well, but that is not the case; they may fight off the field but not on the field. On the field they work together. They work together well and turn the best double play in Florida.
In this day and age leaders are what teams need, but there is a difference between leading and being bossy. Being bossy can split teams apart. Trust me I have had it happen before. Teams must trust each other and play to each others strengths. A team cannot win without a team effort and you can only have a good team if they get along well and have good chemistry. That happened to the Milwaukee Bucks team in about 2000 with all of the smart-alec personalities they all thought they were better than the others. They talked bad to the media about there teammates and they made it to the eastern conference finals. This team would've won the whole thing if they were a team and not just players, but they lost it. They lost it for themselves, there family, there team, and all bucks fans throughout the nation. It is a sad thing when one person thinks of themselves before someone else. If you can help someone in need you should; it is just the correct thing to do.
This Saturday, November 27, 2010 my family and I are going to a place called The Gathering in Milwaukee. The Gathering in run only on volunteers who volunteer there time to serve meals to homeless people who are living on the streets. I am even giving up badger football tickets. Even though I want to go to the game it is more important that I use the time that I have to help others. that is what teammates should always be thinking, We not I. If you are a player don't worry about being seen because it will happen if you are good enough, but it might be better to not worry about that and just play baseball eventhough you might not want to. There is no I in team.
Mike Lupica's The Big Field just proves that teammates of different ages can come together and win a championship, but there will still be bumps in the road like there normally are. Being a good teammate has proven to win more games for teams. More teams need to work on there team chemistry because that is what makes teams better. Chemistry on and off the court.
No comments:
Post a Comment