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College Admissions Essay: How Baseball Changed My Life

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As a young 8 year old little league baseball player watching the big screen tv, watching my favorite players wishing that one day I would be that big leaguer playing on tv having kids watch me and wish for the same dream and same success. Some people may same its to big of a dream or that it will never be me on that screen playing in the fields of legends, angles, and dreams but to this day I sit here and tell myself to dream big and keep dreaming because there is always a chance and there can never be doubt in your own mind if you truly believe in the goal of becoming what you want to become. Now grown up 16 years young I go to the field everyday knowing that in a year I will be walking up that stage to graduate and walk up to the stage of the MLB draft room and be congratulated by the commissioner and the other players in the room. …show more content…

Baseball has been my whole life since I old enough to remember I have been around big leaguers since the day I was born, my dad played pro ball, I have had over 13 cousins play major league baseball, and over 20+ family members play minor baseball. I remember the going to the clubhouse after games going to the all star game to see my godfather who happens to be one of the best dominican baseball players to ever play the game, Vladimir Guerrero and to top that off his son Vlad Guerrero Jr. is the top MLB prospect for the Toronto blue jays going into this season. Baseball is my life and I will die playing the game as long as I can. Currently In my baseball career I have accepted a scholarship to play baseball at the university of illinois urbana champaign, I am one of the top players in the country, and I am talking and getting looked at a couple MLB teams to be drafted out of high school and go straight to the

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