I would trade places with Kevin Gausman for so many reasons. Gausman is a starting pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. The first is he is one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. I enjoy pitching but having Gausman’s ability would be a lot of fun. Gausman is a All-Star and a veteran with plenty of experience. I think the good balance of veterans and youngsters on the Blue Jays is good. Another reason why I’d do this would be playing in MLB would be enjoyable and a nice career. I have always dreamed of playing the big leagues and baseball is my passion. My final reason to be Kevin Gausman is I’d be rich. This would enable me to have many vacations homes, travel the world, and not be concerned with having not enough money to live a stable life. This life would be so much fun.

This month I read a book called Legend by Marie Lu. In this book there are two characters and the book alternates their perspectives. The Republic has control of where both characters live and the Colonies are fighting the Republic. The republic has divided their civilization into sectors. The first character, Day is living in a poor sector and his brother Eden is diagnosed with the plague. Day is a wanted criminal known for sabotage against the Republic. When Day sets out to get the medicine he stabs someone on the shoulder on his way out. The other character, June is a Republic girl. Her brother Metias is thought to be killed by Day and she begins a hunt to capture the criminal. How will the book finish?

I spent a lot of free time reading this book. The book is very intense and epic and I really enjoyed it. I definitely recommend this book. My favorite character in this book is Day because he is brave. On pg. 297 the text states, “‘Why did he do it?’ I shout. ‘It should have been me!’” This quote is when Day discovers that John has sacrificed himself to make the Republic think that Day is dead. This shows that Day is brave because he is willing to sacrifice himself too save John.

My favorite quote from the book is “‘Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again.’” (304) This quote is meaningful to me because even though Day is a Republic criminal he still has a good way of seeing things. This quote occurs when June asks Day about his name.

It would be a dream to have a perfect day and it would go like this. First I would sleep and stay in bed until I wanted to get up. After I was up, I would prepare to go to a baseball game. I would leadoff and pitch on the mound to start the game. During the game, I would pitch a perfect game and I would be nine for nine with nine grand slam 900 foot home runs. After our team won sixty-three to nothing, I’d go home and play video games with my friends. Then the Dodgers would offer me a twenty year contract for 38 billion dollars a year. Me and my family would win twenty lotteries and move into a mansion we’d also buy seventeen vacation mansions. Next, I would eat 735 chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. After that my friends would come over. My deluxe bus would also arrive at my house. The bus would have a gaming room and a cafeteria with robot gourmet chefs. I’d be driven by my robots to game seven of the World Series at Dodgers Stadium. I would get to sit in the dugout for the whole game and I’d get 100 signed baseballs from every player. The Dodgers would beat the Astros in game 7 thirty-seven to nothing. I’d get to run out on the field and celebrate with the team. Then me, the Dodgers, and my friends would go to In-and-Out for lunch. We’d get fresh, good quality fries. Then me and my friends would game until dinner. Then we would go to a gourmet steakhouse for dinner. To end out the day we would have a sleepover at my house. This would be such a fun day.

I would want to be twenty-one years old forever. If this was true I would have all the privileges of being an adult but I’d still be young. Also I’d be out of school and college. If I was twenty-one I could also drive, get married, and more. You’d still be young and you’d be eligible to get a job and in my case play baseball. I would still be considered a young baseball player forever so I wouldn’t become rusty and loose greatness like other players. A disadvantage of being a little kid would be you’d be tiny so you’d never really be able to work at a job. These are just some of the many reasons why if I was one age forever I’d be twenty-one.

Have you ever felt a premonition? Well I have. When? It was the final day of O’Donoghue summer baseball camp. The game that would rank us third place was on the line. My team, the Mariners, were currently losing by one run. Ayden was on third and Remy was on second. Remy had pretty good speed so a base hit to the outfield would probably score the winning run. Clad in my O’Donoghue shirt I stepped to the plate.

“I’ve got it, I’ve got it!” I caught it and that was the end of the second inning. I quickly ran in because I was due up in the next inning. Quaid hit a double and then Grady got a base hit. Evan stayed at third so I came up to the plate with runners on first and third with no outs. The first pitch I got a small piece of and popped it foul to the right. No defender made a play on it so I had one strike on me. The next pitch I hit a towering blast to left that tied it up in the third inning. It was into the bullpen and me, Quaid, and Grady all scored. I gingerly ran around the bases.

Two innings later I came up to the plate with second and third occupied. The first pitch I took in the dirt for ball one. Pitch two was a pitch that soared past my head. It was two balls, no strikes, a favorable count for the hitter. It was a perfect fastball to hit. I turned on it and ripped it into left field for a hit. Ayden scored easily and Remy was hustling for home. He scored. We had won. The rest of the team ran out on the field and we had a huge celebration. After winning we all got otter pops and we celebrated being third place. I will never forget the experiences of baseball that summer.