Jackie Robinson and Me
Miles
Introduction
Jackie Robinson was a famous athlete. He was the first African
American baseball player on a major league team. The
major league is the highest playing level of professional baseball.
Jackie Robinson used effort, motivation, and persistence to reach his
goal of becoming a great baseball player.
Jackie Robinson sliding
Jackie Robinson’s Accomplishment
Jackie was a sports star in high school and college. In 1945 Jackie played in the
Negro American League because he was African-Americans and could not play on
a major league team. The major league is the highest playing level of
professional baseball. Finally in 1947 Jackie became the
first African-American player on a major league team. Jackie used effort,
motivation, and persistence to become a great baseball player.
Jackie Robinson hitting the baseball
Jackie Robinson and Me
Jackie Robinson and I have both been persistent to achieve our goal. Jackie
Robinson was persistent and achieved his goal of becoming a great baseball
player. I was persistent and achieved my goal of getting four double plays in a
baseball season.
Jackie
Robinson
sliding
My Accomplishment
I achieved my goal four double plays in a baseball season by being very persistent. I
practiced in my back yard and at the games. I practiced before they started and at
baseball practice. At the game that was our second of the season I caught a pop fly. A pop
fly is when the batter hits it in the air. I caught that ball then I threw it to 3 rd base. He
was out there too so I got two outs in one hit. Then my second double play was a ground
ball to me. A ground ball is when the ball is hit on the ground. I got the ball tagged first
and threw to second. It was close but he was out at second and first base. My third double
play was a line drive. A line drive is a ball that did not hit the ground but it did not go that
high. Well I caught it and threw it to third and it was two out on one hit. The fourth one
was like the first one it was a pop fly that I caught and I threw it to second base. I
practiced catching pop flies. I would practice pop flies by throwing my self pop flies or my
dad would throw pop flies to me. He would throw me regular throws and I would practice
that so much. He also would roll me ground balls. That is how I achieved my goal of four
double plays in one baseball season.
That’s me,
Miles Zoll
Player for
the Los
Angeles
dodgers
Conclusion
This is how Jackie Robinson achieved his goal to become a great baseball player
and how I achieved my goal of becoming a better baseball player. We were both
persistent and didn’t let anything get in our way of reaching our goal.
Jackie Robinson
sliding in to home
Resources
I got the pictures from Britannica Image Quest and Information from Pebble Go