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Why Do I Like Baseball? Article by: Daniel Chen http://newyorkyankees781.wixsite.com/daniel
Baseball is life, at least it is for me
Baseball is a game that’s played everywhere, in parks, playgrounds, and prison yards, in back alleys and farmer’s fields, by small children and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. It is the only game in which the defense has the ball. It follows the seasons beginning each year with the expectancy of springtime, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. Americans have played baseball for more than 200 years, while they conquered a continent, fought at war with one -
- another, struggled over labor and civil rights, and the meaning of freedom. Baseball already became an important part of our daily life, especially in western countries, but most people consider baseball is just an entertainment activity, for me, it is completely different. Baseball means much more than just a sport game, it teaches me a lot of things that we probably not able to learn in the textbooks. In this article, I will talk about why I like baseball.
Chien-Ming Wang
I watched my very first baseball game in 2007, that year a Taiwanese baseball player Chien-Ming Wang, he was a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees and he got 19 wins in that season (he also got 19 wins in 2006) this fantastic performance not only set up a new record for the most wins of all the Asian baseball players, but most importantly, Chien-Ming Wang let Taiwanese people into the world of Major League Baseball. People stay up at night to watch baseball games, and get crazy about it, which was a period of time which Taiwanese baseball fans will never forget! Since then, baseball has become an indispensable part of my life.
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Although Chien-Ming Wang left the Yankees in 2011, I’m still a big Yankees fan, I watch almost every Yankees games, and the reason why I like the Yankees is not because they have a lot of star players or how many wins they have, but because they are always special, they have the most fans in the world, talented players, and most importantly, they have a great tradition. Even though they were not that good in the past few seasons, but they improve every year, finally they perform in an unexpected way this season, they not only got into the Postseason, but also won four ‘win or go home’ games in a row to get into the American League Championship Series, right now they are one win away from getting into the World Series, this is the first time in the last eight years! I really want the New York Yankees to be the World Champion this year.
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Baseball really teaches me a lot of things that I cannot learn from the textbooks, I think baseball is a big resemblance of life, no matter how strong your team are, you are not going to win every single game, which is unrealistic, also you are going to lose some important games. What really matters is that you have to try your best to make the team better, and you should never give up until the last out, just like the New York Yankees, they have a lot of comeback wins this season, they never give up in a game. I think we should have the same attitude in our daily life; we are not going to be successful at everything in our life, and sometimes people say bad things to us when we did something very poorly, but no matter what, we should always use a positive attitude to face our difficulties. Sometimes we make some big mistake in our life, it is okay to make mistakes, as long as you learned something from it, and do not make the same mistake next time. Another thing is that you should never give up on yourself, always believe that you are capable to do it, try our best to let ourselves become a better person. This way I believe that you will have a much more successful life.
I remember, when I was young, I had a dream to become a baseball star like Chien-Ming Wang, but due to my disability, I cannot make this dream come true.
Yankee Stadium
Even though, baseball still influences me a lot, baseball can help me to learn some important life lessons. This is why I think baseball is a very enjoyable thing. In the future, I will try extremely hard to find another way to participate in baseball, either coaching or broadcasting or anything else I can do for baseball. My goal is to let people know that baseball means much more than just a sport game, and make people enjoy baseball in a much more different way.
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Summer Universaide 2017 Article by: Ariel https://arielhong13.wixsite.com/website
This summer Taipei has an important event, it's called ''Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei." This is a sport competition which could be attended by university athletes in the world. For Taiwanese people, this is not just a sport competition, but it is a great opportunity for us to show the beauty of Taiwan to the whole world. Before the Universiade began, I didn't have any feelings about it, because I thought that the Taiwanese government couldn't hold such a big event. The last day before the grand opening, the news said that tickets for some popular events had been sold out. I was so moved when I heard the news. I didn't know how Taiwanese people reacted to this. In that moment, I decided to support this international events which was held by my hometown. The next day, it was the first baseball game that team Taiwan attended, they were going to play against France, which is my second home. Baseball is the most popular sport in Taiwan, we are very proud of our teams and players. I was hoping that Taiwan could win but I didn't want France to lose, I felt so torn. The game was so exciting that everyone -
- thought team Taiwan would win, but in the bottom of the ninth, team France reversed the situation, stealing the win from Taiwan. The result was 4-3, Team France won. After the game, I went to the athlete’s lounge, where many of them were happy to see me because I was the only Taiwanese person who supported them and I became friends with some athletes. After that game, I was there for all the matches that France played, although they didn't get a good result. After those games, I thought of the matches that I had been to. The French athletes were a little disappointed about their final result in the whole Universiade Games, but I think they are the real athletes. They don't blame other people but they review on their personal performance and talk about how they can make a better change next time. I was so much moved by their attitude and that gave me the motivation to keep supporting them.
The very last day before French baseball team left, I sent a message to one of the baseball players and ask him when is he going to leave Taiwan, he told me it would be the next day. When I heard that news, I was so upset and I was hoping if they could stay longer. I told him that I would go to the airport and say goodbye to them. My best friend and I went to the airport together. I brought the French flag and let some players sign it. After that, I took many photos with the athletes. For me, the Universiade Games made my summer vacation even more meaningful, these games are not just an international exchange but also it was a great opportunity to know other foreigners. The most important thing is to let the world recognize Taiwan and to tell the globe how friendly and that we are able to hold such a big event. This event even made me love my own country even more, I can't wait for the next big thing!
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Who’s My Favorite YouTuber? Article by: Angel https://angelchen0902.wixsite.com/mysite
In Taiwan we have many different jobs, many people are just like a workaholic, but some people just want to have a relaxing job. So what kind of job is a relaxing job? YouTuber is the most relaxing job, because they just have to record the video. There are many people choose this job now. Also, their projects are very diverse. Many people will use their free time to watch the video on the YouTube. Like me, I always use my free time to watch the video.
My favorite YouTuber is Ray and Crown. Their channel is all about English, sometimes they teach grammar and sometimes they teach the vocabulary that we always use. Also they teach how to write or how to speak. If I am sometimes feeling bored, I will go to their videos to increase my knowledge and practice my English, and their videos are very helpful to me. By the way, they will have the funny video sometimes, like how to use English to quarrel with other people. And when I watch the video, I will open my MacBook to type some helpful word that’s in the video, and see it when I write the article, it will be very helpful. They also teach grammar, too. My second favorite YouTuber is Andy and his girlfriend. They always record the video together, and they always record the pranking video, I remember I saw the video last year, Andy's girlfriend wanted him to buy some drinks, when Andy bought it and he wants -
- to prank her, so he puts his socks in the drinks, and he goes home. When his girlfriend drinks it, she feels it is very normal, Andy is laughing at her, and she thinks he’s strange. She opens the cup to see socks, she scream out and hits him. They always prank each other, also her scream is very scary. Their videos are very funny, I like to see their video when I’m upset, it can make me feel happy. And when I feel tired, I will see their video, too, because their video can make me feel relaxed.
I really recommend people to watch their videos, because they are really good, many people like them, maybe you will think another YouTuber is better than them, but Ray's and Crown's videos also have something can learn.