Assignment 21 - Peter Marino

When I was twelve years old, I broke my arm while playing soccer at school. At the time, I was playing on a very good baseball team, and I was a pivotal player. It was heartbreaking at the time because I knew it would be months of recovery before I could do anything. The season was already more than halfway over and I knew I wouldn’t be able to play in the regular season or the tournament. This also meant that I would not be able to play on the all-star team that would be playing in the Little League tournaments for a chance to go to the world series. It was one of the most frustrating things I have ever had to go through. To just sit on the sidelines and watch my team play without me. I ended up never playing another game of baseball ever. This was in part due to my arm breaking. I still cannot throw a baseball to this day a lot before some pain starts to come back. But also, my love for the sport died. I learned that my love for the sport was not the sport itself but in the competitive nature of it.