For the Love of the Game Essay

The poem, Black Hair by Gary Soto describes a son who had and probably ease has a love and passion for baseball wager. Many images d hotshotout this poem support this fact. For example, In the bleachers I was shining with my body, waving players in and stomping my feet, His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball tease in my room, and in my mind I round the bases with him, my face fl bed, my hair lifting/Beautifully, show how some(prenominal) he loves the game of baseball by putting himself, through imagination, into the game as if he was a player or coach himself.The first image, In the bleachers I was brilliant with my body, waving players in and stomping my feet shows how the boy tries to put himself right there in the game with the players. It makes me believe he is a true devotee who in reality gets into the game. He was probably one of those annoying fans who jump up right in bird-scarer of you just as someone is running for home shield and you mis s it because they block your view through all their excitement. During those moments he probably forgets about everyone around him and feels at that moment he is the only one there.The second image, His crouch the one I assumed before an alter of worn baseball cards in my room to me shows he has been a collector for a while. Some of his baseball cards could become also been his Fathers that may make water been handed down to him, which in that case are also old and worn. It makes me think he frequently thumbs through them. I am imagining them to be unbroken in an old shoebox not really in any type of order. After a game he probably gets them out and pulls out the best players from that game.The third image, in my mind I rounded the bases with him, my face flared, my hair lifting/Beautifully again as in the first image shows me how he really puts himself in the game. He feels like a team player and maybe dreams of one day beingness a professional himself like Hector Moreno. The w ay he describes himself by the face flaring and hair lifting makes me believe he can see himself in slow motion heading for home plate and everyone watching and cheering him on as he approaches each base.Each image I have described supports my theory about his love of baseball and his dream of one day being a professional player himself. I think with the loss of his Father, baseball has taken up a bombastic part of his life to maybe fill the void of his loss. He has definitely picked Hector out as a big role model for him and wants to one day be as successful as Hector. He wants to big an important person that people will look up to.