1-02a : essay: baseball

I like baseball. I like not only playing but also watching. I belonged to baseball club when I was in elementary school. I was not good baseball player, but it was so fun for me.

This year, Tokyo Yomiuri Giants which is the baseball team in central league is very strong. In pacific league, Seibu Lions, Chiba Lotte Marines and Fukuoka Softbank Halks are closely contested.

Recently, interleague started at Japanese professional baseball. At interleague, we can see the game between the central league's team and pacific league's team. It is very fun. I am looking forward to every games. We can see a lot of data of Japanese professional baseball at this web site. → http://www.npb.or.jp/

Once three years, World Baseball Classic opens. Do you know this tournament?　It is tournament of baseball. The baseball team gathers from all parts of the world. At this tournament, team Japan has won the championship twice and other country's team has never won the championship.

Of course, there are many strong teams at this tournament. America, Cuba, Korea etc... However, team Japan defeat them. I think that it is a very wonderful thing! We can see details of WBC at this web site. → http://www.npb.or.jp/wbc/

I like to play baseball too. I sometimes play baseball with my friend. I am not good at playing baseball, but playing baseball is so fun for me.

I think that playing well is not good for playing baseball. The most important thing for playing baseball is to enjoy itself. Playing well or not is not important.

I think that if you can enjoy playing baseball, you can play better than before.

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