MY DREAM JOB

My dream job would be becoming a professional baseball player. I grew up playing in little league baseball. I was never the best player on the team, but playing baseball was something I was crazy about and I just have fun doing it. I haven’t played baseball in seven years. I really miss the times when I would just have that happy feeling when my dad would drive up to the park, when I would get a base hit, when I would catch a fly ball, or just the fact that I was part of a team.

So many baseball players take their jobs for granted these days. Many people play baseball not just because they’re good at it, but because of the money. Alex Rodriguez signed a $252 million contract for the Texas Rangers in 2000. Anybody in the entire world would love to be in his shoes. After all, what would you do with $252 million? For myself, I would love to be in Alex Rodriguez’s shoes, not because of the money, not because of the fame, but because if I were in his shoes, I would just cherish every moment of every second that I am on that field. I would treasure every step I took in the dirt of such legendary baseball parks like Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Dodger Stadium and Wrigley Field. I would treasure every moment I got to spend in the same vicinity of such future Hall of Famers like Barry Bonds, Randy Johnson, Sammy Sosa and Roger Clemens.

I would feel like the luckiest person alive every time I was reminded that I was living the dream, a dream that many people like myself would die to get the chance to do. Twenty five lucky people for each team get the honor to say to the whole world that they play baseball for a living and support their families. I would give anything for the chance at becoming one of them. Yes, baseball players do make a great deal of money, more than most could imagine, but if you gave me the opportunity to be a professional baseball player, you wouldn’t have to pay me a single cent.