BALLPLAYERS To the average baseball fan there are many different types of players. There are pitchers, catchers, infielders, and outfielders; there are home run hitters, contact hitters, and speedsters; but to someone who really loves and appreciates the game there are really only two kinds of baseball players, those who are ballplayers and those who are not. The tenth edition of the Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines ballplayer as a noun that means a person …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…fails, at the end of the game find the player with the dirtiest uniform. Nine out of ten times you will find yourself a ballplayer. Baseball is the greatest game in the world. The game has lived in the history of the United States for over 130 years and it is our national pastime. Baseball will always hold a special place in the heart of America and ballplayers will always be the heart of the game.