My monologue.

One thing that changed me growing up was my first baseball game. I was never really a sports fan, and I never really understood what was going on, but I thought it would be cool to go to a game because I had never been to something so big and all the fans looked like they were having a great time at the game. So when my dad said he had tickets, I jumped on the opportunity to go. Before the game I tried watching ESPN and I just found it so boring and confusing, I thought I made a mistake by telling him I wanted to go. I couldn’t back out though, so when the day arrived I went to the game. I’m glad so I did, because while there my whole perspective on sports changed. I didn’t really understand what was going on, but just the atmosphere in the stadium really interested me. I got mad when the crowd got mad, and stood up and cheered when the crowd cheered. That night I got home and was completely changed. I wanted to know everything I could possibly know about every sport. Everyone figured I’d probably grow out of it, but I never did. Up until the day before the game I was obsessed with fashion and wanted to be the next Rachel Zoe, then coming home from the game, I decided I wanted to be a sports journalist, and I have ever since. It’s crazy to think had it not been for my first game, I probably never would’ve even cared to learn about sports, and now it’s what I want to be surrounded by for the rest of my life.