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Hi, my name is Maverick Stallings, and I\u2019m currently studying Leadership. I\u2019ve always had a strong passion for baseball. I\u2019ve played it my whole life, and I still currently play at Old Dominion. Being around the game for so long is a big reason why I enjoy sports so much. It\u2019s not just something I watch, it\u2019s something I\u2019ve been a part of for years, and that\u2019s what makes it important to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, I want to either play professionally or go into coaching at the college level. I like the idea of staying involved in the game and helping players improve while also being part of a team environment. Coaching is something that interests me because it\u2019s about leadership, communication, and helping others grow. At the same time, playing professionally is also a goal because I\u2019ve put so much time into the game and want to see how far I can take it. I love the game so much and just can’t see myself not being involved in baseball for my career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this blog, I used WordPress to set everything up. It was pretty simple to create, and I liked being able to customize it a little to make it feel like my own. My goal for this blog is to have a place where I can share my thoughts on sports, especially baseball, and talk about different topics like big moments, players, and things going on in sports today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also included a photo of myself so people know who is behind the blog. Overall, I want this to show my passion for baseball and also help me get better at communicating my ideas over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi, my name is Maverick and I\u2019m currently studying sport communication. I\u2019ve always had a strong passion for baseball. I\u2019ve played it my whole life and I still currently play at Old Dominion. Being around the game for so long is a big reason why I enjoy sports so much. It\u2019s not just something I watch, it\u2019s something I\u2019ve been a part of for years, and that\u2019s what makes it important to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, I want to either play professionally or go into coaching at the college level. I like the idea of staying involved in the game and helping players improve while also being part of a team environment. Coaching is something that interests me because it\u2019s about leadership, communication, and helping others grow. At the same time, playing professionally is also a goal because I\u2019ve put so much time into the game and want to see how far I can take it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this blog, I used WordPress to set everything up. It was pretty simple to create, and I liked being able to customize it a little to make it feel like my own. My goal for this blog is to have a place where I can share my thoughts on sports, especially baseball, and talk about different topics like big moments, players, and things going on in sports today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also included a photo of myself so people know who is behind the blog. Overall, I want this to show my passion for baseball and also help me get better at communicating my ideas over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hi, my name is Maverick and I\u2019m currently studying sport communication. I\u2019ve always had a strong passion for baseball. I\u2019ve played it my whole life and I still currently play at Old Dominion. Being around the game for so long is a big reason why I enjoy sports so much. It\u2019s not just something I watch, it\u2019s something I\u2019ve been a part of for years, and that\u2019s what makes it important to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the future, I want to either play professionally or go into coaching at the college level. I like the idea of staying involved in the game and helping players improve while also being part of a team environment. Coaching is something that interests me because it\u2019s about leadership, communication, and helping others grow. At the same time, playing professionally is also a goal because I\u2019ve put so much time into the game and want to see how far I can take it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this blog, I used WordPress to set everything up. It was pretty simple to create, and I liked being able to customize it a little to make it feel like my own. My goal for this blog is to have a place where I can share my thoughts on sports, especially baseball, and talk about different topics like big moments, players, and things going on in sports today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also included a photo of myself so people know who is behind the blog. Overall, I want this to show my passion for baseball and also help me get better at communicating my ideas over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hi, my name is Maverick Stallings, and I\u2019m currently studying Leadership. I\u2019ve always had a strong passion for baseball. I\u2019ve played it my whole life, and I still currently play at Old Dominion. Being around the game for so long… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32105,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/41"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mstal011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}