My Boo Radley

I believe that the Boo Radley in my life is not a person, but a sport. I think my Boo is baseball. Baseball follows generally the same route through my life as Boo did in Scout's life. At first I was scared of baseball, yet as I grew older it played major roles in my life. I was scared at first because as I was young I got hit in the face with a pop fly. I thought that I would never play again. As I grew older and my friends started playing it more I got interested in it. Baseball taught me life lessons that nothing else that I had done taught me. It taught me friendship, teamwork, and the value of accepting others. That last one is not the easiest to learn when you are as competitive as I am. Baseball has always been there when I needed something to take my mind off school, family, and just life in general. When ever I was mad I could just pick up a ball, go to the park, and throw it as hard as I could until I forgot about it. In a way Boo Radley wasn't around like baseball is around for me and yet he is still basically the same element as baseball in my life because of how baseball is there for me and metaphorically saves me in my times of need.