Uriel Espinal, a junior at Lindbergh High School and a player for Lindbergh’s baseball team, started playing when he was very young. His uncle taught him everything he knew, and he is very important to his career.

While his uncle was teaching him, he played at a middle school in Auburn. He loved the game he wasn’t at his full potential in middle school, he was still being coached by his uncle and his school coach at the point; he was trying to level himself up and trying to get better for his high school career.

He had to adjust from middle school to high school because the whole game is faster; the pitchers, swingers, everything is faster. The pitchers are faster, so Espinal had to make his swings faster so he could keep up at the high school level.

The main difference between high school and middle school levels is that the middle school coaches help you get better, but mostly are there for you to have fun. At the high school level, they want you to get to college, and they care more about you so you can get to college.

He also had to balance his school work and practice, which could be hard for most student athletes, but Espinal never really had a problem with it. His tips were to try not to stress about it and work on both, which could help someone who’s stressed with their sports life.

Some changes Espinal made were his swing; he made it overall faster and stronger, and some team changes that they had to fix were their overall mentality and mindset.

They had to focus and get their heads in the game, and focus on themselves so they would do better. His fondest memory of his Junior season is when they beat Cedarcrest because everyone played well, and it was a lot of fun with great vibes. Overall, he would rate his junior season an 8 out of 10.