CC Sabathia

Imagine a super-tall person who can throw a baseball super fast! That was CC Sabathia. He was a pitcher, which means his job was to throw the ball from a special mound to the batter.

CC was special because he was a lefty, meaning he threw with his left hand. He played for a super long time, 19 whole years, which is longer than you've been in school! He played for teams like the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees.

CC started playing baseball when he was young, just like you might play in your backyard. He was so good that he got to play in the biggest baseball games ever, called Major League Baseball. When he first started, he was almost the best new player, coming in second place!

He won a super important award called the Cy Young Award, which is given to the best pitcher in a whole league. That's like being the best artist in your whole school!

Did you know CC struck out over 3,000 batters? That's like getting 3,000 kids out in a game of tag! He was so good that he became the best lefty pitcher ever in the American League for strikeouts. He even won a World Series championship, which is the biggest prize in baseball. He was also chosen to play in the All-Star game six times, meaning he was one of the best players in the whole country!

CC had some amazing baseball superpowers. He could throw the ball really hard, and he was also very smart about where he threw it. Even when he got older and his arm got tired, he learned new ways to be a great pitcher.

He was so good that he won more games than almost any other pitcher who started playing in the 2000s. He even got into the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is like a museum for the greatest baseball players ever!