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    Cooperation is when two or more people work together to do something.  People often need to cooperate to do things.  Most people cannot do absolutely everything by themselves.  Group members for school projects, families, and co-workers need to cooperate.  Without cooperation these things can easily fall apart.  Cooperation holds thing together.  As a baseball player, I know all about cooperation.   If a team cannot cooperate, they will not do very well.  Imagine that you are a catcher.  Your team is tied in the bottom of the ninth inning, and you are on the visiting team, meaning you are on the field.  Take into consideration that it is the bottom half of the inning.  There is a runner on third base.  There are two outs and the count is three and two.  You put down the number one and tap your left leg, indicating that you want the pitcher to throw a fastball on the inside part of the plate.  However, to your surprise, the pitcher throws a curveball off of the outside part of the plate.  The ball gets past you, and the runner on third base scores and you lose the game.  If you two had cooperated more effectively, this may not have happened.