Derek Jeter Derek Jeter, one of the greatest captions or even baseball players of all time. He has set so many MLB records. They were mostly set by Babe Ruth if that tells you something about Derek Jeter. He was also a great man off the field never got in trouble for illegal drugs. This is one of many of my role models.…
Barry Bonds Have you ever had an obstacle that you had to overcome? Do you know someone who has every had one? Well I do, his name is Barry Lamar Bonds. He is one of my role models.…
Alex" Rodriguez is still alive, he is 40 years of age, and was born July 27, 1975. He’s an American professional baseball player and now plays for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He formerly played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers. Rodriguez was one of the sport's highly flaunted prospects and is considered one of the talented baseball players of all time. Rodriguez was born in the Washington Heights, a piece of New York City, to a Dominican family.…
Jackie Robinson was the man who broke the color blockade in Major League Baseball. He was a multi sport athlete during his college years at UCLA. He participated in four sports in college which proved his amazing athletic ability, which led to his offer from the Kansas City Monarchs to play in the Negro Baseball League. Robinson also served in the military prior to his time in Major League Baseball. After playing for the Monarchs Robinson was sent to play for the Montreal Royals.…
Drew Fleming Mr. Litz American Lit December 5, 2016 Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson was an African American man. He broke the color barrier in America by being the first African American to play professional baseball. During Robinson’s life, America was a segregated nation.…
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues for the brooklyn dodgers . He made history for that because only whites were only able to play. It was a tough life for him because he was always getting insulted because of his color. But he was also inspired for that because it took a lot of courage to take those insults.…
Jaxson Ziemann Miss Davis College Prep English 2 31 March 2017 A Hero’s Accomplishments Baseball is known as America’s pastime for good reason. The sport is does many things to draw interest to the game and how it’s played. Baseball is highly competitive, complex, and difficult to master. That is why people enjoy it so much.…
They knew that they were getting a very valuable player. There was a myth that went around the because they bought his contract that the “ curse of bambino” would not let them win. The curse haunted the Yankees until 2004 where they won the world series. The Yankee’s on the other hand were very happy to have the Babe Ruth on there team. But Babe Ruth also was known for the things that he did off the field.…
One night in the Spring of 2013, I was playing little league baseball in Pinetops, NC. The game was close and it was against our archrivals, the Yankees. My team, the Red Sox, were the best team in the league, and we were determined that we weren’t going to lose to our rivals in one of the biggest games of the year. It was a tied ball game, and one of the players on the Yankees named Levi came up to bat. Levi was a tall, strong, extremely cocky, but I will say, he is a really good baseball player.…
Derek Jeter Ishii Shun There are many people who play sport in the world. Some people play soccer, and some people play baseball and some people play basketball. There are many people who are very good at playing sport. Many very good baseball players have come from American, for example, Derek Jeter and Miguel Cabrera and Babe Ruth. These people show me special play and fine play, However, one man is very special for me.…
My original reaction was to give up on my baseball dreams; however, I began to think about all the good times I had playing and decided I shouldn’t quit and I will just push myself harder. I did everything in my power to better myself as a ballplayer: worked out regularly, ate healthier, and all in all tried to better my game as a…
Never Give Up I have faced much adversity in my life. The one time in my life where I feel I have faced the most adversity, was in basketball. Throughout my life I have loved playing basketball, but in ninth through eleventh grade in high school I started to hate it, because of all the adversity I faced. There were many factors that were tied up into all of this too. One factor was that I use to be so nervous playing, that it affected my game in a negative way.…
But my dad always told me to stay humble and remember everything he taught me unfortunately I was young and just wanted to hit homers. And I started to swing for the fence and I fell into a slump which means I was not hitting very well. Finally my dad told me just make good contact and the ball will fly he told me to quit swinging for the fence so I did…
When I grow up I want to be a MLB baseball player there are many reasons why I want to and what position I want to play. When I grow I want to play professional baseball. I always wanted to play baseball since I was about 5. I used to like the cubs. Then, when I turned about 9-11 years old don’t know when exactly, but I became a Yankee fan.…
I was now playing on a select team and also on a premier club team. I was feeling great. During my eighth grade school soccer season, I was the top scorer for my team and I had high hopes of making Varsity soccer as an entering freshman. Two weeks prior to the start of soccer season, I broke my ankle playing indoor soccer. I was overcome with more disappointment than imaginable.…