American League Stereotypes Analysis

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I am not a creative person. When we were told about the project and that we had to come up with an idea to draw or create our own ceiling tile, I was not too excited. However, I knew that I had to come up with something since this was a giant part of my final grade. I sat there thinking while everyone else had already basically come up with an idea. Then it hit me, why don't I do it about something I love and have a passion for and that was, baseball. I decided I was going to draw the team's logos. Upon doing this I realized that drawing all of the thirty of the logos would be impossible with my artistic ability. So, I decided to draw the American League logos since this was for American History, plus it was only half of the logos.
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I had a poster that was 26 inches by 22 inches and was split into 15 sections. My first attempt at the poster was not successful as I did not take into account my 3 year old niece who loves coloring on any paper she sees. Although she ruined my poster, she also saved it. What I mean by that is, as I began my new one I realized that my poster before didn't have the teams separated in their respected leagues. I put the American League East in the left column. The teams included in this were the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Boston Red Sox's. In the middle was the American League West, my favorite league, which included, the Texas Rangers, Houston Astros, the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim, the Seattle Mariners, and the Oakland Athletics. Finally I put the American League Central in the right column which included, the Detroit Tigers, the Kansas City Royals, the Minnesota Twins, the Cleveland Indians, and the Chicago White Sox's. Creating this poster was a challenge but not one that I couldn't overcome. Although if you look really close at the poster, you can tell where I messed up a

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