The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team in Boston Massachusetts. They were founded in 1901 as one of eight charter franchises. Since their founding they have played in 13 World Series and have won 8. The name was chosen by the owner in 1908 following the previous team, the Boston Red Stockings.…
FRANCONA: The Boston Red Sox Years Terry Francona, who managed the Cleveland Indians to within one game of winning the 2016 World Series, left his mark on Major League Baseball when he led the Boston Red Sox to the championship in 2004, in his first season as manager. The Red Sox broke an 86-year drought and the curse of Babe Ruth, with an improbable comeback in the American League Championship Series. The team rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven series with their hated rival, the New York Yankees.…
The Black Sox Scandal Introduction The White Sox get bribed into throwing The World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. The White Sox were made up of two different groups of players and together they formed the best baseball team to ever play. Black Sox…
The Indians played against the Royals on September fifteenth. The Indians were on a twenty two game winning streak before the end of Friday night’s home game at Progressive Field. The baseball club had been on a winning streak since August twenty fourth. This long period of victories (twenty two wins) even broke the record for most consecutive wins in the American League.…
I. The year was 1918. Woodrow Wilson was president, World War 1 was ending, the Spanish flu became a pandemic, and the Boston Red Sox won the World Series. The last event would not occur for another 86 years until 2004 when the Boston Red Sox emerged victorious. II.…
Ten players on the Reds, will battle the Chicago White Sox. But Reds are fighters. Reds are coming out to the field more than ready to play. When it comes down to Reds Baseball, this team doesn’t play games. Also, Reds have some advantages in the series.…
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Yankees are one of two Major League clubs based in New York City; the other is the New York Mets. The club began play in the AL in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (not to be confused with the modern Baltimore Orioles.) Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the franchise (which had ceased operations) and moved it to New York City, renaming the club the New York Highlanders.[1]…
Jackie Robinson was the first black man to play on major league baseball . By 1900, team owners decide that major league baseball will be for whites only but then in 1947 Jackie Robinson came to baseball for a white team . Also some opposing players shout curses at him from the bench while others threaten to strike takes the field. Jackie leads the league in stolen bases also Robinson's career lasts ten years…
The Chargers currently play in Qualcomm Stadium (originally named San Diego Stadium, and later Jack Murphy Stadium) located in Mission Valley. Construction for San Diego Stadium began in 1965 and was completed in 1967. Qualcomm Stadium is considered obsolete by NFL standards. Because of its aged condition, NFL cities with newer facilities…
Baseball has been a fixture in America’s past since the early days and one may say is it is America’s pastime. Charles Alexander writes the book, Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Great Depression Era with that in mind. Alexander has complied a book about what baseball was like during the years when America lived in a time of great poverty and economic troubles. Alexander writes with the aim of writing a chronology of baseball and how it the happenings of the world influenced this sport. Baseball has had a great following and Alexander explains the National pastime in a way that feels like you are right there during the season.…
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. The team plays its home games at Wrigley Field, located on the city's North Side. The Cubs are one of two major league teams in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division.…
It’s funny how history repeats itself. We learn to not do a mistake twice. Christopher Columbus came ashore in 1492 and claimed the land, but generations of later Americans took it from many Native Americans already living in America. A similar situation occurred with beloved Dodger Stadium. Home to many championships, and Hall of Famers, Dodger Stadium has become one of the best-known baseball parks in the nation due to it being the third oldest ball.…
Do you hear about baseball in daily life? Have you ever done minor league baseball? Have you watched a World Series game? In the 1920’s, baseball athletics augmented greatly, due the Great War that drove people to social adjustment and wanting to pursue a leisure life.…
History of baseball This popular sport was given the name “America’s past time” through the years even though there has been debate for centuries of which land invented this game. The game of baseball has been seen back through history all the way back to 1600s. Abner Doubleday has been said to be the inventor of America’s pastime, but has never been credited with it.…
Baseball has to be one of America’s best pastimes. There are only a hand full of sports that have originated in America, and with that said, baseball has to be one of the most beloved sports we have in today’s time. Baseball has affected young men, men of color, even women and along the way started some club and team rivals. There has been such a love for the sport since it came about. This sport really gives room for competition, family oriented events, and everything in between.…