Did you know that Red Sox celebrated its centennial in 2012. Fenway Park is the oldest baseball stadium. It's a pretty well know fact. Though here are a couple of things that aren not common knowledge.…
Bleachers had taken place in a football-obsessed town named Messina. A small town of about 8,000 lived for Friday night football games. The story was told in third person point of view. The rising action of this book begins with Neely Crenshaw, who is returning to his hometown of Messina. Back in the 1980’s, he was the school’s star quarterback who helped lead the team to a state championship in 1987.…
Who will win the series? Who will be the World Champions between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox? Everyone is stuck on the upcoming event, World Series baseball. There will on only be one team that will go home as World Champions, but who will it be? Chicago White Sox is known to be great hitters, infielders, pitchers, a smarter team overall.…
A study has been done to evaluate interproximal gingivitis with the use of a mouthrinse in addition to brushing and flossing in comparison to brushing and flossing alone. This study showed a 15.8% reduction with the use of mouthrinse, while the control group only experienced a 7.7% reduction (“Therapeutic mouthrinses,” 2011, p.…
Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Baseball team, where you can eat your foods, and where the greatest fans meet to watch a game. Fenway Park, is the stadium of the Boston Red Sox. It is the oldest baseball stadium in the country. When I first approach Fenway, it look to be a row of food shops and vendors, Inside it is a regular baseball field like any other, except for the Green Monster, a massive wall in left field, that stands a little over thirty seven feet high and two hundred thirty one feet long.…
With a background that includes swaying palm trees and the San Gabriel Mountains there is no other ballpark that you could be at other than Dodger Stadium. It’s the third oldest ballpark behind Fenway Park and Wrigley Field, but Dodger Stadium looks as if it is one of the newest stadiums in baseball while keeping its classic charm. Dodger Stadium was originally to open in 1961 but landslides and lawsuits delayed construction by a year. On April 10, 1962 the Los Angeles Dodgers played their first game at Dodger Stadium against the Cincinnati Reds when over 52,000 fans packed the five level structure. Not only was Dodger Stadium home to the Dodgers during their inaugural first year, but it was also the home of the Los Angeles Angels who played here for three seasons before moving to Anaheim in 1966.…
Industrial farming poses dangers to our health, In Pleasures of Eating, Wendell Berry describes the importance of understanding the connection between eating and the land in order to extract pleasure from our food. When A Crop Becomes King is like Wendell Berry's article, however it focuses on corn and corn production in our food. Unlike the two articles listed above, David Barboza’s article: If You Pitch It They Will Eat It is about the advertisement part of the food industry, and how they manipulate us to buy there products. I agree that Industrial Farming is bad for our health and that this must be fixed or modified to fix eating habits. To grow all this corn we have to use a ton of pesticides to keep animals from eating the crop.…
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.…
The Chicago Cubs is one of the best professional baseball teams. The Cubs compete in Major League. And, as a member of the National League, the club has a countless number of achievements. But who made the baseball club so unbeatable, so famous? Here is Part 2 of the top Chicago Cubs Players of all time.…
Bam homerun, the crowd goes wild. One day my family and I bought tickets for a baseball game it was at Dodger stadium. It was the Cubs Vs Dodgers and my dad’s favorite team is the cubs so we decided to surprise him with the tickets. He got excited and as the days past by before you knew it we were off to the game.…
Laboratory research findings from the University of Rhode Island, suggest that chewing gum may help reduce your calorie intake and enhance energy expenditure (calorie burning). More specifically, the study shows that over half a day you might be able to save over sixty calories just by casually chewing sugar-free gum for an hour in the morning. The research also showed that when people chewed gum before and after eating, calorie burning could be higher than in non-gum chewers by about 5 percent. Gum is helpful in both weight management and digestion. Recent studies have shown that chewing gum could help fight obesity in children and teens.…
The Cubs curse After 108 years the Cubs have won the World Series. The curse was put on the Cubs 108 years ago but recently broken. The curse was put on the Cubs because a guy and his goat couldn't go. William Sianis approached the gate to get into the game and he was told that he wasn't able to go in because he had a goat that smelled bad. Williams goat couldn't go in because of its stench, but the goat even had its own ticket.…
Roberto Clemente once said "Anytime you have an opportunity to make a difference in the world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on this earth". Roberto Clemente a very important baseball player from Pittsburgh once said this quote. Pittsburgh is a great American city that continues to make a difference in our world. While Pittsburgh is famous for many of the athletes there many do not know the true facts on Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh is important for several different things , most importantly, it's steel industry.…
The Chicago Cubs have a gigantic history. It would be reasonably hard to talk about all of it. The Cubs organization have existed for a hundred and forty-six years. They reside on the north side of Chicago, in Wrigley Field ,their stadium. They compete in the MLB or Major League Baseball.…
The usage of tobacco will have an effect on an individual’s health and will deteriorate the body. The effect known as periodontal (gum) disease,…