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ever gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. Softball was introduced as an Olympic sport for women-only in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The U.S.A softball team has won 3 gold medals, and 1 silver, and 0 bronze, so all in total they have won 4 medals. The first world softball championship was a women's tournament which was in held Melbourne, Australia, in 1965.Softball became an official Olympic sport in 1996. History of softball Softball was invented in 1887, by a…

The Life of Roberto Clemente Roberto Clemente was born as Roberto Clemente Walker on August 18, 1934, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was the last of six children to Melchor Clemente and his wife Dona Luisa. Roberto Clemente was married to Vera Clemente and they had three sons. Roberto Clemente mother was very religious, she often fed the poor children that would come over and play with Roberto and his siblings. Roberto parents instilled in him the value of hard work, respect, dignity, and…

been in a large market. “The year 2000 is significant because that was the year the New York Yankees won the third of three straight World Series titles. Not surprisingly, they were also baseball’s biggest spenders that year” (Rymer). A good reason why the Yankees can win a lot of titles is because they can afford great players. The Yankees have won 27 world series and on each of those teams there has been at least a hall of famer on the team. For example, when they won in 2000 for the third…

October 14th, 2016 was an exciting day for baseball fans in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Blue Jays prepared to face off against Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. Catch anything out of sorts about that last sentence (specifically relating to the teams)? Read it one more time. The full name of the team the Cleveland Indians was purposefully left out. The Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play announcer, Jerry Howarth, also uses selective vocabulary like this. Howarth’s protest efforts…

In order to demonstrate his gratitude, Lou Gehrig uses a humble tone with a strong appeal towards logos. Over the course of Gehrig’s career in professional baseball he made quite a name for himself, he gained a reputation as a dependable player who could produce big numbers for his team. He played over two thousand consecutive games in fact to be precise two thousand one hundred and thirty. While maintaining this streak he also suffered many injuries such as a broken thumb, broken toe, and…

CBS he said, “‘I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball,’ Rose said” (Perry). Sadly, what Rose says is true, if he would’ve done any of the things he said instead of gambling he could have prolonged his career and made it to the Hall of Fame. Home Run leader, Barry Bonds, took steroids to…

One day Billy Rodriguez the high school baseball player was hitting some batting practice. He was hitting well but only ever had warning track power, he could never seem to get the ball over the fence. Billy’s hitting coach Mark McGuire said “Hey Billy, I’ve ben noticing you have been having a little trouble with your power. I have a way you’ll get into the majors for sure.” “What is it Billy asked? I’ll do anything to go pro!” Billy said enthusiastically. “Here take these needles, they’re…

the Major Leagues, the Negro Leagues flourished. At its peak, the average player would make between $200 and $300, which is more than they would make anywhere else. The segregation in baseball would soon be coming to an end. It took an event like World War ll to make people realize how bad segregation in baseball was. The American people realized that colored people were expected to die fighting for America, but couldn't play in a baseball league with whites. A poll was even taken with National…

The Wizard Go crazy folks, go crazy! From 580 stolen bases, to fifteen time all star, and one World Series ring, Ozzie Smith has done it all. Ozzie also has worked with charities throughout his life and still is today. Ozzie has had many achievements; fifteen time all star, World Series Champion(1982), NLCS MVP(1985), thirteen time Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger award, #1 retired for the Cardinals in honor of him, and a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown, New York. Ozzie was nicknamed ‘The Wizard…

Virginia evened the championship series with a 7-2 win in game two. (Dennis Hubbard/Icon Sportswire) His collegiate career was interrupted by surgery in March 2014 for a broken hamate bone in his right wrist. It cost him 25 games of his junior year. On June 14 this year the Astros promoted…