In this essay I will be explaining two young all-star players in the MLB. Willson Contreras and Francisco Lindor. I will be answering questions including, Where did the grow up and how many siblings do they have? What did they have to do to go to the MLB? What position, salary, and team do they play for? How old are they and what are their stats My first question I had was where did they grow up and how many siblings do they have? Willson Contreras was born on May 13, 1992 in Puerto Cabello,…
batsman who captained Australia from 1999 to 2004. In 1999 Steve lead the Australian team to victory in the ICC World Cup. Throughout his time playing cricket he became one of 11 people to score an accumulative 10,000 test cricket runs (10927 runs). He also managed to captain the Australian test team to 16 consecutive wins resulting in the turn around of Australia in the 1999 ICC world cup. If all these achievements were not enough he went on to receive the Allan Border Medal in 2001 after being…
the Yankees overpaid Aroldis Chapman signing him to a five year deal worth $86 million, a deal that shattered the previous record for any relief pitcher. But the point is, they intended to overpay him. Resigning Chapman after dealing him to the World Series champion Chicago Cubs was a priority for Brian Cashman, and after getting it done, this is a signing that should be celebrated.…
The year was 1906 and the Chicago White Sox were playing the Chicago Cubs in the World Series. The Chicago White Sox ended up winning the World Series that year, but the Cubs had shown they were a capable team and retaliated in 1907 by winning the World Series. They went on to win in 1908 as well, putting them ahead as a stand-out team in the MLB. However, despite these two early World Series wins, the Cubs have not managed to emerge victorious again. Even stacked in 1962 with a team…
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. Baseball purist are…
The arm is the most fascinating piece of equipment in all of sports. This is especially true in baseball, where a fairly recent epidemic of arm injuries in major leaguers, minor leaguers, and kids has hit the sport extremely hard. Eager to find the causes behind the uprising in arm injuries and a way to solve the problem, Jeff Passan went on a three year journey across the United States and abroad. His book, simply titled The Arm, compiles events from the trip and takes a look at possible causes…
A long time ago on the dusty baseball diamonds with beautiful green grass in the overlooking outfield with the sound of roaring cheering fans showing team and city pride built the legends of “slammin” Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs and Mark Mcgwire of the St. Louis Cardinals. In the summer of 1998, the two sluggers engaged in what is the most spectacular display of offense in the modern era of the game of baseball” since Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle were teammates and tried to go after Babe…
Bottom of the 9th. Bases loaded. 2 outs. Title on the line. I knew I would be the one to lead my team to victory and send us home. We had been battling the Harvard Westlake Werewolves for 6 grueling innings. A pitcher's duel to say the least, as Division I bound Kyle Nicol had thrown a shutout up until this point. Unfortunately for us, so had their ace pitcher, McCabe Slye. All of our hard work came down to this point. We came into this tournament against all odds. Our entire starting lineup…
College World Series, the first game in TD Ameritrade Park and I got to be a part of it all. It was a great day for baseball, the sun was shining, it had the cool breeze of early summer, and the scent of freshly mowed grass was still lingering in the air. The park was packed with fans who had traveled from all over the country to see one of sport’s greatest spectacles. Some weren’t even fans of any teams but just wanted to be in attendance and witness the greatness of the event. The College…
Hard work can lead baseball players to setting records. One of my goals is to set records and to be known for breaking them especially the players that I think are good and I like to watch. One of the main reasons I would like to break records is because I look up to most players on the Chicago Cubs. By working hard I want to achieve making it onto the Chicago Cubs baseball team and be first base, center field, or catcher. If I make it to the MLB I want to be famous and have a lot of fans and it…