All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

time. Ted Williams went into the war on pace to break Babe Ruth 's home run record, the most sought out record in baseball. But because he missed 5 years due to his service he was unable to concur this feat. Bob Feller would have easily eclipsed the 300 win mark, but he was unable to win enough games. Although statistics may have seemed irrelevant at the time, statistics in baseball mean a lot. They are how you put your name in the history books. Some players did not serve in the military,…

Did Baseball Become America 's Pastime? “The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” New York Giants announcer Russ Hodges 1951 call of Bobby Thompson’s bottom of the ninth “shot heard round the world,” is perhaps the most famous call ever made in sports history. By 1951, baseball was firmly entrenched as “America’s pastime.” Barzun rightly stated, “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball”…

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. The earliest…

Meritocratic Institution Many within baseball hold the steadfast belief that the sport as a whole, across its various organizations and systems, has always been a meritocracy. Supposedly, it does not matter who you are or where you came from. As long as you have the skills and athleticism, you can make it big in baseball. And to that end, anyone can be successful in baseball if they work hard enough and persevere. In other words, baseball is reflective of the “American Dream.” However, this…

that exists in becoming a baseball star, and Troy’s career…

normal for a young boy: I played baseball, soccer, basketball and hockey in leagues. The Basketball slipped away because I was bad at it and didn’t care to try to get better, I was okay at hockey (mostly rollerblade hockey), but excelled at soccer and baseball. I loved playing them, but I never wanted to do it professionally. It was more of a leisure activity on weekends. With baseball/softball, it’s even more leisure with guys my age because there are “beer leagues” which are basically guys…

Lookouts, which was an all male team. During her tenure on the team, she had the opportunity to play in an exhibition game against the New York Yankees. At one point in the game, Mitchell was able to strike out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in succession while pitching. After Mitchell achieved this astonishing feat of ability, she was pulled from the game, with no reasoning or explanation. A couple of days after the game, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the commissioner of baseball at the time, decided…

Aviation” is about Feng Ru. These people have gone through tough conditions during the events, but have gone past them and helped their countries in doing so. Melba Beals had been a little girl, who helped integrate Black and White schools. Jackie Robinson integrated major league sports by being the first black baseball player. Then Feng…

things before. People I believe showed heroism are Jackie Robinson from ‘How Jackie Robinson changed baseball’, Theseus from ‘Theseus and the Minotaur’, and Harriet Tubman from ‘The Underground Railroad’. This essay will show how these idols showed heroism. Predominantly, I believe Jackie Robinson from ‘How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball’ demonstrated heroism because he became an idol by ignoring all the racist comments thrown at him. In the article, the text says, “Even early in his life,…

In the Dominican Republic, many young boys are eager to play baseball and dream of being a professional baseball player in the United States. Since Cuba brought this sport to the Dominican Republic, baseball has been considered most important thing for them. There are many reasons baseball became very popular and significant for their lives. Many Dominican baseball players have become succeed playing in Major League baseball (MLB) in the United States and earn much more money, which people can…