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    why don't I do it about something I love and have a passion for and that was, baseball. I decided I was going to draw the team's logos. Upon doing this I realized that drawing all of the thirty of the logos would be impossible with my artistic ability. So, I decided to draw the American League logos since this was for American History, plus it was only half of the logos. This…

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    Indy Racing League IRL, an open wheel racing automobile racing series formed due to the split between Indy Car and CART, a sanctioning body of open wheel auto racing. The split was due to many conflicts between both the bodies out of which the main conflict is widely believed to be the Indian Polis 500, the most popular racing event owned by Tony George of Indy Racing League. CART allotted some points to drivers taking part in the Indian Polis 500 despite the event being the most prominent one…

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    African Americans helped shape the Major League Baseball organization? There have been many players in the Negro Leagues, who could have been assets to the Major Leagues. Until 1947 there had been segregation, known as the “Color Barrier”. Many do not understand how the impact this had on the players. The rule was actually unwritten but was always used. A large percent of the players wanted to feel equal, some of the men in the Negro Leagues who came over to the Major Leagues faced diversity and…

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    League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Throughout the years, Hispanics have been a target of oppression and mistreatment due to their ethnicity and color. Many were without education and with little opportunities, most were not able to occupy stable jobs to provide for their families. They’re one of the poorest races in United States and without the help of others, it may be hard for an individual of Hispanic origin to succeed in life and thrive. Fortunately, an organization called…

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    Today the National Football League (NFL) is a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, but little did you know its origins as the American Professional Football Association were a whole lot more humble. Its birth really originated in an Ohio auto dealership, some teams in the cities such as Decatur and Munchie and the crowning of a champion four months after the last snap was taken. 14 men huddled inside the Jordan and Hupmobile automobile showroom in downtown Canton, Ohio, on the night of September 17,…

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    On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number, 42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over…

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    individuals that are practicing in a certain profession. There are many different professional organizations that are available to health care professionals especially nurses. Two of the more common professional nursing organizations in North America today are the National League of Nursing (NLN) and the American Nurses Association (ANA). In this paper, I will share with you what the American Nurses Association is, what goals and activities they perceive, how they meet, support, and advocate…

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    “Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League”, got published by Carl Schurz in 1899 and it appeared to be a political opinion piece. The purpose of publishing this article this may have been to influence people who supported the idea of imperialism. Schurz claimed that imperialism held a lack of compatibility with the values that the American government claimed they stood for. Hence, when the United States seized control of the Philippines by force, Schurz felt compelled to write this…

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    During the first 45 years of Major League Baseball, any person who desired to know the events of a game had to be present at the ballpark or at the location at which the game was being played. Fortunately, for the game of baseball and for the American people, in 1921, radio stations began broadcasting baseball games to the American people who could not be at the ballpark, whether it was a financial matter, if the venue was sold out, or if the people were simply unable to make it in time to see…

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    Introduction Money rules in Major League Baseball. The more money a team has, the more likely they are to do better during their season. That is why teams such as the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants don’t have much difficulty building a strong team. With such a high salary cap, they have the ability to sign the best players. With better players, that leads to better development as well as an easier way to attract better free agents. Due to that, very rarely do teams with low salary caps like the…

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