Atlanta metropolitan area

If you grow up in Florida you've probably visited the Everglades when you look at the water, it's brownish and smells would you dare to swim in it? Big sugar companies and agricultural companies are dumping high amounts phosphors into the Everglades which is Demolishing the everglades Ecosystem and animals that live there depend on water for its survival. Over the last century the Everglades have shrunk to less than half their original size as agricultural and residential development in the…

know very well because my dad loved baseball. The red white and blue colors were everywhere as fans came from every direction into the stadium. My dad and I walked to the outfield where the opposing team was warming up for the game. Turner Field in Atlanta was not only home of the Braves, but a home to many baseball fans. The concessions and amenities for the fans, as well as the game of baseball are the most prominent observations I made as I entered the stadium on a Saturday afternoon. The…

they were the Columbus Mudcats they were affiliates of the Houston Astros. That all changed once they moved to North Carolina and became the Carolina Mudcats then the Pittsburgh Pirates became they affiliates. They are currently affiliates with the Atlanta Braves and are in the Carolina League. Their players report to the manager over them. This sports agency is considered a professional sport. The Carolina Mudcats is out to…

Hank Aaron By: Landon Hale 3/6 /17 “I never wanted them to forget Babe Ruth. I just wanted them to remember Hank Aaron,” Hank announced as he received his Hall of Fame award. Leading the Milwaukee Braves to their first World Series Championship in 1957 Hank Aaron was their leading hitter with a .322 batting average. Hank Aaron did not want to replace all the great baseball players like Babe Ruth and Moses Fleetwood Walker also known as Jackie Robinson. He just wanted…

after his time in prison he still found success in the NFL. This is his story. Born Michael Dwayne Vick on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia. The second of four children born to Brenda Vick and Michael Boddie, Michael grew up in a very tough area of his hometown, a place dominated by drugs and frequent gang activity. Despite their surroundings, Brenda and Michael ran a quite stable household. Michael, a sandblaster at the local shipyard who had played football in his youth, seems to have…

George Herman Ruth Jr. was Babe Ruth and he was a professional baseball player. George Herman Ruth Jr. was one of the best baseball players ever to live. He made every baseball fan remember him. He set a lot of records in his life and had a weird childhood and grew up to be a great guy. George had a very weird and poor life, but he made it great at the end. George was born on February 6, 1895 in Pigtown Baltimore. George was raised in a poor neighborhood with his mother Kate Schamberger and…

Ruth had shown up in Boston on July 11, 1914 along with a few other players from the Orioles Egan and Shore. That morning Ruth went to Launders coffee shop and met a 16 year old waitress named Hellen Woodford who would soon become Ruth’s first wife. That afternoon Ruth won his first game he played against the Cleveland Naps were he scored 4-3. He also pitched to the catcher Bill Carrigan who was also the Red Sox manager. Ruth lost his second game and as a batter for the first time in the major…

Jackie Robinson, a true hero once said, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” A hero is a person that one may look up to and admire because of the things they have done in their life. Jackie Robinson, who was born in a cabin to a family of sharecroppers and as a grandson of a slave is one of the most important people in baseball history. He was the man who was fearless and broke the color barrier on April 15 of 1947. Knowing the hate that would come from all of…

here when they return.” Hours passed before they reached their destination. The caravan was supposed to arrive there just before sundown to unload and get ready for the night. But it was late into the night before John and Reginald had reached the area, yet there was still no sign of the wagons. “Where in hell are they?!?!” cursed…

Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903. He played for the New York Yankees from 1923-1939 until a big moment changed his entire life. Baseball changed his life Lou Gehrig was born in the Bronx in New York. His full name was Henry Louis “Lou” or “Buster” Gehrig. When he was young, his two sisters died of whooping cough and his brother died at infancy. He was an only child so he helped his mother with choices. In 1923, Lou Gehrig signed a contract with the New York Yankees on April 30…