Babe Ruth

Have you ever let your fears hold you back from something you wanted to try? When I have these moments I remember a saying I once heard while watching a movie, “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game”. This Babe Ruth quote can apply to many different moments in your life, not just softball or baseball. Even in the movie this quote did not apply to just softball. It applied to how you live your life. I had just got a new movie for Christmas, A Cinderella Story, and I…

neighborhood by being picked up on their little neighborhood baseball team. At first the young boy was rejected by the other boys because he didn’t know how to play baseball like all the other ones and didn’t know all the facts and famous ball players like Babe Ruth. All the boys on the team have grown up together playing on the sandlot other than the new boy (Thomas Guiry) soon he will learn the sport like the back of his hand with the help from his friends and step-dad. Together, they get…

the best on the team at second base. Something that was surprising was who his favorite player was; Babe Ruth. It could be assumed that his favorite player could probably be on the Royals or even that his favorite team should be the Royals but both of which are wrong. His favorite team in Major League Baseball is the New York Yankees and the reason Babe Ruth is his favorite player is because Babe Ruth is one of the greatest Yankees of all time. The reason he likes the Yankees and not the Kansas…

better care of myself.’” (Newsmakers). Mantle had many amazing accomplishments - one of which being that he had almost become the first and only player to date to hit an out-of-the-park at Yankee Stadium; he also came within 6 home runs of beating Babe Ruth’s record of 60 home runs in one season. Almost every year of his career, he led the league in home runs. Sadly, his career and life ultimately were cut short because of his lifestyle of drinking and partying His knees were almost completely…

Gabby Hartnett, who represented the Cubs in the first six All-Start Games. His career with the Cubs spanned 19 years, from 1922 to 1940. He is the 1935 National League MVP and has 1,867 hits, 231 home runs, and 1,153 RBI. Gabby was the catcher when Babe Ruth infamously called his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series. First Base-Mark Grace For first base, it’s Mark Grace hands down. During the ‘steroid era’ of the 1990’s, went unscathed, quietly putting up impressive numbers with 2201 base…

The sport that evokes the fondest memories among Americans is baseball. So many people have played this game during their childhood and have become invested in it, that it has become known as the national pastime in America. Baseball originated from the British game “rounders” before the American Civil War. In 1871, the first national baseball league came into America. (Baseball History’s Effects on America) When baseball first originated, the players possessed natural skills and strength that…

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 to be…

thought may have been impossible. Dweck conducted several studies to provide valid proof of how people with a growth-mind set are more successful in her book Mindset the New Psychology of Success. An example Dweck (2010) provided is about good old Babe Ruth and how he was not a natural, but his determination and hard work is what made him legendary (p. 87). I want to encourage my students to have a growth mindset so they can do more things in their life successfully. In order to do so, I want…

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…

An important theme in The Wednesday Wars is if someone is kind to others they most likely will be kind to that person back. Events that support it is when Holling apologizes to Meryl Lee, when Danny gives up his mickey Mantle ball for Holling and when Mrs. Baker gets two Yankee players to come and play with Doug, Danny and Holling. Holling is very mad at Meryl Lee because she showed her father Hollings drawing and he used it. Then Holling realized how much Meryl Lee was sorry, so he was sorry to…