Babe Ruth

of the 1932 World Series. George “Babe” Ruth was up to bat. With two strikes and one hit left, what he would do next would change baseball history. Baseball is a big part of today’s society. Choosing Babe was an obvious choice because of the impact he’s had on baseball. Babe showed me and the rest of the world you can do anything no matter where you come from. On February 6, 1895, in baltimore Maryland, George Hermen Ruth (who would go on to become Babe Ruth later in his baseball career) was…

Hank Aaron, one of the greatest baseball players of all time, influenced many by his actions on and off the diamond. Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama on February 5, 1934. He was the the third of eight children in his family and the child of Herbert and Estella Aaron. Hank grew up fascinated about the sport of baseball. Any amount of free time Hank had he was playing some type of baseball. He grew up playing with only a stick and bottle caps. Herbert would occasionally make him baseballs…

The Sandlot is a baseball movie about friendship and sticking together when someone gets in a “pickle.” It’s summer time in 1962 in the California, which is “the same summer Dodger Maury Wills would break the stolen bases record.” Our main character, Scotty Smalls just moved to the valley two weeks before school gets out for summer, and like all new kids he is afraid to make new friends. While he is unpacking he sees a boy with his baseball glove walking across the street, so that night he asks…

There has been a lot of discussion about some of the greatest players in baseball history. Most would say Babe Ruth or Ted Williams. A lot of people would say Hank Aaron or Willie Mays. However, most people don’t know about Stan Musial. He is maybe one of the greatest players of all-time. Stan Musial’s childhood saw great things ahead. He was born on November 21, 1920, in Donora, PA to Lukasz and Mary Musial. (Finkel.) Musial was the 5th of 6 children. Growing up he frequently played the game…

The difference between baseball and football, that is a great question, first, they are not even spelled the same. The only thing I can see that is similar is that they both have the word “ball” in the spelling. Baseball seems to make sense by the spelling; it is a game with the involvement of bases. Football, by the spelling seems to be a game that involves your feet, which we all know is not the case, but seems ironic because most games are won by a field goal. A field goal is when the team…

Denton "Cy" Young lived from 1867-1955 and played professional baseball for five different teams throughout his career. He is arguably the best pitcher ever to play the game of baseball, being the only pitcher ever to win 500 games (Baseball Reference). In 1937, Young was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (Baseball Almanac). Cy Young's tombstone effectively uses both ethos and logos through statistics to convey the message of his credibility in the game of baseball as one of the top…

Gianlorenzo Bernini’s David is a historical piece of marble art that shows great emotion and engages the viewers in action. Bernini’s David could possibly be mistaken as a major league pitcher throwing a 95 mile an hour fastball. He gathers all his strength for each one of his pitches and puts all his effort into it. But this specific life size piece of marble sculpture has a different meaning to it. Some may not know exactly, but the emotion in Davids face tells a whole different story. The one…

The setting of this novel, CURVEBALL: The Year I Lost My Grip, by Jordan Sonnenblick, is set in Peter's hometown. It takes place the summer before Pete's freshman year. Pete was playing baseball all summer and 1 game changed his life. After this game he had just played his life was very depressing. Everything was just going down hill. He had his first day of school and realized life isn’t that bad. Things started to get better for Pete’s life. Peter Friedman was just an average teenage…

Excessive Home Dominance Now, we will take into account how much home dominance has downplayed Test cricket. Now, it has become the story of every other series. We will start with Ashes, the most compelling series of the lot in the whites. If we exclude the exceptional English triumph on Aussie soil in 2010/11, the script seems to be pre-written. In the last seven Ashes series, six has been triumphed by the hosting nation. If we talk about India and Australia, there fierce rivalry saw new highs…

Kaden Cox Mrs. Wells 14 October, 2017 English Composition 101 Juiced: Jose Canseco Introductory Paragraph This book was written by Jose Canseco, a former MLB player who was caught using steroids. Canseco was onto a promising start to his baseball career when he was caught using PEDs. He won Rookie of the Year, MVP, and was a multiple time All Star before he was caught using the banned substance. Along with many other MLB players, his greatness on the field may be overshadowed by the fact that…