Babe Ruth

To function as a community, people must collaborate and work together. As a member of society, I find it is very important to help the less fortunate in the community and do everything possible to advance ourselves as well as others. The finest citizens in a community value helping others over helping themselves. To me, the National Honor Society is made up of people who share these values with me. My first experience with community service came when I was just at the age of 9. Bartlett Little…

Wii I hit a button and discovered the greatest thing In my life. The Bigs game had legends implemented into it. I instantly had the power of the bambino in my hands. Of course at the time I was a newbie at the history of baseball. I didn’t know who Ruth was, so I went outside to play catch with my…

Yogi Berra is one of six managers to take teams from both the AL and NL to the World Series. In his almost 7 years as a manager with both the New York teams, he only had 2 losing seasons, no World Series championships, and 2 seasons where he didn't last the whole season as a manager. Yogi managed the Mets from 1972-1975 with a record of 292-296 with them and with the Yankees he managed for a little over 2 (1964, 1984-1985), with a record of 192-148. A combined total of 484-444. He had problems…

Bryce Harper was officially named the NL MVP on Friday by uniamous vote. The superstar is the youngest baseball player to ever win the NL MVP in this fashion. His outstanding season is marked by a .330/.460/.649 slash line at the plate. Despite the disapointing end to a promising season for the Nationals, voters remained loyal to Harper’s fabulous season. Harper garnered all first place votes on his way to earn 420 total points. The MVP runner-up was Paul Goldschmidt who received 186 less…

Million Dollar Arm is the kind of sports movie that crams everything subject-specific into quick-cut montages to make room for maudlin drama and fish-out-of-water comedy—a baseball flick where no one is actually shown playing baseball. It offers plenty of sideline pleasures—like seeing Jon Hamm do his disaffected Don Draper stare while watching Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent—and a gaping hole in its center. Into this hole it tosses redemption arcs, romantic comedy cutesiness,…

“They throw the ball I hit it. They hit the ball I catch it.” By Willie Mays.I won’t tell you every crook and cranny of Willie’s life story but I am going to tell you some things that I’ve found are the most interesting about him and his career, for example his parents and his mentors and achievements.You may or may not know who he person is but let me tell you he is a role model for many to-be baseball players and in fact he has even been in the Hall of Fame. He has accomplished many things in…

Brian Dudley a 16 year old boy that was recently hired to be the batboy for his favorite major league baseball team, the Detroit Tigers. He lives with only his mother but misses the presence of his father Cole Dudley. Who himself had pitched for the Detroit Tigers and several other major league baseball teams himself. His father now plays in Japan where he looks to revitalize his chances of playing in the big leagues again. Ironically Brian Dudley despite having the baseball genes and…

The Great Joe DiMaggio America’s past time, baseball, is the greatest sport created. Many players are included into the greats of baseball. Among the greats is an Italian American player by the name of Joe DiMaggio. Historical baseball players have a huge impact on modern game play. During the time that DiMaggio played, America was on the brink of war and some argue that he helped change the view of Italian Americans. Joe DiMaggio played thirteen years with the New York Yankees partly…

Math is used in Baseball in all different ways like when determining what the player’s batting average is, what the pitcher’s earned run average is, and the player’s on base percentage. These are just a couple ways math is used in baseball but they are on the more important side because they allow fans and other organizations to see your stats and see if you will be good enough to join their club and possibly help win the world series. Math is used in baseball with finding these three statistics…

In the beginning of the novel, Holling is reliable and respectful, towards Danny. Danny wants to be seen as a good person and someone who stands up to bullies. In the middle of the novel, Danny supported Holling by going to watch his play even though Holling had an embarrassing part. Danny stood up to Mickey Mantle when Holling said “I held out the perfect white baseball and whispered,“Can I please have your autograph?” And he took the ball from my hand and held his pen over it. And then Mickey…