The Chicago Cubs is one of the best professional baseball teams. The Cubs compete in Major League. And, as a member of the National League, the club has a countless number of achievements. But who made the baseball club so unbeatable, so famous? Here is Part 2 of the top Chicago Cubs Players of all time. 5. Cap Anson – First Baseman, Third Baseman and Catcher for the Cubs from 1876-1897 Cap played 2277 games. He got a total of 3022 hits, 97 HRs 1880 RBIs, 1722 Runs, and built up a .332 BA.…
people play soccer, and some people play baseball and some people play basketball. There are many people who are very good at playing sport. Many very good baseball players have come from American, for example, Derek Jeter and Miguel Cabrera and Babe Ruth. These people show me special play and fine play, However, one man is very special for me. My American idol is Derek Jeter. He is a baseball player in New York Yankees. I think that he is a very good baseball player in the world. I have three…
it was my home. My last year of Little League was fantastic. Learning that I was the first draft pick was exciting. It was a little weird getting back into the motion of Little League. I had previously played a full year of baseball on a travel team. In travel baseball the fields are much bigger. Not one of my teammates could hit a ball over the fence; however, going back to little league, we all hit homeruns. The team I was drafted…
Often referred to as America's pastime, baseball is the most iconic American sport in history. Originating from the European sport of Cricket and the late nineteenth century American sport of rounding, baseball has endured nearly one hundred and fifty years since its first team, the Cincinnati RedLegs, were introduced in 1868. Once a common activity of leisure for factory workers in the industrial northeast, baseball evolved into a dynamic sport that currently dominates American sports in…
era’ of the 1990’s, went unscathed, quietly putting up impressive numbers with 2201 base hits, 308 batting average, four Gold Glove awards and three All-Star appearances with the Cubs. Second Base-Ryne Sandberg It’s unanimous, Ryan Sandberg is the Cubbies all-time second baseman and easily…
During the spring of 2008, I was playing baseball in a 10 and under league. I had been playing on the same team for two years with some friends from school. The team’s name was the Lake Shore Bluesox. Our team was in a travel league where we would play teams across the state of Maryland from different counties. We practiced three nights a week with a game on Friday, along with three games over the weekend. It was a lot of hard work, but we won almost all of our games. Our coach told us that if…
camaraderie with peers. I would go on to play these sports throughout middle school, with tee-ball turning into baseball. These three sports are some of the main options for children in America, and are certainly among the most popular options. In middle school, the two main sports I played and enjoyed were basketball and soccer. As the years went by, I began to not like baseball as much and took a few years off, focusing on basketball and soccer. The reason…
Softball What started out as a men’s football game in Chicago, Thanksgiving day of 1887, lead to the greatest women’s sport, softball. At the end of the Yale football game, brooms were being used as “bats” to hit boxing gloves that were being thrown. There may be a lot of women’s sports, but what makes softball the best of them all? Is it because it was a sport that generated from one of the manliest sports? Or was it because of how it has changed tremendously throughout the years? Years ago…
For my microcycle project I was given the sport position of a baseball pitcher. Baseball pitching is an extremely explosive and sometimes an unnatural movement. The main parts of being a good pitcher is to have velocity, position, and movement. In order for there to be a successful pitch, Chris Blake of the New England Musculoskeletal Institute at the UConn Health Center says that there are 6 phases the body must go through. Phase 1 is the wind-up. This is where your knee comes up and stores…
Imagine yourself being a kid again and running around the backyard, playing catch. The effortless movements and abundance of energy flashes through your mind as you think of this. Look ten years down the road into the future and see that it is your senior year. The countless hours of workouts, practices, and games you have participated are coming to a bittersweet end. Sports have always had a special place in my heart as it has been a getaway from the stress of academics. An advocate for people…