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"If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose" (Derek Jeter). One of the best baseball players that have ever played the game, said that quote to his fellow teammates and competitors to show them that he wanted to win. Derek Jeter, also known as “The Captain” or “Mr. November” is arguably one of the greatest players baseball has ever seen. He played 20 seasons with the New York Yankees and won 5 World Series rings. The way he carried…

The Atlanta Braves have been based in Atlanta, Georgia since the year 1966. They a professional major league baseball team that competes in the National League's Eastern Division. Between the years of 1991 and 2005, the Atlanta Braves won their division each year. It is the longest record of any North American professional sport. In addition, the Atlanta Braves have the distinction of having won over a dozen divisional titles, nine pennants, and three World Series. The history of the Braves…

Public Financing of Sports Stadiums “Never support public financing of a sports stadium. You as a taxpayer are virtually guaranteed to lose that game.” Over the past few decades, the debate over whether or not sports stadiums should be publically financed has caught more attention with tax payers. Many financial economists have come to agree that publicly financing sports stadiums is a bad investment. The public should not provide financial support of sports stadiums because they have little…

While it sounds so simple, one of the hardest things to do is to hit a baseball. The best baseball players in the world are expected to hit the ball 30% of the time, and they are paid millions of dollars to do so. Baseball has been a passion of mine throughout my life. Since the age of 5, I have been working towards perfecting the skill of hitting. I have practiced hours at a time whether it be by going to the batting cages, hitting off a tee, or facing live pitching, in hopes of improving my…

Do you ever watch football? Damir Smith did, a lot. This is a story about Damir Smith becoming one of the best NFL Quarterbacks of all time. Damir was dedicated his whole life, performed well in school even though it was challenging sometimes , and never gave up on his dream of becoming a football player. His long journey started at a very young age, but always had a very big hart. He was born September 7th , 2001 born to Jasmine and Michael Smith. His whole football career believe it or not…

Bo Jackson Bo jackson was an amazing multi athlete who played football and baseball, he worked his off and now is widely known as one of the nest athletes to ever live. Bo had a long road ahead of him but he had the mindset that he wanted to reach his goals and go far beyond. Now bo didn’t just show up in the pros out of nowhere, he had his challenges. Bo Jackson was very perseverant, he knew the odds were against him but he persevered and accomplished the major feat. the amount of people…

Chad Simpson Composition 10 Jose Bolivar June 3, 2016 MLB Hall Of Fame Process Major League Baseball, also known as the MLB which was first inducted in 1936. The national baseball hall of fame is located in New York. More specifically in the city of Cooperstown. Over the past eighty years there has been over three hundred and ten players, managers, umpires, executives inducted into the MLB hall of fame. An average amount of 4 people have been inducted into the hall of fame…

unwillingness of GMs to select elite players was likely due to the theory that the elite players would be selected by at least one other team. Only two teams selected five elite players, Philadelphia and St. Louis. Philadelphia was one of two teams to land all five players they selected, while St. Louis was the only team to receive just one player, probably because all the players they picked were from the Cubs, who were considered the best team going into the 2016 season and ended up winning…

Catcher-Gabby Hartnett The Cubs greatest catcher is 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,…

It was a hot May night in Denver Colorado,when Troy Tulowitzki stepped to the plate. Regarded as one of the most prolific hitters in the MLB, Tulowitzki was already 3 for 3 with a home run. It was a 2-1 count with one out in the 8th, when Tulowitz made contact. The ball soared into the right field stands at Coors Field. On a hot day more than a mile above sea level, Tulowitzki had one of the beds gsmes for an MLB player all year. Thid poses the question of how does Weather affect baseball?…