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Collegiate and high school baseball are very similar but also have many differences within the two levels. Both levels of baseball players have to work as hard as they can every chance they get, which come into play with the players earning their positions. There are also many differences between collegiate and high school baseball, there is better competition in collegiate, and the work ethic is much different. Collegiate baseball has a year round program while high school does not. The…

Baseball fans in Chicago are enjoying one of the best season starts in a very long time... maybe even the best ever! If you think you know baseball rivalries think again this year these two clubs have the potential to turn baseball up to 11! Now the first rule you have to understand about Cubs fans and Sox fans is that anyone who claims to be a fan of both teams isn't a fan of either team! In Chi-Town you pick sides... and then you bleed with your team! Because both teams have shown up to…

People are often overly focused on injuries in football that they forget injuries in other sports for example baseball. Baseball for the most part is considered a non-contact sport and therefore people overlook the amount of injuries that occur. There are three major injuries which have been a cause for concern for baseball in America, the amount of Tommy John surgeries for pitchers, the neighborhood play, and protecting the catcher. With the increase participation in single sport…

He was the youngest of five and lived only with his mother. The family lived in relative poverty and life was tough living with a single parent of five. Jackie had a full heart and loved his mother very much, he even chose a college that was close so he wouldn’t have to leave her. He was an incredible athlete, participating in four sports on the varsity level. Jackie eventually saw a bigger opportunity through his love for sports; he saw a way out of poverty. Jack Roosevelt Robinson, more…

Special edition Icon of the week: Happy birthday Sammy Sosa One of the most powerful baseball slugger, Sammy Sosa had an interesting career. From rags to being beloved by America, to his long fall from grace. Sosa was born in San Pedro de Marcoris, Dominican Republic, on November 12, 1968. However when Sosa turned 7 years old, his father died and to support his family Sosa had to find a job. During that time Sosa played a primitive form of baseball, and quickly showed that he had a natural…

Every kids dream when they are growing as a little league baseball player is to be a Major League Baseball player one day. Little League pitchers dreams get crushed when they believe they throw to slow to pitch the the major leagues. In order to make it to the major leagues, pitchers don't have to throw 90 miles per hour (mph) or harder, some pitchers in the past had success without throwing hard. One of those pitchers is Greg Maddux. Greg is a Hall Of Famer now because of his success as a…

Henry Ford, and Charles Lindbergh. George Herman Ruth, known to the world as Babe Ruth, made an enormous impact on the people of the twenties. Ruth was a troublemaker at a young age and his parents could not keep him under control, so they sent him to St. Mary’s where he learned the beautiful game of baseball. Some say he changed the game forever. Ruth had compiled a stellar record of 94 wins and 46 losses, but despite his outstanding performance as a pitcher, Babe was already developing an…

195 cm (68.5 in × 76.8 in). This sculpture was one of his most renowned pieces of work and it became the strongest launch of his career unlike any of his previous work. The orginal intended use of this sculpture was to go inside of the chapel at Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is still housed there to this day. Though intially set as a religious piece in the late 1400's early 1500's, it is now a symbolic testament of the creations from Michelangelo. After leaving Florence where he had…

Chapter 12 Assignment #5 12.6, 12.7 (Ryan Cho, Period Three APEC) Terms: John Wycliff, John Hus, Nepotism, Leo X, St. Peter’s Basilica. 1. John Wycliff was an English philosopher, reformer, and professor at Oxford University. He was born in 1331 and died in 1384. One of the reasons why Wycliffe became a big name in European countries because he opposed the clergy, which was central to a powerful role in England. He then went on and then attacked the luxury and pomp of local parishes and their…

Derek Jeter Derek Jeter, one of the greatest captions or even baseball players of all time. He has set so many MLB records. They were mostly set by Babe Ruth if that tells you something about Derek Jeter. He was also a great man off the field never got in trouble for illegal drugs. This is one of many of my role models. What makes Derek Jeter devoted is he had have five times that his team that he lead won the World Series. He has also lead the Yankees in hits, doubles, games played,…