Cooperstown

It follows the seasons beginning each year with the expectancy of spring time, and ending with the hard facts of autumn. Americans have played baseball for more than 200 years, while they conquered a continent, fought at war with one another, struggled over labor and civil rights, and the meaning of freedom. Baseball is a deeply conservative game that manages to be years ahead of its time. It is an American odyssey that links sons and daughters to fathers and grandfathers. It also reflects age…

I graduated from nursing school in 2013. I started working as a nurse a few months after passing NCLEX. I have been a nurse over two years in ICU’s step down called SCU. I have learned a lot in nursing, most of the good and the bad. However, a few memorable moments includes nursing shortage and death and dying. Nursing shortage causes lack of adequate patient’s care and undesired outcome. On the other hand, I have also experienced care for an old patient at her end of life. I struggled…

Cooper spent most of his life in Cooperstown, NY but joined the Merchant Navy (1806-1811). He traveled Europe extensively and also attended Yale. The Last of the Mohicans takes place during the French and Indian War (known as the Seven Years War in Europe). The war took place over the colonies…

Baseball has to be one of America’s best pastimes. There are only a hand full of sports that have originated in America, and with that said, baseball has to be one of the most beloved sports we have in today’s time. Baseball has affected young men, men of color, even women and along the way started some club and team rivals. There has been such a love for the sport since it came about. This sport really gives room for competition, family oriented events, and everything in between. The earliest…

Baseball lost a great player a just a few days ago, unceremoniously sent off into the sunset by a surprise sweep of the upstart Cleveland Indians. David Ortiz, formerly of the Boston Red Sox, decided some time ago this would be his last year, and win, lose, or draw, he seems to be sticking to his decision. As is often the case, now there is one important discussion left for Ortiz. Now that David Ortiz’s career is finished, it is our job as those who enjoy the game to examine and dissect the…

than it is now. Baseball was said to be invented 1839 by a man named Abner Doubleday. Abner was in the military. He served in the Mexican American and the Seminole wars. He also fought in the Civil war at Fort Sumter. He invented the game in Cooperstown, New York, which is now the site of the…

The Difference Between the Eras of Baseball “In 1936, in Cooperstown, New York five charter members: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame” (History.com staff). Baseball has changed very much over the 86 years from the 30s to now. The salary of the players and coaches has greatly been inflated. The player ability and the everyday pitcher have changed very much, especially having a more balanced lineup now with 4 or 5…

In the Spring of 1947, Jackie Robinson would be named the first black player in major league baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Until Robinson, the major leagues and the minor leagues were racially segregated. Jackie Robinson broke the color line, first in the minor leagues in 1946 . He then broke the barrier once again one year later, in 1947, when he began his contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was named Rookie of the Year and took home the National League MVP Award in 1949,…

Robinson engaged in business and in civil rights activism. He was a spokesperson for the NAACP, and made appearances with Martin Luther King Jr. With his induction in 1962, Robinson became the first black person in the Baseball Hall of Fame, in Cooperstown, New York. (Jackie Robinson) This example illustrates that all Jackie's hard work paid off in the end. Furthermore, Jackie gained rights for other black people around the world and smashed the color…

have no problem with that and one of their dads were the coach so everything was alright.a week later we got our papers back saying who's on the team and we practiced as a team and everyone gets along until 8 months later… We finally get to Cooperstown new york and in our barracks everyone was amazed until benny's dad coach dan came to me and whispered “Justin,you and…