Derek Jeter

When Stutson passed the mantle sort of fell in my lap because my other two brothers were either not ready or too shy at the time to take the lead. So I did. Once we begin to open up to each other I learned that there was dissatisfaction with the distribution of lead parts. I was shattered. Withdrawn at first, I had to come to terms with the feelings my brother’s shared. I examined all of the songs and contemplated which lead parts to dev up or let go altogether. It wasn’t easy making the…

How Sports Can Positively Affect Humans Sports are often looked at as they can only help you physically. That is true, however, they can also help you in many other ways. Physical activity with other people is one of the best ways to help learn who you are as a person and help you learn what you can do with your skills. Sports also affect your health, life skills, and your career all in positive ways, thus helping guide you in a healthy and friendly life style. “According to health experts,…

In today’s day and age of baseball, we are all living in the so called, Steroid Era. It is named the Steroid Era because players over the last two decades have been caught using performance enhancers, which has become the latest major problem in the MLB. Performance enhancing drugs, which are commonly known as PED’s, means basically what it states; it enhances a player’s performance on the field. Over the last few years, members of the BBWAA have not voted in players that have been caught using…

Gatorade was born in the summer of 1965 at the University of Florida. It all started when the assistant coach asked the team physicians how the players could not be affected by heat or heat related illnesses. The researchers discovered that the Florida Gators players were not getting enough fluids and electrolytes, which were being lost through sweat, so they decided to make a beverage that would replace these key components. Once they made the concoction, the researchers called it…

"I'm benching myself, Joe-- for the good of the team," Gehrig told Joe McCarthy, his manager. Lou Gehrig never played baseball again. On July 4, 1939, between the doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, nearly 62,000 fans sat in the stands waiting for Gehrig to address the crowd according to New York Daily News. It was known as "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day", but something that is named "appreciation day" usually should be on a happy occasion. But not in this situation. A few weeks prior to this day,…

For the past few months, the sports media has been embroiled in a fight over “stick to sports.” The phrase comes from a common online rebuke directed at sportswriters and pundits and players and coaches and anyone in the world of sports, really, who takes a political stance on anything that doesn’t occur on a field or a court or in a locker room or front office. The dividing line is predictable: Many jocks and traditionalists argue for a separation of church and state; many young fans say that…

During this week forty six years ago in 1968, my grandfather was in the same position I am currently in today. He was in his beginning weeks of college at Illinois State University. Everything was new to him; new people, a new school, and a new place where he would live for the next four years. He lived in a dormitory, however the building he was originally supposed to stay in was under construction when it came to the start of the school year. He was temporarily put in a double room that housed…

To begin with, when there is any controversial issue, it is important to take perspectives from the scholars of the past, and to learn about what they have to offer. For obvious reasons, it isn 't possible to get their opinions on the specific issues. But it is possible to use their doctrines that they wrote about and apply them to the real world scenarios in question. The conflict that recently caught the media’s attention is about CEO Martin Shkreli. To be more specific the questions: “is…

attempt at. The show isn’t over when he gets to the ball. When Simmons gets to the ball he unleashes the cannon, throwing the ball on a line over 95 mph right to the first baseman’s chest. The accuracy of the throws is remarkable. Simmons makes the Derek Jeter jump throw, but with ease. Simmons dives to the left, right, over his shoulder and makes every play. On a ground ball up the middle, Simmons gets to the ball, flips it behind his back to his throwing arm, and delivers a strike to first…

Hall of Fame Athletes who use performance enhancing drugs during their time in professional sports should not be allowed in their respective sport’s Hall of Fame because they did not earn that right by sheer talent but instead cheated to give themselves an unfair advantage. These men and women are supposed to be the role models for today 's youth athletes. But these days, it’s sad because if an athlete has a remarkable year, or a remarkable night or even an amazing hit, most people will…