Dugout

Trench warfare occurred when a revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility, resulting in a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. In World War I, both sides constructed elaborate trench and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. The area between opposing trench lines, known as "no man's land”…

Most individuals around the world know Jackie Robinson by the man who broke the color barrier in the Major League Baseball (MLB) on April of 1947. They do not know everything he faced to get to that day. Jackie had to face more obstacles in his life to get to where he was when he broke the color barrier. Today’s society is much different as it was in the 1900’s era. Jackie Robinson helped change America as he played baseball through the Major Leagues while fighting racism and battling adversity.…

forms of leadership is the refusal to retaliate and to power through the opposition. In my opinion, Robinson showed the greatest glimpse of his leadership against the Philadelphia Phillies. Ben Chapman the skipper of the Phillies stood outside of his dugout and continued to scream racial slurs and proclaim that Robinson was not wanted and did not belong in the major leagues. Robinson did not say a word and proceeded to score the winning run directly in front of Chapman’s face. This was…

The Impact of Adolf Hitler Cunning. Powerful. Evil. These words come to mind when Adolf Hitler is mentioned. Adolf Hitler was a deceitful man, but yet he was a convincing public speaker who could trick many into following him by being liked and even feared. Hitler brought evil and cruelty to many people of Germany during his rule, causing a genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and millions of other victims that he deemed racially inferior. Hitler’s upbringing started on Easter Sunday, April…

The Nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki near the end of World War II. Was it truly necessary? It wasn’t for multiple reasons. Including the near completion of Operation Downfall, to end an already ended war from the battles of Okinawa to Luzon and some background info of the bombs and operations leading up there use.The events at the end of World War II was a horrific scene made by mankind and it’s crave for constant war. World War II was one of the bloodiest wars in the world causing the suffering…

he hit a ground ball that went past me. Since I could not see where it went I chased after it blindly until I smacked right into the fence into the outfield. I could hear the people laughing and was completely done with baseball, I stormed into the dugout and…

In Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2011. Print), American author and journalist Michael Lewis artistically blends business and sports together in a story focused on finding the secret of being successful in baseball. Lewis tells the story of how the Major League Baseball team Oakland A’s, under the management of former player Billy Beane succeeded in transforming not only their own organization into a cost-efficient winning machine but…

The very nature of war creates many contrasts. One such contrast, the opposing pair of kindness and cruelty, is demonstrated in many instances throughout Timothy Findley’s The Wars. There are three notable cases of the duality of these two opposing ideas: Robert and the horse with the injured leg, Robert in the gas attack, and Rodwell and his personality. War creates a contrast between kindness and cruelty. Robert demonstrates kindness with an injured horse. Near the end of part one, Robert is…

Giles, senior superstar at Richmond High School, peered into his catcher and took the sign to throw his dominating two strike curveball, buried in the dirt. The opposing batter took a big hack but came up three feet short. The Lions piled out of the dugout and rushed to the mound to celebrate a feat they hadn’t accomplished in nearly two decades, winning the New York state championship. Growing up in the Queens, Lucas was born into a life of agony. His father left the family when Lucas was two…

The Orioles recently resigned Chris Davis to a 7 year and $161 million dollar contract. As Jon wrote at the time (http://camdendepot.blogspot.com/2016/01/orioles-go-slightly-bananas-and-sign.html), Davis brings to the immediate a strong bat with a heavy right handed favored split. It’s pretty simple honestly, people like Chris Davis because he has elite power and can absolutely crush pitches. Meanwhile, CBS Sports…