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On April 15, 1947, a young man from Georgia stepped onto the field, he made history. Jackie Robinson was an African American baseball player who starred in the major leagues from 1947 to 1957. What made his career special was he was extraordinary at the game as well as being the first African American to play the game. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers as well as the Kansas City Monarchs in the “Negro League”. This is important because Jackie Robinson led the way for many other African…

Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented and versatile player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship – the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Despite his skill, Robinson faced a barrage of insults and threats…

Joseph (Joe) Paul Torre was born July 18, 1940 in Brooklyn, N.Y. and “followed in his older brother Frank’s footsteps and signed with the Atlanta Braves out of high school” (N.D) in 1960. One year later in 1961 he finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting and even garnered a few National League Most Valuable Player votes after hitting .278 with 10 homers and 42 RBI as the Braves regular catcher. In 1971 while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals he transitioned from…

Heart of a Champion Carl Deuker 199 Pages Characters: Seth is a baseball player that only lives with his mom, because his father passed away when Seth was very young. Jimmy is Seth’s best friend, and his teammate in baseball. Background: Seth lives with just his mom, and he doesn’t have many friends. Until he meets Jimmy Winter who introduces him to baseball which changes his whole life around. Motivation: You can strengthen, grow and still live life even where there is loss. Setting:…

Jackie was a great baseball player. He was knowed for his rapidity and for his great talent of base thief. Born in 1919, he showed a lot of talents in his sport when he was very young. At that time, black people didn’t had acces to the major league of baseball so no one of them, even if they was the best of the best, couldn’t be able to have a real career in baseball. We are in the first half of the century in the United-states. Slavery is illegal but racial equality isn’t present. A black…

Why Sportsmanship is Important in Educational Athletics When I first started playing baseball at the age of six years old my coach asked us the same question before and after every game and practice. He would say “What’s the first rule of baseball?” To which we would all reply, “Have Fun!” He would then ask, “What’s the last rule of baseball?” To which we would also reply, “Have fun!” Although this may sound like a childish thing that a 6U baseball team would say, he continued this until 8U,…

Sabermetrics is regularly characterized as the target investigation of baseball by methods for insights. The term was made by Bill James as reverence to the Society of American Baseball Research—SABR. Yet, sabermetrics didn't pick up standard consideration until Michael Lewis' book Moneyball was distributed in 2003. Lewis chronicled the endeavors of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who has utilized measurable examination to direct the Athletics to five playoff appearances over the…

The baseball world is a great, pompous sports world, and that makes you want to know about the richest baseball players in the world. This article covers that in this list of the top 10 richest of them, and you’re going to love it! Number Ten: Randy Johnson As of 2012, Randy was worth about $115 million. He makes much of his income through endorsements of some of the most popular brands. Number Nine: Tom Glavine This left-handed guy has been the thrill of many of his fans for so long, and he…

The Arms Race Everybody needs arms, and no one is available. That’s the theme this year’s trade deadline. It certainly is a seller’s market. With the expanded wild card spot, everybody thinks they have a chance. Then there are the teams that have had that cold long look in the mirror and have rationalized with themselves that lets pack it in and build for the future. The problem with this scenario is that the teams that are in this spot already as sellers are there for a reason. The…

Gibson, "Buck" Leonard, "Pop" Lloyd and so many more--are the black men who owned the teams that built the leagues that showcased the stars. Those teams now largely are forgotten: the Kansas City Monarchs, the Homestead Grays, the Chicago American Giants, the Baltimore Black Sox, the Pittsburgh Crawfords."(Giancaterino) Along with Kansas City these were areas of great racial diversity and segregation. The best part of the Negro Leagues was that even though they were separated from MLB players,…