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Everyone has a chance to make a change, Jackie Robinson took that chance and inspired the world. He stood strong to overcome all of the adversity of being a black athlete during times of segregation. Even now in 2017 he inspires so many people including me. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the MLB, he served in the military, and he had one of the biggest influences in the civil rights movement. First of all, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the MLB. When he played in the…

Baseball…- a ball game played between two teams of nine on a field with a diamond-shaped circuit of four bases. It is played chiefly in the US, Canada, Latin America, and East Asia. (Dictionary.com) The only thing I’ve ever cared about though, it intrigued me from an extremely young age. Amidst the time when my brother and cousin played this mysterious game outside my grandma's house every other week. I’d sit and watch them throw the white baseball with red laces, outside next to an oak tree in…

Yogi Berra is one of six managers to take teams from both the AL and NL to the World Series. In his almost 7 years as a manager with both the New York teams, he only had 2 losing seasons, no World Series championships, and 2 seasons where he didn't last the whole season as a manager. Yogi managed the Mets from 1972-1975 with a record of 292-296 with them and with the Yankees he managed for a little over 2 (1964, 1984-1985), with a record of 192-148. A combined total of 484-444. He had problems…

College Essay By: Jonathan Garrison 2nd period “G&G batting cages are among the finest in the world”…These are the word that I strive to hear. Baseball has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. As a child I wanted to be a professional baseball player just as every other young boy in their adolescence I’m sure. I play high school ball and I put a lot of time and work in on the baseball field and in the weight room. My senior season is going to start soon and I couldn’t be…

All Elizabethan sports tended to include an element of gaming and gambling. Billiards is a forerunner to the Pool played today and in the Elizabethan era, they gambled while playing this game. Elizabethan sports during that era are very similar to the games that are played today. Although Elizabethan era sports can be a lot rougher and bloodier, they are almost the same as some modern day sports. Elizabethan sports had more of a brutal aspect in them while modern day sports have a skilled and…

Jackie Robinson was the first black (African American) baseball player to make it into Major League Baseball in 1945. To many he was remembered as a hero in most people but in others they despised him for what he had become. He was also a gateway for all black (African American) people to go into sports and enrolments like sports. He was also very good in basketball, football and track the reason he loved sports so much is that there were no limits to how long or at what time or day it was. He…

Jackie Robinson is so famous because he was the first African American baseball player in the mlb. Jackie Robinson some will argue had the biggest break through of all-time in sports. Many did not like Jackie coming into the league he had fans scream hurtful things , pitchers throw at his head, and even had a player step on his had when he slid into first base. But through all of the hate Jackie never gave up. Jack Roosevelt was born on January 31 1919 in Cairo Georiga. Jackie robinson was a…

Bryce Harper was officially named the NL MVP on Friday by uniamous vote. The superstar is the youngest baseball player to ever win the NL MVP in this fashion. His outstanding season is marked by a .330/.460/.649 slash line at the plate. Despite the disapointing end to a promising season for the Nationals, voters remained loyal to Harper’s fabulous season. Harper garnered all first place votes on his way to earn 420 total points. The MVP runner-up was Paul Goldschmidt who received 186 less…

Million Dollar Arm is the kind of sports movie that crams everything subject-specific into quick-cut montages to make room for maudlin drama and fish-out-of-water comedy—a baseball flick where no one is actually shown playing baseball. It offers plenty of sideline pleasures—like seeing Jon Hamm do his disaffected Don Draper stare while watching Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent—and a gaping hole in its center. Into this hole it tosses redemption arcs, romantic comedy cutesiness,…

Andrelton Simmons Every child that has been interested America’s pastime has heard of all the baseball greats. We have all heard about Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth and the list goes on. All these players were great, but not a single one of them could come remotely close to what the Angels shortstop, Andrelton Simmons, does on a daily basis. Andrelton Simmons is not only the best shortstop in the league, but he is the best player in the MLB. Andrelton Simmons made his major league debut in…