Greatest hits

408 also being one of only two players to bat over .400 and now win the batting title (cook 162). He holds the third highest career batting average as well at .356 (Cook 162). All in all after 1330 games and a thirteen year career he amassed 1,774 hits (Cook 162). Until his death in 1951 and after many players argued for his reinstatement (Cook…

Golf is probably one of the most frustrating sports, but it’s a great one. It forces you to make smart decisions and makes you strong mentally. It can drive you crazy at times, but also be very giving at other times and that’s exactly why I love it. No one can just be good at golf without putting in the work which is how every sport should be. I’ve spent countless numbers of hours on the golf course and still have room for vast improvements. Golf has done wonders for me, but none of it would of…

role in keeping the Earth 's surface warm and able to sustain life.” Step 1: How much energy from the sun hits the earth and what determines the amount? Based on the energy coming in, what should be the average intensity of the energy leaving the earth? The Earth takes in a portion of the energy the Sun gives out, equaling 0.1x10^-9. The strength of the output of energy from the sun that hits the Earth is 1370Wm^-2. If the sun was to apply its energy over the Earth’s whole area (area of a sphere…

preparation in the outside world. Seventh and eighth grade having to understand the concepts in the athletic sport tennis was hard for me to comprehend. Actually being able to have proper etiquette of holding a tennis racquet was key, but being able to hit a tennis ball was a ‘whole other ball game.’ All two years of playing tennis in middle school I can not remember a single time me nor my tennis partner won a match. I felt as if the defeat was getting to be overbearing, and the consideration…

unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. People face adversity to make them stronger. Adversity is what separates the weak from the strong, the boys from the men, the idlers from the champions. The greatest stories come from those who overcame adversity and obstacles to reach their goals. Adversity was not something I would let stand in my path. Within adversity, there are a series of tests/trials that one must face to conquer it. Adversity is…

Rehabilataion or Adaptation At the age of 26,John Wayne Nobles was a talented man; Nobles was skilled in many areas; he had once been an electrician , telemarketer, drug addict, alcoholic, criminal crime prevention assiociate, murderer, and death row inmate. Nobles was good at shifting from what he was ,to what he needed to be.in a situation. Even on death row he was able to figure out which face he needed to show, and which one he needed to hide. In Steve Earle’s essay, A Death in Texas, Earle…

In the 1920’s, George Herman Ruth Jr., also known as the greatest baseball player of all time, “Babe Ruth” is one of the many cultural icons of the 1920’s. A cultural icon, in this case, is a person who represents a great cultural significance to a wide majority of people. The 1920’s was a time where people felt at ease. Instead of living on farms with a set way of life, people started living more in cities where life was more outgoing and energetic. A person of the 1920’s got to experience a…

When children play tackle football they put their whole future on the line. Once a child puts on that helmet and pads and steps on the field they risk their future on playing that game, “Children are our greatest treasure, They are our future” (Mandela 2). Children who play football do not get as much emotional help as they would in 1990, teamwork is not something children of the modern generation gain either. Most children drop out of sports by the age of thirteen, the main reason for that is…

The human population has multiplied more than 7 times since 1805, when the population first hit one billion people worldwide. Today the population has grown nearly to 7,400,000,000 (7 billion and 400 million) people globally. On October 12th, 1999 the six billionth person was born, Adnan Mevic in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Only twelve years later in 2011, the world hit a record of seven billion people. That’s roughly 150 babies born per minute worldwide-that makes the average birth rate 1.13% for…

the top 100 tracks of 1998 with the song “The Boy is Mine.” This song was announced the #1 hit on the radio on June 9. “The Boy is Mine” was nominated for three Grammys, and “in 2008, Billboard ranked 'The Boy Is Mine’ 54th on its All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs chart” (“The Boy Is Mine (song)”). Lastly, Shania Twain wrote and recorded another top charter “You’re Still the One” which was the third greatest hit of 1998. “You’re Still the One” was from Twain’s album Come on Over which sold 40 million…