Harmonic series

been in a large market. “The year 2000 is significant because that was the year the New York Yankees won the third of three straight World Series titles. Not surprisingly, they were also baseball’s biggest spenders that year” (Rymer). A good reason why the Yankees can win a lot of titles is because they can afford great players. The Yankees have won 27 world series and on each of those teams there has been at least a hall of famer on the team. For example, when they won in 2000 for the third…

October 14th, 2016 was an exciting day for baseball fans in Toronto, Ontario. The Toronto Blue Jays prepared to face off against Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. Catch anything out of sorts about that last sentence (specifically relating to the teams)? Read it one more time. The full name of the team the Cleveland Indians was purposefully left out. The Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play announcer, Jerry Howarth, also uses selective vocabulary like this. Howarth’s protest efforts…

Swami Vivekananda said “Every change is being forced upon us.” In Tally’s world no words could be more true. Pretties and Specials are the second and third books in the Uglies series. Within the trilogy the story follows Tally, a young girl who finds out what is truly happening in her society. In Tally’s futuristic city people undergo an operation on their sixteenth birthday to become a “Pretty” the operation alters their looks and their brains. During the operation a lesion is put in everyone’s…

In order to demonstrate his gratitude, Lou Gehrig uses a humble tone with a strong appeal towards logos. Over the course of Gehrig’s career in professional baseball he made quite a name for himself, he gained a reputation as a dependable player who could produce big numbers for his team. He played over two thousand consecutive games in fact to be precise two thousand one hundred and thirty. While maintaining this streak he also suffered many injuries such as a broken thumb, broken toe, and…

No Hall of Fame for Pete Rose Most hits in MLB history and Pete Rose can't get in the Hall of Fame. Gambling is against MLB rules and punishment can range from anywhere between one year and life banishment from the MLB. Baseball has been named America’s pastime and obstructions in the game tend to affect the way people watch baseball. Pete Rose bet on baseball and that obstructs MLB rule causing Rose to not be eligible for the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose was so obsessed with gambling, “Records of…

One day Billy Rodriguez the high school baseball player was hitting some batting practice. He was hitting well but only ever had warning track power, he could never seem to get the ball over the fence. Billy’s hitting coach Mark McGuire said “Hey Billy, I’ve ben noticing you have been having a little trouble with your power. I have a way you’ll get into the majors for sure.” “What is it Billy asked? I’ll do anything to go pro!” Billy said enthusiastically. “Here take these needles, they’re…

Baseball in the 1930s When the Great Depression hit, it affected the money American people had. This really affected baseball. Ticket sales were the main money source for owners of teams and with less people coming to the games, they had to find new ways to get people to come. There was many changes to the sport in the ‘30s. The 1930s was an important time for baseball. Even with the Depression, the Golden Age of Baseball continued (Banks). With the impact of the Depression,…

The Wizard Go crazy folks, go crazy! From 580 stolen bases, to fifteen time all star, and one World Series ring, Ozzie Smith has done it all. Ozzie also has worked with charities throughout his life and still is today. Ozzie has had many achievements; fifteen time all star, World Series Champion(1982), NLCS MVP(1985), thirteen time Gold Glove winner, Silver Slugger award, #1 retired for the Cardinals in honor of him, and a Hall of Famer in Cooperstown, New York. Ozzie was nicknamed ‘The Wizard…

In Rosalind Wiseman’s essay “Queen Bee and Her Court”, she specified various roles played in social cliques. In the essay, she states “cliques are sophisticated, complex, and multilayered, and every girl has a role within them.” This demonstrates that although it may seem cliques are very simple, they are actually very conglomerate. In social cliques there are positive and negative roles that a person can have. The sidekick is a negative role; whereas, the floater is a positive role. There are…

Virginia evened the championship series with a 7-2 win in game two. (Dennis Hubbard/Icon Sportswire) His collegiate career was interrupted by surgery in March 2014 for a broken hamate bone in his right wrist. It cost him 25 games of his junior year. On June 14 this year the Astros promoted…