Home Run Derby

Bottom of the 9th. Bases loaded. 2 outs. Title on the line. I knew I would be the one to lead my team to victory and send us home. We had been battling the Harvard Westlake Werewolves for 6 grueling innings. A pitcher's duel to say the least, as Division I bound Kyle Nicol had thrown a shutout up until this point. Unfortunately for us, so had their ace pitcher, McCabe Slye. All of our hard work came down to this point. We came into this tournament against all odds. Our entire starting lineup…

Baseball means different things to different people, whether an individual has been watching baseball for the first time to an individual who has watched it their whole life. The same questions were asked to six different individuals and six different answers were given, however all had the same enthusiasm whether it was face-to-face or virtually. However; the enthusiasm with face-to-face individuals was thoroughly more satisfying over virtual communication. Each individual was asked to answer a…

first ever home run at the new Yankees Stadium. The New York Yankees again made it again to the World Series. They also had to face the New York Giants but this time they came out on top. Ruth won the Most Valuable Player in 1923. This would be his first MVP award. In the 1924 season, Babe Ruth would almost earn one of the most prestigious awards in all of baseball. He was eight RBI from earning the Triple Crown,. The Triple Crown is awarded only when one leads the league in home runs, batting…

single-season Homerun record. A-Rod has over 3,000 hits and is a 14-time All Star. David Ortiz is a 3-time world series champ. Jose Canseco is the first player to hit the 40-40 mark. (Simple Sentence) 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in (prepositional) a single season. Ivan Rodriguez has the most home runs as a catcher. All of these MLB players have an asterisk next to their name on the lineup card. The asterisk does not mean that they are an all star; it means that they have been caught using…

and quality of pitchers, but people fail to recognize these and use PEDs as a scapegoat. Also, in the 2009 Hall of Fame, two members of the inducting class, Ferguson Jenkins and Paul Molitor were busted for using cocaine in the 1980s. They are only but a few of what is sure to be many players who have been caught using illegal drugs that are now inducted into the hall of fame. If players who were caught with these drugs are still eligible, why shouldn’t players who admitted to using PEDs be able…

signed in the off-season with the New York Yankees. He is a 2 time All – Star, a 5 time Gold Glove Award winner, and a 3 time Silver Slugger Award winner. In 2009 Teixeira was the AL Home Run Leader and RBI Leader and was a member of the World Series New York Yankees (“Mark Teixeira Bio”). Mark Teixeira, currently runs the Mark Teixeira Charitable Fund with his wife Leigh. The Mark Teixeira Charitable Fund was set up in memory of his friend who was killed in a car accident which gives…

Some outlawed substances to use on a baseball is pine tar and Vaseline. These two substances alter the balls trajectory in completely different ways. It all comes down to how much spin the pitcher wants on the ball. A pine tar modification will allow the pitcher to better grip the ball in all occasions. This actually does have something to do with the Magnus effect. When they have better grip, they can spin the ball faster giving the ball a way sharper curve than a regular ball. On the contrast…

commonly like androstenedione. Androstenedione is a strong PED that boost levels of hormone testosterone. “The substance androstenedione, a compound that can temporarily boost levels of the hormone testosterone, became famous when baseball player and home run slugger Mark McGwire admitted using it during the 1998 baseball season”(Johnson). The protection of athletes is important to the organization. “Mumford equates the choice to use performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to opt out of sports; it is…

softball fields, nervous but ready to play. It was a home game, home games were always the best because everyone came to watch. We started warming up for the game, our first thing we did was throw the ball back and forth for a while, after that we got a little bit of hitting practice. Then we had to get off the field so the field workers could finish getting the field ready. The game finally started, we were in the field first since we were the home team. Before we started our coach called us…

Lou held the record for career grand slams at 23, until St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire’s went on a slugging fest for multiple years. Lou currently holds the record for most career home runs by any first baseman in MLB history with a total of 493 home runs (New). In his 17 seasons he stole home plate, which is a rare feat, 15 times in his career. With an outstanding hitting career in the MLB Lou hit for a lifetime batting average of .340, which is the fifteenth highest ever in the…