Home run

odriguez Alex Rodriguez grew up playing the game of baseball at age 4.He played his dad one on one his dad beat him but it inspired him to do better.Years passed for Alex Rodriguez, in high-school he was a gifted football player but on the baseball field he was a bigger star. In his Junior year, he hit .477 batting average and stole 42 bases in just 35 games.He led his High-School baseball team to the State Championship.Before the 1993 draft Alex was inspired to go to Miami…

Babe Ruth was very significant to baseball. Babe Ruths real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr.Professional star Babe Ruth was very popular he had one sibling and was married to two people. When Babe Ruth was at a younger age he started to do bad things like chewing tobacco, drinking and a lot of other things that kids did not do and his parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really…

the next 15 seasons. In 1919, Babe Ruth set a single season home run record of 29 while playing for the Red Sox team. In 1920, Babe hit a total of 54 home runs in less than 10 seasons. In 1927, he did it again and beat his record with 60 home runs. This record stood for 34 years. Since Babe Ruth was so well known at New York and the Yankee Stadium it was dubbed the name “the house that Ruth built”. Babe Ruth in all hit 714 home runs, it was a mark that stood until 1974. Over the years…

Baseball is the prefect sport for all season long. Getting dirty in the sand, making awesome plays, hitting home runs, and making your own team, that is cool. It does not matter where you are, as long you have a baseball bat, a glove, ball, time, effort, and leadership, and sport man ship. Does not matter if you are in the street, backyard, garage, or a football field. It also shows you a valuable lesson, even for me sharing. Yep that is it sharing, you take turns to bat, get the ball, and play…

It's game day. I was as nervous as a mouse surrounded by a cat. My 13-year-old baseball team was playing the team that won the championship two years in a row. I kind of thought we all were nervous because if we lost that meant we go home and nobody wanted to go home. Since I was awake early in the morning I thought I should do my daily routine of stretching and eating my oatmeal and salad. Since our game was later that day like a night game I just did a few sit ups and push ups to keep myself…

more involved with steroids. Superstars in baseball that hold the all-time records are linked to steroids like Barry Bonds, which holds the all-time records for the most home runs, Roger Clemons, one of the Best pitchers of all time , and Alex Rodriguez who is one of the fastest players to ever reach over five hundred home runs. So far football has kept a better image than baseball by enforcing stricter rules and informing players about things they must do such as, change the duration of the…

“Home Run!” The announcer yells as the crowd goes crazy. Babe Ruth has done it again folks. "He's the best of the best", the children yell. Some of you may be asking ,well, what is baseball . Baseball is Americas favorite pass time. It’s been that way since the 1920’s. This game of hitting a ball with a stick and hearing that sweet and beautiful crackle as the bat and the ball connects seems to put fire in people’s veins as they yell and cheer for their favorite team as they enter the field. The…

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…

During a 12-year career, he had a .247 batting average with a total of 20 home runs and 229 runs batted in. In 1988, he had career highs with 150 games played, 512 at bats, 52 runs scored, eight stolen bases, and 63 strikeouts. In 1990, he had a career high of 38 runs batted in, and in 1992, he hit a career high of four home runs. From 1992 until his final season in 1998, Ripken was good enough defensively to be used as a utility infielder, but his…

Performance Enhancing Drugs have became a unfortunate constant problem in baseball. Hall of fame players such as Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire are just some of the names that used PEDs. Other notable players that have taken PEDS consist of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa. These substances have put a stain on baseball. There's a reason there is a era that is called the "steroid era" I call Barry Bonds "The Fake Dinger King" because of the fact that he used those…