Joe DiMaggio

The impact of World War II on baseball had many different effects as it impacted not only baseball at the current time, but the future of baseball as well. Players with the likings of Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, and many more traded in the bat and ball for a pair of boots and a rifle. While the names previously listed were said to not have been put on the front lines, they still joined the forces and went to fight for this country when they could have been playing the…

The legends of the New York Yankees, such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehric and Joe DiMaggio, are too numerous to enumerate. As a recent topic, Derek Jeter has put an end to his brilliant playing days last year and I believe that the number 2 on his back will also be retired number in Major League Baseball in the near future for sure. However, I do not intend to introduce the story of the heroes like them this time because, needless to say over again, their biography have been already well known for many…

When it comes to the topic of steroids and its use to cheat in sports to give one the upper hand, most of us rarely agree with the use of anabolic steroids and its use towards professional sport or by having it as an enhancement to grow bigger enhanced muscles in a short period of time. Where this agreement usually ends, however is on the question are anabolic steroids a form of cheating in professional sports and why is it considered cheating? Where some are convinced that its purposes can be…

In many academic institutions a hierarchy is created based on unspoken rules. Students may gain access to the top of the food chain in school by having expensive clothes, cars, or by being apart of the “right” sports teams or clique. This social construct, which I have experienced first hand at numerous schools, limits the influence students have over their own self image. Through rivalry and exclusion, students must choose a parochial identity rather than developing their personality from…

He was the one who convinced her to move into the modest bungalow in Brentwood, California; the house she died in. her death came out of the blue and shocked many people. Many others were sad that such a horrific event had occurred, especially Joe DiMaggio, her second husband. He planned her funeral and it was small and private, only friends and family were invited. Marilyn Monroe was still a legendary woman whose life still influences people…

What is a social class? Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status. Anyone can promptly observe that there are significant fluctuations in wealth, materialistic dominion, power, influence, and stature in our American society. Our society itself is a network of various social divisions. The society may be formed by a class group. These groups may pass through each other, but boundaries are outlined clearly and noticeably. When sociologists converse of social…

Never take the ability to control body and limb movement for granted, because everything can change in the blink of an eye. The only people that know this have suffered from a debilitating disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is a very deadly disease that may be currently affecting 30,000 Americans by damaging motor control in the body. Lou Gehrig was an American legend. Very few baseball players were as good as he was, and even fewer were as humble. He believed in working hard and…

Arthur Miller is a twentieth century play, write who wrote many classics. One of his classics was 1949 Death of a Salesman which appeared on Broadway that year. The year 1949 is a the death of an old decade and the birth of a new one. The 1950s, was a decade of unprecedented consumerism and technical advances in America. In the 1950’s many new innovations were made for the home such as the Tv was now affordable to most people and so tv programs grew as the audience grew as well. The washing…

Man’s Indomitable Mentality in The Old Man and the Sea “But man is not made for defeat," (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)Santiago said. "A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” (NEED PAGE IN BOOK)This is a common moral throughout The Old Man and the Sea, which is a tale of an old fisherman named Santiago who surmounts his eighty four days of ill-luck by conquering adversity through a reverent struggle against a marlin. Hemingway’s novel displays a variety of struggles for Santiago to overcome. Confusion…

There is little evidence that supports Monroe and Kennedy's relationship, making it far fetched that both Kennedys have a connection to her death. Up to date, there are only two sources from witnesses that shed light into the alleged relationship between Marilyn and Kennedy which conspiracy theorists believe may have led to the events leading up to her death. Conspiracy theorists utilize evidence about Marilyn Monroe is based on hearsay from questionable sources and these sources are proven to…