Little League World Series

Yogi Berra is one of six managers to take teams from both the AL and NL to the World Series. In his almost 7 years as a manager with both the New York teams, he only had 2 losing seasons, no World Series championships, and 2 seasons where he didn't last the whole season as a manager. Yogi managed the Mets from 1972-1975 with a record of 292-296 with them and with the Yankees he managed for a little over 2 (1964, 1984-1985), with a record of 192-148. A combined total of 484-444. He had problems…

Derek Jeter Do you know who got named the captain of the Yankees in 2003, with 260 home runs and 3,465 hit in his career? Well his name is Derek Sanderson Jeter. He has been the star of the Yankees since 1992 when he started. The greatest shortstop that has ever stepped foot on the Yankees field. Derek Jeter was born to his parents Dorothy Jeter (nee Connors) who was a german and Irish descent and, worked as an accountant. Sanderson Charles Jeter was and african american, has a Ph.D. and was…

representation is baseball. America is baseball, both are melting pots for different cultures, both have a global impact, and everyone has the chance to succeed. America is known as the melting pot of cultures, and baseball is the same way. Major League Baseball in America (MLB) is home to many players from other countries including the Dominican Republic, Japan, and many more. Furthermore, much of the MLB doesn’t speak English as their first language. This melting pot of cultures can still be…

night and where the star players would be recognized for their outstanding achievements. Everyone else on the team receives the “glad you tried but you aren 't good enough” trophy. Many children, including myself, fall into this category. As naive little children, many kids do not understand that this is the situation. They think that they are a superstar because it only makes sense to get trophies if you are talented. As children get older and mature, most started noticing how many award…

live, and big matches in boxing could draw crowds up to five digits(1930s Boxing. n.d.). Boxing also expanded into Latin American during the 1930’s, and there were some world champions from there. Sixto Escobar became Puerto Rico’s first world champion. Mexico first world champion was Baby Arizmendi in 1934, and Cuba’s first world champion was Kid Chocolate. There was 6 champions from 1930-1937 until the superstar of Joe Louis started his amazing run of champion of Heavyweight Boxing. Joe…

Baseball is America’s pastime. Little boys play catch and grow up dreaming of playing in the World Series. Families have picnics on the grass and watch a church baseball game. Friends plan a trip to a Major League game and share in the excitement. Ballplayers travel the country together while playing the game they love, becoming friends and often family. God created humanity for community and fellowship, which is a perfect opportunity for baseball. The characteristics of baseball players often…

correction as necessary” (Slide 9, Fundamentals of Sports Management). Maddon did a great job in 2015 of managing his players production to ensure that the organization was always moving towards its goals. The goal, of course, was to try and win a World Series — something that Maddon made clear from his opening press conference when he was introduced as the team’s manager. One example of this came when he decided to bench Starlin Castro. Castro, who was in his sixth year with the organization,…

Baseball has endless possibilities without being the least bit predictable, it’s why it is one the greatest games in the world and especially America. In the book The Only Game by Mike Lupica the events are predictable even though it is about baseball. The book follows Jack Callahan through his life after his brother dies after falling off a cliff on a dirt bike. Jack decides to cope with these hard times by quitting baseball. Since Jack is the best player in a big baseball town the news spread…

Williams had won two of the last four Most Valuable Player awards in the MLB and was fresh of his 1949 MVP campaign (Montville p. 148). He also was placed in high regards after serving as a pilot in the Marines during World War II. However, once Williams returned from World War II, he was placed on inactive reserves. Williams and the public had largely forgotten about his status as an inactive reserve until the advent of the Korean War in 1950 had caught the Marines unprepared and in need of…

The world series was played by the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago white Sox. The format used for the series was the best of nine format. Seven players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series. Gambling had been a presence in baseball long before the Black Sox scandal, and the major league team owners had done little to limit its influence. Rumors of a fix circulated before, during, and after the 1919 series, but the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, chose…