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There have been many cases of Major League Baseball, MLB, pitchers getting hit in the head with a line drive. Most of these balls are traveling at a speed of over 100 MPH. In the history of the MLB, there has only been one death from getting hit with a ball. That one player was Ray Chapman who got a skull fracture and later died on August 17, 1920. Since then there have been no deaths but many head injuries. Scientists have recently created a hat that has padding on the inside to reduce…

The National Basketball Association((NBA) drug testing on players depends on the number of years they have been in the league. A rookie is tested up to four times a season and a veteran is tested one time during training camp. The penalty policy is as a five-game suspension for the first positive test, 10-game suspension for the second positive test and a 25-game suspension for the third positive test. Athletes are also at risk for a permanent ban from the NBA. Therefore, the penalty is more…

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America I have longed for the integration of baseball since I was a young boy. The emergence of this star athlete Jackie Robinson, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers has given me hope for the bigger picture. The bigger picture being that integration will not only be with baseball. This collaboration on the baseball diamond gives me hopes for a future with integration throughout every aspect of life. I have a few reasons why I believe it is time for baseball to be integrated. First off, Jackie…

slump never ended as the Brewers fell out of playoff contention and finished the season at 82-80, 3rd place in the NL Central. The Brewers had collapsed, plain and simple. They were 71-55 on August 19th, and after almost a month and a half of 11-25 baseball, they found themselves 6 GBs of the second wild card spot. It went from a season with very little expectations TO its division crown or bust TO we hope to grab a wild card spot TO a season of what if. What if they didn't finish 11-25, what if…

Reynolds is a very good baseball player. Someday he wants to play for the Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB (Major League Baseball). But right now he plays for caledonia high school. “ I’m the catcher #77, and i’m very proud to be where I am and how far i’ve come to play high school baseball,” he exclaimed with Proudness. “I always thought that I was a good baseball player, But people always said that I was the underdog and that just being on the team doesn’t make you a good baseball player. And some…

them know it” is one of Jackie Robinson's famous quotes. At age 28, Robinson was the first black major league baseball player. He broke the color line in professional baseball and paved an entry for black players during his lifetime. He had more influence of integration of sports than any other athlete in history. Robinson helped influence colored people to go for what they want and enjoy. Baseball wasn’t the only thing that did not accept him at first, society did not accept him. Robinson was…

I was excited for baseball season because it is my favorite time of the year. I had worked hard with a few people during the off season. Spending a lot of my time at the Veterans Hall in Colome getting ready for baseball season was a very fun for me. I will describe many things including, what led up to baseball season, what the best part of baseball season was, and what happened at the end. Leading up to baseball season I was doing a lot of lifting and hitting as often as I could. Most of the…

Often referred to as America's pastime, baseball is the most iconic American sport in history. Originating from the European sport of Cricket and the late nineteenth century American sport of rounding, baseball has endured nearly one hundred and fifty years since its first team, the Cincinnati RedLegs, were introduced in 1868. Once a common activity of leisure for factory workers in the industrial northeast, baseball evolved into a dynamic sport that currently dominates American sports in…

going to my first Minnesota Twins game! I was going into fourth grade the week after the game and i had been begging my parents to take me to a game all summer. My brother had already been to one and i was beyond jealous because i had grown to love baseball in the few months before as my brother had started loving it. It was finally my turn to experience it all and witness something new. That day was “kids day” at the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome. The most thrilling thing for me that day was…