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He was the First African American baseball player to make it into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He later became the an ABC broadcaster for the major league game of the week. Jackie battled with weight issues and diabetes in his later life. Jackie had 3 children during his life and said that they are his true accomplishments. Jackie’s number 42 was retired by the Dodgers in 1972. Jackie Robinson died…

Every kids dream when they are growing as a little league baseball player is to be a Major League Baseball player one day. Little League pitchers dreams get crushed when they believe they throw to slow to pitch the the major leagues. In order to make it to the major leagues, pitchers don't have to throw 90 miles per hour (mph) or harder, some pitchers in the past had success without throwing hard. One of those pitchers is Greg Maddux. Greg is a Hall Of Famer now because of his success as a…

global peace. During the address to congress in 1918, “President Woodrow Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of the war”. President Wilson incorporated every minor cause of the war to try and appease every country, as well as create everlasting world peace. His plan for rebuilding a peaceful world, as well as setting the foundation for continuous global peace was very well put together. Despite this,…

The Blue Crabs Promise Summer Excitement For those living in Charles County, MD, one of the greatest summer pastimes is catching The Blue Crabs play a game or two. The Blue Crabs are a minor league baseball team that offer excitement for their fans all year long. The team plays from April through August, which gives residents plenty of time to catch several games. One of the most exciting portions of this season is the addition to roster that was just announced earlier this year, Steve…

What would happen if Major League Baseball held a league-wide draft where every player in each organization became available and each General Manager could choose a total of five players to steal from other teams; but if two GMs selected the same player, he would remain with his current team and GMs were not allowed to communicate with each other? Earlier this year, SB Nation conducted this game theory simulation by having 30 of their writers act as the GMs for each team. The most intriguing…

provisions. Germany agreed to pay reparations until 1984 when the government signed the treaty of Versailles. Germany had to pay $6.6 million gold marks and lost most of their land. Some land became other countries; they lost most of their colonies to the League of Nations. • Germany gave…

What do writers John Updike and Robert Penn Warren have in common. Well among other things to each other in a poem about baseball. John Updike who has written other sports related literature wrote the poem Tao in Yankee stadium bleachers and Robert Penn Warren wrote the poem He Was Formidable. Both of these poems appear in the book “Hummers, Knuckles, and Slow Curves, Contemporary Baseball Poems” [University of Illinois Press; Urbana and Chicago, 1991.] an anthology. For people who thought…

. It was the 1994 Major League Baseball strike. Twenty years ago Tuesday, baseball came to a screeching halt and didn't return for 232 days. The strike canceled the rest of the 1994 season, and for the first time since 1904, even the World Series 1997 To honor Jackie Robinson, his number “42” is retired from all major and minor league teams. April 15, 1997: The magnificent night at New York's Shea Stadium when Jackie Robinson's No. 42 was retired throughout Major League Baseball in an…

42 Directed by Brian Helgeland tells the life story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Jackie is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism to the heart unless it’s personal. Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his family as they endure…

teams potential, Epstein convinced one of baseball’s best managers, Joe Maddon, and star pitcher, Jon Lester, to join the team. The next action was to build the base. It took patience and persistence and Epstein’s leadership to transform the Cub’s league worst farm system into one of baseball’s best. The emergence of young home – grown stars such as Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Kyle Schwarber, and Addison Russell helped drive the Cub’s success. Also, the Cub’s front office has more than doubled…