Minor league

These amateur leagues allow top college players to sharpen their skills and to gain valuable additional experience during the summer, with the key added element of hitting with -- and pitching against -- wooden bats. These leagues also ensure that the scouts are watching the cream of the crop, or the best of the best at their level. Some MLB teams use age as a key factor…

In northeast Brazil, the capuchins have a food source limited to hard shelled fruits and seeds. As a survival adaptation they learned how to make use of the available sources by the use of stone tools. Interestingly enough, they don’t just use any old rock that they can find. The capuchins make sure that their “hammers” are the perfect size to swing with but are also made out of a hard enough material- such as quartzite. Sandstone is usually used as an anvil. The perfect tools don’t just go to…

1.) I feel like if O’Connor’s short story, “Good Country People” has something to do with something that happened to her while she was of this age. I feel like it’s a reflection of her real-life experience reflected into a fictional point of view. Moving on, I feel like if Hulga’s attitude that intelligence and education are incompatible with religious faith, can be said to a common view in people who are highly educated. The Christian faith as well know it, requires a specific belief in…

some as mere inhabitants of the background incapable of performing significant actions, the minor characters of a story assume an integral role within it. This is especially apparent in the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven, where minor characters form a substantial portion of the plot. Notable minor characters within this book are Dominguez, Annie or Amy, and Mickey Shea. Dominguez, although a minor character within The Five People You Meet in Heaven, possesses a fairly grand…

Last year, the New York Mets ran away with the National League East. The Mets captured the division by seven games over the second place Washington Nationals. However, it wasn't always smooth sailing for the Mets in 2015 as the Nationals held the division lead heading into the last year’s All-Star break. 

New York Mets

After winning the division in 2015, the Mets made a deep run in the playoffs. New York made it all the way to the World Series before the eventual World Series Champion Kansas…

Simmons, does on a daily basis. Andrelton Simmons is not only the best shortstop in the league, but he is the best player in the MLB. Andrelton Simmons made his major league debut in 2012 with the Atlanta Braves. Simmons was originally drafted as a pitcher, but told his coaches he would only sign with the team if they let him try shortstop first. Simmons shocked everyone with how well he played in the minor leagues, which quickly…

McKenna Williams City University Life April Friges September 11, 2014 Roberto Clemente was an amazing baseball player and an inspiring human being. Best known as being one of the Pittsburgh’s most talented players, Clemente lead the Pirates as a powerful batter and as a defensive right fielder. However, there is more to Clemente’s fame than just baseball; he was also a strong world leader. He was passionate about racial issues and human rights. He used his fame and talent to help his country…

The Orioles are well known for their complete and utter disinterest in using their international signing bonus pool to sign prospects from Central and South America. Baseball America claims that the Orioles spent the least of all teams in 2013 (http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2013-international-spending-by-team/) and second lowest in 2014 (http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2014-international-spending-team/). Orioles’ fans are concerned by this because about one-sixth of…

The arm is the most fascinating piece of equipment in all of sports. This is especially true in baseball, where a fairly recent epidemic of arm injuries in major leaguers, minor leaguers, and kids has hit the sport extremely hard. Eager to find the causes behind the uprising in arm injuries and a way to solve the problem, Jeff Passan went on a three year journey across the United States and abroad. His book, simply titled The Arm, compiles events from the trip and takes a look at possible causes…

was first called “The Man”. In a game at Dodger Stadium, every time Musial came up, Dodger fans would say, “Here comes that Man again. Here comes that Man again.” The name stuck. (Finkel) Musial also performed well despite a scare from the Mexican League that almost claimed him for more money. The Cardinals finished that season tied with the Dodgers, but quickly won twice in the first ever playoff to reach the World Series against the Red Sox. (Stan Musial) They would win their 3rd World Series…