National Fascist Party

Early Life Jackie Robinson was born on a plantation near Cairo, Georgia, on 1919. At the age of 6 months old his father left, and his mother moved him and his family to California. Jackie’s parents’ names were Jerry and Mallie Robinson. He also had 4 siblings Mack, Willa, Edgar, and Frank Robinson. He was also the youngest. Also because of his mother not making much money he had to make his own way in life. Jackie went to the schools of UCLA, Pasadena City College, John Muir highs school,…

Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball Group 1: Christian Demopoulos Gregory Klassen Michael Langford Nicole McEwan Rebecca Ranieri Patrick Trochaniak BU 288, Section E Instructor: Dr. Jessie Zhan December 9th, 2015 Groups and Teamwork in Moneyball Moneyball focuses on the struggles endured by the Oakland Athletics’ general manager Billy Beane in putting together a competitive baseball team. Faced with the imminent departure of the team’s star players to free agency, Beane…

Joseph Jefferson Jackson was a professional baseball player, who was one of the best players of his time. However, his reputation tarnished when he, including seven other teammates were accused of losing a game in order to earn cash from gamblers; hence were banned from playing professional baseball for life. Nevertheless, I have confidence that Jackson wasn’t involved in the 1919 World Series scandal. First of all, during a game, he and his teammates were accused of participating in a fix with…

member of society, I find it is very important to help the less fortunate in the community and do everything possible to advance ourselves as well as others. The finest citizens in a community value helping others over helping themselves. To me, the National Honor Society is made up of people who share these values with me. My first experience with community service came when I was just at the age of 9. Bartlett Little League had sponsored an event with Challengers Baseball. We assisted boys…

The leader I chose is Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson was an African American man who erased the color line by allowing African Americans an opportunity to play sports no matter what was said. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, GA. Robinson went to school at Washington Middle School, John Muir High school, Pasadena City college, and ending with University of California, Los Angeles. Robinson’s occupation was an American Major League Baseball Second Baseman. He originally started out with the…

Fourteen years after the devastating tragedy of 9/11, the nation realizes the weakness of the national security and how the United States could have possibly prevented all of the terrorist attacks if they had efficient airport security protocols. After the attack people were trying to find ways to improve security to prevent another in-flight terrorist attack. All the aspects of airport security back in 2001 were extremely ineffective and could easily be taken advantage of again. By creating…

These awards included six All Star awards (1949-1954), World Series Champion (1955), NL MVP (1949), Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year (1947), National League Batting Champion (1949), two NL Stolen Base Leader Award (1947, 1949). Other honorable awards included having his jersey number forty-two retired by all Major League Baseball teams and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson…

Everyone has a chance to make a change, Jackie Robinson took that chance and inspired the world. He stood strong to overcome all of the adversity of being a black athlete during times of segregation. Even now in 2017 he inspires so many people including me. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the MLB, he served in the military, and he had one of the biggest influences in the civil rights movement. First of all, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the MLB. When he played in the…

The sport of baseball has always been known as America’s pastime. Since the beginning of its existence back in 1846, it gained popularity quickly as the sport grew. However, baseball was not always as diverse as it is today. People of color had to fight for their right to play in the major leagues. Their journey reached its peak during the late 1930s into the 1960s with the help of Wendell Smith. Wendell Smith was born on March 23, 1914 in his childhood town of Detroit, Michigan. Growing up in…

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…