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    Introduction Sporting code of choice is Netball Netball is a sport played with a ball and two teams of seven players. Netball games are played on a rectangular court surface with two raised goal posts with rings on the top. The rings are used to shoot the ball in. Each player has a specific position to play on the court and certain players are restricted to a certain place. Each team has a Goal Shooter, Goal Attack, Wing Attack, Centre, Wing Defence, Goal Defence and Goal Keeper. A…

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    Who Inspires You? Many different people have favorite sports like baseball, football, basketball, soccer, etc. and everyone is entitled to their own opinions. My favorite sport is basketball and the person that inspires me to do my best on and off the court is the best of all time Michael Jordan. I’ve decided to read the book, “Facing Michael Jordan,” edited by Sean Deveney with Kent McDill to learn more about my role model. Michael Jordan was as my dad would always say, the first on and off the…

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    The player that I think has the most team-friendly contract is Edwin Encarnacion. This last off-season he left the Blue Jays to sign with the Indians for a 3 year 60-million-dollar contract. While it is a big contract one thing that makes this unique and beneficial to the team is the Indians have a 4th year option to keep him if they wanted to and having that kind of long term flexibility is an advantage every team can use. His last 5 season with Toronto make him worth his contract. Each year he…

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    The Circus It was a Beautiful Day on the first day of summer. Sam and his Friend Daniel were waiting in a line with their baseball caps and backpacks full of snacks, very excited to see the first circus they've ever been to. When they finnaly reached the ticket booth, they could see the big red tent, The tent was bigger than anything they've ever seen before. "Yes children, its a very large tent" said the man at the ticket booth. They were so excited to visit their first circus. They took a seat…

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    Malter, used his wisdom from the Talmud to teach high schoolers how to think logically, and was a wonderful guide for people who were seeking wisdom. Mr. Galanter, a gym teacher, also uncovered his pounding wisdom through teaching boys how to play baseball with a clever head. Fixing people’s outward burdens, Dr. Syndman treated his patients with care and wisdom when they came to him. These three men, David Malter, Mr. Galanter, and Dr. Snydman revealed their underlying wisdom when decisions had…

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    softball and baseball are basically the same sport, there are some pretty important differences. After Yale’s victory against Harvard’s football team on Thanksgiving Day, 1887, a Yale alumni, in Chicago, jokingly threw a boxing glove at one of his Harvard buddies, who then swung at the glove with a broomstick. George Handcock playfully yelled “Play ball!” and unknowingly…

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    listening. Faithfulness happens to be the process of hope and following through. Reuven Malter displays important character traits in The Chosen. First, Reuven demonstrates forgiveness in The Chosen. In chapter one, Reuven becomes involved in a baseball game. The game develops roughly and resounds in hatred between two different Jewish groups. Reuven becomes the victim of a line drive to the eye. Instead of choosing…

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    and Eric faked it to Sara and even some of the green team got fooled and then Eric lightly threw it on the rebounder and scored the tying point. Sara Hein got the ball and the hole green team said “ SHOOT”. She threw the ball like a pitcher in baseball throwing as hard as he could, the ball launched off the rebounder and went way off and the red team didn’t even try to catch the ball and Sara was delightfully cheering “ Ya, lets go green team”. Hailey got the ball and threw it to Nick and…

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    his education at Rutgers University. Over his lifetime he is one of the best authors, and has won quite a bit of awards. Summary The main character of this book is Joe Stoshack. He has special powers that he travel back to time with baseball cards. He loved baseball and had a bit of a temper, that can get in his way easily. This is the 2nd book of the series and it is one of my favorite of the series. One day he was in class and they were learning about the black history. His teacher wanted…

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    Another NBA season is rapidly drawing to a close and two sounds can be heard: Carmelo Anthony’s title window slamming tighter shut, and New York sports fans turning their attention to baseball. With the Knicks wallowing in yet another season of going nowhere, what can be done to fix the franchise moving forward? 1. Pick A New Shape, The Triangle Has To Go It started off so well. Everyone was completely on board. All those rings, the connection to the glory days, the zen calm and peace after…

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