Peoples Temple in San Francisco

Yes, the 27-year-old right hander finally looks like the pitcher everyone envisioned when he was a highly touted prospect six years ago. But the dominance he's displayed since mid-2015 doesn't — and shouldn't — erase the other five years of his injury-riddled career, which makes the Nats' extension a puzzling gamble that seems based on wishful thinking and a way-too-small sample size. Anything but a reliable rotation presence during his six-year career, Strasburg already has had five separate…

“He ripped it! He ripped it! It’s all the way to the wall! This guy’s coming home! Jordan’s at second! Stop Jordan! Yeah!” My grandpa blared into his phone speaker. On a warm day in the Summer of 2014, I geared up to play in my last baseball game ever. My high school baseball team had squeaked into its first playoff appearance in five years and we were set to play as the underdogs in the CIF playoffs against Ventura High School. After a hard fought game, we reached the top of the last inning and…

the grunts from the effort to throw the ball back towards home. This American classic revolutionized movie production. Directed by David Evans, The Sandlot is a comedic motion picture jam- packed with terrific acting. The movie takes place in the San Fernando Valley in 1962. Scotty Smalls is the new kid in town, and with his mom bugging him about getting friends, he heads to the nearby baseball field. Little did he know, soon he was about to uncover an amazing journey. The Sandlot is known…

Socialization Agents Family Orenthal James Simpson grew up outside of San Francisco, California in a low income family with three other siblings. His mother worked at a psychiatric ward to support her four children. However, O.J Simpson’s father left his family with no apparent reason when he was a toddler. In return, O.J Simpson never had an influential male figure while growing up. Because of that incident it possibly could have had a huge emotional repercussion for his decisions he would…

favored split. It’s pretty simple honestly, people like Chris Davis because he has elite power and can absolutely crush pitches. Meanwhile, CBS Sports (http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-baseball/25451265/report-chris-davis-agrees-to-7-year-deal-to-return-to-orioles) argues that he still strikes out a lot, but made small strides with his plate discipline last season. The writer argues that Davis’ BB/K ratio of .4 may not be ideal but is progress. People generally seem to agree…

It was game 3 of the 1932 World Series. George “Babe” Ruth was up to bat. With two strikes and one hit left, what he would do next would change baseball history. Baseball is a big part of today’s society. Choosing Babe was an obvious choice because of the impact he’s had on baseball. Babe showed me and the rest of the world you can do anything no matter where you come from. On February 6, 1895, in baltimore Maryland, George Hermen Ruth (who would go on to become Babe Ruth later in his…

wondered how they go about in deciding which players deserve these awards and what I discovered is rather interesting. It basically runs like a borda count for each award. For instance, in deciding who deserves most valuable player award each of the people on the BBWAA ranks their preferences in order of one through ten, with one obviously being their top preference. Each first place vote receives fourteen points. From second place through tenth place they receive points of 9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1…

completely losing it. Despite his disagreements with, others he still had respect for them and kept it together. This teaches teens that we can have our opinions and disagreements, but despite that we should still have respect and not do anything to people others in harm’s way. In the beginning of his major league, career Robinson had his rough patches with being accepted by his teammates. But over time, gained their respect and support. “In one incident fans harassed, Robinson from the stands…

League Baseball also retired number 42 throughout all the clubs. Even after his baseball career, Jackie Robinson continued to work towards equality. Shortly after his final season, he joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Anderson). With this organization he became chairman of the Freedom Fund, which would raise more than a million dollars. He also met with numerous presidents including Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon to further civil right issues…

In the “People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson” former professional football player, known as O.J. Simpson, was tried on two counts of murder for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman in a criminal case at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. Simpson's celebrity status made this case a media frenzy and the TV exposure made celebrities of many of the figures involved in the trial. The 134-day trial was a televised, highly…