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My dad, uncle, aunt, and a couple of family friends did softball at Alpha Park once a week in the afternoon. My cousin, Jordan, would always be there. During the games, we would play “house” or “the invisible game” or we would simply walk around wanting to pet all the dogs. On some occasions, although rare, my cousin, Brandon, would take Jordan and I to the playground equipment. On this day, Jordan and I were probably playing one of our usual games. These games could include strollers,…

debut in minor league team in the Gulf Coast League. After showing his skills on the field Sosa was traded to the Chicago White Sox. In his first season he hit 15 home runs and stole 32 bases, posting a batting average of .233. He also became the only player in the American League to reach double digits in doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases. Sosa second season with the White Soxs was more tame, and he was traded to the Chicago Cubs. During his time with the Cubs Sosa stats kept…

suffered a UCL injury, also known as Tommy John Surgery. He came back from that injury one year later, and he was throwing slower. Even though he did throw slower than everyone else in the MLB, he wasn't always super effective. He gave up 522 home runs in his career. Throwing slower keeps your arm from getting tired quicker so that is another reason why he was able to last longer in games and in his career. Personal trainers and coaches have been wrong this whole time. Velocity doesn't…

Heroes of the 1920’s The 1920’s was known by many different names. The Jazz Age, the Age of Intolerance, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense and the Roaring Twenties. For many, this was also the Age of Freedom because of the 1920’s heroes; Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, and Charles Lindbergh. George Herman Ruth, known to the world as Babe Ruth, made an enormous impact on the people of the twenties. Ruth was a troublemaker at a young age and his parents could not keep him under control, so they sent him to…

Saturday afternoon at t Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Mountaineers (14-10) scored two runs in the ninth to tie the game 3-3 and scored to in the 10th to take the lead. Sophomore Cole Austin had three hits and drove in three runs. Kyle Gray and Ivan Gonzalez each picked up two hits. Braden Zarbnisky (3-0) picked up the win for WVU. He pitched 1.2 scoreless frames, fanning three. Also, the sophomore scored the game-winning run. Garrett McCain went 2-for-3 for the Cowboys (16-10). Cole Hearrean…

The literary element that is most prominent and most significant in Moneyball by Michael Lewis is the plot structure that he uses throughout the book. Lewis use of plot makes the book both more enjoyable to read and at the same time allows you to envision yourself throughout the book as if you were side-by-side with all of the characters as they went through life and the season. Michael Lewis uses the plot structure to his advantage by starting off with meeting Billy Beane as a first-round…

Sports have been a key component to human civilization since the beginning of time, as our ancestors created and competed in a large selection of different physical competitions. Taking in these different sporting events, has become a huge form of entertainment for many people. Looking into the past, the only way to enjoy these games was to actually visit the ballpark a team was playing at. Even today, thousands of fans show up to a ballpark on a nightly basis to find some joy out of watching a…

Theo Epstein the 43 year old native of New York City and Yale University graduate last season helped a MLB organization win its first championship since 1908. The Chicago Cubs won its first World series in more than 100 years with the 14th overall Payroll in the MLB. Many experts around Major League Baseball say he's the best GM of all time yet he wasn't even the Cubs GM this season he is the President of Baseball operations. With that being said this essay will be to discuss why Theo Epstein…

Baseball came from older bat and ball games, as the scientist present that on old French manuscript contains the illustrations of old bat and ball which was created in 1344 and it look like similar to baseball. “David Block argued that the originally comes from England. However, nowadays baseball is the most popular in Cuba, United States, Venezuela, Japan and China, but now I want to talk more concretely about American baseball teams. ( http://www.allforbets.com/en/topic/42/baseball-history)…

Bottom of the ninth. Two outs, nobody on. Lucas Giles, senior superstar at Richmond High School, peered into his catcher and took the sign to throw his dominating two strike curveball, buried in the dirt. The opposing batter took a big hack but came up three feet short. The Lions piled out of the dugout and rushed to the mound to celebrate a feat they hadn’t accomplished in nearly two decades, winning the New York state championship. Growing up in the Queens, Lucas was born into a life of…