San Juan Mountains

“We won, we won! I can't believe we are going to game seven of the World Series, Matt, we the Chicago Cubs, are going to a game seven of the World Series!" shouted Mike. "Mike we have to go celebrate, let's go to Molly's on the South Side!" exclaimed Matt. " Ok let's go we earned it but we still have to be ready for tomorrow so we can't get crazy," responded MIke. "I know!" yelled Matt. When they got to Molly's they sat down and ordered a drink. However,…

One of the many symbolic parts of this book is the sport of baseball. In the boys’ childhood days, Jimmy stole Sean’s baseball glove from his bedroom. Jimmy and Dave’s lives were very different from Sean’s. They lived in sketchy apartment complexes referred to as “the Flats”, whereas Sean lived in “the Point”, which was for people who received a decent income. Nonetheless, Jimmy’s family could not afford nice things like baseball gloves. Jimmy had mixed emotions about stealing the glove: “Jimmy…

Joe Maddon just finished his first season as manager of the Chicago Cubs. He gained significant recognition during his time with the Tampa Bay Rays from 2006 to 2014. When looking at the aspects of the management process, Maddon excels in the area of leading. First, before examining the leading aspect of management, it’s important to define the term. According to the notes in class, leading means, “Managers must be able to make employees want to participate in achieving an organization's goals…

San Franciscans' were feeling pretty good about things in 1946. The war was over and its citizens continued to bask in the afterglow of V-J Day that heralded the beginning of a new era. Life was getting both sweeter and softer for the urbanites. Personal income was rising and new homes were selling faster than they could be built. The inhabitants of The City By The Bay enjoyed widespread full-time employment. The boom was on in new cars and, of course, babies. La Dolce Vita—the good life—that…

Tight end Jermaine Gresham has reached a deal with the Arizona Cardinals. The two-time Pro Bowler has signed a one-year deal with the team, but the financial terms have not been made public. Gresham spent the last five seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals, after being drafted by the club in 2010. His career numbers include 280 receptions, 2,722 receiving yards, and 24 touchdowns. Last season, the tight end caught 62 passes and five touchdowns. Gresham joins an Arizona Cardinals roster that…

My favorite baseball player is Rod Carew and I decided to read the book he wrote about himself as a kid and as a ballplayer. In the beginning of the book Rod talks about his life growing up in Panama and how he did not have a lot of money. In the middle of the novel Rod talks about his career for the Minnesota Twins and what it was like to become a professional ballplayer. Towards the end of the book Rod talks about the end of his tenure with the Twins and him joining his new team the California…

It’s the top of the seventh. We have a pitching substitution. Fernando Rodney replaces Trevor Cahill for the Cubs. Matt Carpenter is up to the plate. It’s called a strike! The Cubs fans here at Wrigley go crazy! He takes ball one. It’s a beautiful night for baseball. Oh, he takes ball two. Oh, a swing and a miss for strike two!! The fans here at Wrigley field are up on their feet cheering and going crazy, pushing Rodney to throw a third strike!! The fifth pitch goes foul. The Cubs fans are…

In the exciting 2014 World Series the San Francisco Giants defeated the Kansas City Royals. However, only 12.9 million people watched the World Series which was less than cable television’s The Walking Dead. How did America’s pastime fall to a show about rampant zombie attacks? The answer is complex and requires examination of baseball and history to understand. Baseball started out as a sandlot sport that peacefully coexisted with professional baseball that centered around three largely…

First of all I had a really enjoyable time reading the book, The Glory of Their Times, written by Lawrence S. Ritter. This book was simply about the author recording the memories of baseball players from the early 1900s etc. I’ve learned a lot from this book, it showed me that there is always a way to achieve your goal no matter who are you are and what you do. Some of the players had even gone through the Progressive Era, which was a time of social activism and political reform in the U.S. and…

42 (2013) is directed and written by Brian Helgeland, which is a biographical sports movie based on Jackie Robinson. The film depicts the difficulties Jackie Robinson has to face while entering his baseball career. This film also captures the emotions of blacks when they see Robinson play for the Dodgers since he was the first African American to play in MLB. The film not only shows the difficulties a talented black man has to face during his baseball career, but it also depicts segregation in…