San Salvador

understands that in American culture, individuals have the tendency to bend and make a product or cuisine more authentic. She understands that Americans have pride in creating new “authentic” food. The modified burrito represents her American roots, her San Gabriel environment and how she is being raised. Morales has Hispanic roots due to her mother, but she also has her own roots which are American. Morales’ embracing both her of roots makes her open mind. Morales does not favor one side or the…

Bryce Harper was officially named the NL MVP on Friday by uniamous vote. The superstar is the youngest baseball player to ever win the NL MVP in this fashion. His outstanding season is marked by a .330/.460/.649 slash line at the plate. Despite the disapointing end to a promising season for the Nationals, voters remained loyal to Harper’s fabulous season. Harper garnered all first place votes on his way to earn 420 total points. The MVP runner-up was Paul Goldschmidt who received 186 less…

Million Dollar Arm is the kind of sports movie that crams everything subject-specific into quick-cut montages to make room for maudlin drama and fish-out-of-water comedy—a baseball flick where no one is actually shown playing baseball. It offers plenty of sideline pleasures—like seeing Jon Hamm do his disaffected Don Draper stare while watching Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent—and a gaping hole in its center. Into this hole it tosses redemption arcs, romantic comedy cutesiness,…

Andrelton Simmons Every child that has been interested America’s pastime has heard of all the baseball greats. We have all heard about Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, Babe Ruth and the list goes on. All these players were great, but not a single one of them could come remotely close to what the Angels shortstop, Andrelton Simmons, does on a daily basis. Andrelton Simmons is not only the best shortstop in the league, but he is the best player in the MLB. Andrelton Simmons made his major league debut in…

The 2013 Biography movie 42 Directed by Brian Helgeland tells the life story of Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman). Jackie is a Negro League baseball player who never takes racism to the heart unless it’s personal. Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford) is a Major League team executive with a bold idea. To that end, Rickey recruits Robinson to break the unspoken color line as the first modern African American Major League player. As both anticipate, this proves a major challenge for Robinson and his…

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In the play Fences, August Wilson divides this play into two acts, One and Two, with four and five scenes respectively. It raises issues that the African-Americans faced mostly on racism. The main character is a man named Troy who has a rough time providing for his family. When he was younger, he was arrested for accidentally killing someone else during a robbery gone wrong. In his time in prison, he practiced baseball and became very good at it. He then plays baseball with the hope of earning…

The Great Life of Mickey Mantle Number 7. A baseball Hall of Fame number that will always be remembered in professional baseball. However, a number is just a number without the man who made it great. That man was Mickey Mantle. Born during the Great Depression, this did not define Mickey Mantle, who seemed destined to have a stunning career in baseball, but Mantle will also be remembered for his life outside sports and his legacy. Mickey Mantle grew up a normal boy in rural Oklahoma. He was…

Author Elie Wiesel once said, “Let us not forget, after all, that there is always a moment when the moral choice is made. Often because of one story or one book or one person, we are able to make a different choice, a choice for humanity, for life.” Ethics is a philosophical ideal, and it seeks to understand and justify those moral standards that are appropriate to the occupations that one chooses to advance in. Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is an NFL receiver for the Arizona Cardinals and established…