St. Louis Blues

Many people know about Jackie Robinson being the first African American in the Major League Baseball, but seem to forget about the second person to follow, Larry Doby. Growing up Doby didn't have it out for himself, he was continuously passed around, living with multiple family members with no permanent home. Despite the family problems, Larry continued to express himself through his love of baseball all through his childhood and adulthood, were he went beyond many African Americans would ever…

Turning points can vary depending on the situation or person. This will talk about the people from three stories. The stories that this information come from are The Father of Chinese Aviation, I Never Had it Made, and Warriors Don't Cry. Jackie Robinson was the first African American person in the MLB. Back then people didn’t really like african american people so him being accepted into the MLB wasn’t smooth. He faced discrimination from fans in the crowd and even some of his teammates. It…

Minor League, Minor Pay In an age where professional athletes make more than accomplished doctors and surgeons, it is surprising to find that minor league players make below minimum wage. Minor league baseball players should be paid more than what they are being paid today because it takes away from their time with family and provides with no opportunity alternative source of income. Minor league baseball players deserve to be paid more because they do not have time to have other jobs.…

Jackie Robinson Rough Draft Jackie Robinson is one of the most historic baseball players and athletes ever. Jackie Robinson was the first African American major league baseball player. He went through a lot of physical and emotional abuse to be one of the most historic characters in baseball history. He had the athleticism, the courage, and most importantly, the guts. Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers at the time was one of the only to believe in Robinson.…

Robinson & Daisy’s Struggles Jackie Robinson’s struggle is that he didn’t have all the rights as his teammates. He couldn’t play the same without getting threatened. For example. The fans would boo him and throw items at him. The word everything that happened to him is racism. His own teammates would threaten to kill him, they would even sign a petition to not play. Daisy Junor’s struggle was she had to play every night and trained every morning. She also had to act like a…

anyone signed. Rickey brought him up to the Dodgers making him promise not to get frustrated about the racial taunts he was expecting (“Jackie Robinson” 3). After arriving in the pro’s, he promoted a few racially motivated actions, for example, the St. Louis Cardinals threatened to go on strike because of his arrival but stopped when the National League president threatened…

Now there is another thing that people bring up. How come the NFL just fines people for things like this and making these mistakes and the MLB just ban them for life. Yes there are many instances that have occurred during the time of baseball and football that they have had many differences. Like for instance PEDs in football you just get fined money. Some players were fined over one million dollars for using PEDs, but on the other hand players in the MLB get suspensions. Like Dee Gordon got a…

the official British flag was the Two-Crossed jack or the Royal Union flag. From 1801 the style of the flag changed. After the Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland in 1801, the diagonal Cross of St. Patrick was incorporated with England's St. George's Cross and Scotland's Cross of St. Andrew. This gave the Royal Union flag its present day structure. Union Jack was used across British North America and in Canada even after Confederation from 1867 until 1965. After and last flag that…

Quiznos is a sandwich shop based in Denver, Colorado, that sells hot toasted subs, as well as soups and salads. Over the past few years, the business has been declining rapidly. Three major factors that have led to the decline of Quiznos include, franchise woes, production failure, and store closures due to thriving competitors. As far as statistics go, Quiznos went out of business very quickly. First off, the business had more than 5,000 locations by 2007 (Strauss 1). However, the…

Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey both showed tremendous personal courage in the face of opposition that led to the success of “The Noble Experiment”. “The Noble Experiment” was an experiment in which Branch Rickey was trying to find the right black man to play baseball with white people. The right black man would show black people can play with white people. When Branch Rickey first started his noble experiment, he wanted to find the right man, a man that was good at baseball and one that…