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dream, doesn't it? Well this was a reality for the legendary man known as Yogi Berra. This paper will uncover the life of Yogi Berra; covering his birth and childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, his early days that lead to his fame, his main years, his years after retirement, and the legacy he left. Now, let's go back to St. Louis, Missouri 1925, where this story begins. On May 12th 1925 a yet-to-be legend was brought into the world by Pietro and…

McKenna Williams City University Life April Friges September 11, 2014 Roberto Clemente was an amazing baseball player and an inspiring human being. Best known as being one of the Pittsburgh’s most talented players, Clemente lead the Pirates as a powerful batter and as a defensive right fielder. However, there is more to Clemente’s fame than just baseball; he was also a strong world leader. He was passionate about racial issues and human rights. He used his fame and talent to help his country…

Albert Pujols has been amazing for Saint Louis baseball, he shaped their program into what it is today, a winning, successful team. He is known for hitting over 500 career home runs, which is a feat very few baseball players have achieved. He has won awards such as the MVP, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron, Gold Glove, and many more awards like those. He has been playing professional baseball for over sixteen years now and has played for both the Saint Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels.…

betrayed. By Ruth's ability to do this, he was the most influential player in baseball. To understand the influence Ruth had in the game, one must first look at his past. He was born in Baltimore in 1895 and was a troubled child. He was sent off to St. Mary's…

1920, in Donora, PA to Lukasz and Mary Musial. (Finkel.) Musial was the 5th of 6 children. Growing up he frequently played the game of baseball, and at the age of 15, he began playing on a semi-pro team in Donora. (Stan Musial.) It was there that St. Louis Cardinal scouts discovered him and they offered him a contract as a pitcher in 1938. Musial accepted, and over the next 2 years,…

On April 15, 1947, a young man from Georgia stepped onto the field, he made history. Jackie Robinson was an African American baseball player who starred in the major leagues from 1947 to 1957. What made his career special was he was extraordinary at the game as well as being the first African American to play the game. He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers as well as the Kansas City Monarchs in the “Negro League”. This is important because Jackie Robinson led the way for many other African…

Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke baseball’s color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented and versatile player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship – the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Despite his skill, Robinson faced a barrage of insults and threats…

he finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year balloting and even garnered a few National League Most Valuable Player votes after hitting .278 with 10 homers and 42 RBI as the Braves regular catcher. In 1971 while playing for the St. Louis Cardinals he transitioned from catcher to third base and led the NL with 230 hits to go with a .363 batting average, 24 home runs and 137 RBI. For these accomplishments he was named the league’s Most Valuable Player. In 18 big league seasons…

Jackie was a great baseball player. He was knowed for his rapidity and for his great talent of base thief. Born in 1919, he showed a lot of talents in his sport when he was very young. At that time, black people didn’t had acces to the major league of baseball so no one of them, even if they was the best of the best, couldn’t be able to have a real career in baseball. We are in the first half of the century in the United-states. Slavery is illegal but racial equality isn’t present. A black…

Sabermetrics is regularly characterized as the target investigation of baseball by methods for insights. The term was made by Bill James as reverence to the Society of American Baseball Research—SABR. Yet, sabermetrics didn't pick up standard consideration until Michael Lewis' book Moneyball was distributed in 2003. Lewis chronicled the endeavors of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who has utilized measurable examination to direct the Athletics to five playoff appearances over the…