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Jane Zuroweste Ms. Davis College Prep English G2 18 April 2017 The 1985 World Series It was an abnormally warm October day, October twenty-sixth, 1985 to be exact. Two Missouri teams are practicing for World Series Game Six, the Saint Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals. It was the second time in history that two Missouri teams faced each other in the World Series. The Cardinals were up in the series three-two, they just had to win that night’s game and they would become the 1985 World…

Nick Pettit Mrs. Sexton English 10 8 April 2017 Where was the Spin? The knuckleball has arrived with a bang to the game of baseball, but most people do not know the knuckleball has been thrown for a long time in Major League Baseball. The evolution of the game of baseball has recently brought more pitchers who can consistently throw a knuckleball for a strike. I. Introduction A. What is a knuckleball? B. Why does it work? II. Science of a knuckleball A. The spin B. The laces III. Knuckleballers…

Jackie Robinson despite being faced with many threats and insults throughout his time in the Negro Leagues, joining the MLB, and his retirement showed people how one man can make a change. Jackie Robinson, the man who broke the color barrier, journey was not an easy task as people may think, with many struggles in his path. By “breaking the barrier at the age of twenty-eight” (Linge 56) and being able to fight through his struggles and not giving up showed how much strength he had. These…

The project that choose to do was a softball field how I am going to make this project is by having the, Nucleus be in charge of the manger for the softball field and if the manager left then we would have nobody in charge because tectonically we don’t need a manger for that time period of the games because everyone would be doing there own thing at their field so we really don’t need a manager at the field.The Mitochondria will be in control of the lights so that when it gets dark the lights…

Company Background: The Panera Bread Company was founded in 1981 and was original named Au Bon Pain Company. In 1993 Au Bon Pain Company purchased Saint Louis Bread Company. After the purchase the company revamped and changed the name to Panera Bread. In 1997 Panera Bread was on a path to being a leader in its industry but it would require all of the financial resources of the company. May of 1999, shareholder values where over $1 million dollars. As of June 25, 2013, Panera Bread owns and…

John A Macdonald was a great man and a great Canadian. Mr. Macdonald helped to build Canada as he was Canadas first prime minister. Macdonald was for every language, he did not discriminate against Lower Canada like some government officials did he was very open to work with them. He is also a great Canadian because he gave others the opportunity to be really amazing he gave them the opportunity to be a Canadian. John was the first prime minister of Canada and he helped to create Canada as we…

Because of the higher ups in the MLB organization the sport is being ruined. Have you ever looked at the official rules? If not, let me tell you they are getting extremely confusing. I Have to say if they keep this up they will ruin the game of baseball. I like the game of baseball because it oldschool, now there’s all these rules that are changing sides of the game as a whole. The MLB rules are getting too confusing. In 2016 alone the MLB has amended 21 of the existing rules and added 3…

As displayed in the historical movie 42, the great Jackie Robinson had to go through much hatred and trash talk; the patience the man had in order to step onto the field himself and play the game was incredible. The fans were extremely harsh as it was a deviant action for an African American to share the field with white males, Jackie did not only have to deal with the fans but even some of his so called “teammates”. The rude things fans would yell at him such as ‘Why don’t you look in the…

Last year, the New York Mets ran away with the National League East. The Mets captured the division by seven games over the second place Washington Nationals. However, it wasn't always smooth sailing for the Mets in 2015 as the Nationals held the division lead heading into the last year’s All-Star break. 

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After winning the division in 2015, the Mets made a deep run in the playoffs. New York made it all the way to the World Series before the eventual World Series Champion Kansas…

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he 's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you 're ahead." Jackie Robinson What a day! On April 15, 1947, Major League Baseball 's color line was broken when Jackie Robinson made his debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Born Jack Roosevelt Robinson in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 to a family of sharecroppers, he was the youngest of three brothers and one sister. Jackie 's father left the family shortly after he was born and his…