St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Progress columnist Alan Gibson died last week at his home in Bent Tree of natural causes [his obituary appears on page 16A]. Gibson had been contributing his “The Essential Bad Attitude” column to the Progress since April 2008. The author of books and plays won a first place award in the largest weekly newspaper category for humor writing in the Georgia Press Association contest for the year 2013. The Bent Tree resident has never missed a weekly deadline, still working in longhand, vigorously…

in Mississippi. His name was Thomas Lanier Williams when he was born, He later changed his name after moving to New Orleans at age 28. Williams’s childhood was hard because although he was a happy boy, his life changed after his family moved to St. Louis Missouri. As a result of the urban life he now had, Williams turned inward and began writing. His parents were not a happy marriage, the home felt tense. All the tension in his house and the personalities his parents had helped Williams…

Jackie Robinson used his activism and talent in baseball to change a political view on african american by being the first african american baseball player. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in cairo,georgia. His daddy walked out on him, his mom and 4 other siblings. Soon after his birthday he and his mom and 4 other siblings moved to Pasadena, California. In high school Jack Roosevelt Robinson played baseball, basketball, football, broad jump, and track at UCLA. In 1942,…

In order to complete the project assignment, a movie called Moneyball is under review, a dramatic sports biography released in 2011. The movie begins by introducing organizational problems attributed to assembling a successful baseball team, fixated on overcoming serious budget deficiencies when compared to other teams. Former professional baseball player and Oakland A’s General Manager (GM) Billy Beane, takes assembling and developing a World Series winning worthy team personally upon himself…

Joe DiMaggio was one of the greatest hitters and center fielders in all of baseball history. He set many records, including a 56 game hitting streak in 1941. DiMaggio won 9 World Series titles during the 13 years with the New York Yankees. DiMaggio came to America as the son of a poor Italian immigrants, but then later grew up to be a baseball legend. Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914. He was born in Martinez, California. Joe was the 8th child of Giuseppe and Rosalie DiMaggio.…

Introduction Money rules in Major League Baseball. The more money a team has, the more likely they are to do better during their season. That is why teams such as the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants don’t have much difficulty building a strong team. With such a high salary cap, they have the ability to sign the best players. With better players, that leads to better development as well as an easier way to attract better free agents. Due to that, very rarely do teams with low salary caps like the…

Jackie Robinson Lynleigh Carroll 7th Grade English Language Arts On https://www.biography.com it states, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier for baseball in the 20th century. He played for the brooklyn dodgers, he first took the field on April 15, 1947. https://www.biography.com states, Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. He was the youngest of 5 kids, Mark Robinson (brother), Edgar robinson (brother), Willa May…

This ain't fun but you watch me I’ll get it done! I one of many things Jackie Robinson said to get his spirits up. Jackie Robinson was the very first African American baseball player to play major league baseball. Jackie Robinson was a fine fellow, showed stellar character, and could get the job done! His legacy Personally Civilly, and Athletically changed his Country and the lives within it. Jackie had a very rough early life from neighborhood kids to rude opposing teams. Jack Roosevelt…

The family lived in the Methodist manse at the corner of Spruce St. and Catherine St. The home still exists but is in private hands. The Methodist church in downtown Aurora became the United Church of Canada. The church was demolished following a devastating fire in 2014. Rev. Pearson was a member of the Aurora Rugby…

I. Introduction: A. On October 30th, 2005, Houston, Texas lost its only major amusement park when Six Flags decided to close the gates to AstroWorld after operating since the summer of 1968. B. AstroWorld was once full of history and thrilling attractions, and although some of the rides have been taken elsewhere, it may soon be open for business under a new name. C. Now, unless you are a native Houstonian or visited Houston when AstroWorld was still up and running, then you probably weren’t…