The Last Home Run

Performance Enhancing Drugs have became a unfortunate constant problem in baseball. Hall of fame players such as Mike Piazza, Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire are just some of the names that used PEDs. Other notable players that have taken PEDS consist of Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, and Sammy Sosa. These substances have put a stain on baseball. There's a reason there is a era that is called the "steroid era" I call Barry Bonds "The Fake Dinger King" because of the fact that he used those…

odriguez Alex Rodriguez grew up playing the game of baseball at age 4.He played his dad one on one his dad beat him but it inspired him to do better.Years passed for Alex Rodriguez, in high-school he was a gifted football player but on the baseball field he was a bigger star. In his Junior year, he hit .477 batting average and stole 42 bases in just 35 games.He led his High-School baseball team to the State Championship.Before the 1993 draft Alex was inspired to go to Miami…

Christian D’Antonio Ms. Chakraborty Chemistry 21 25 March 2016 Research Paper Superpowers at Your Fingertips 9.79 seconds. 762 career home runs. 7 Tour De France wins. All of these statistics are extremely impressive, and one would think they would be world records. They were at one point. But former Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson, MLB baseball player Barry Bonds and cyclist Lance Armstrong all have admitted to using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), also known as anabolic steroids, thus…

Hiram “Hank” Williams was born on September 17th, 1923, and by the year 1937 Hank had begun his career as one of the early pioneers of blues and country music. Hank was born in a small town in Alabama called, Mt. Olive. Hank was the third child of his family. His dad, Elonzo “Lon” Williams, worked on railroads for a lumber company during the first seven years of Hanks life until his father started having health issues. Elonzo fought for two years in World War 1 and years later he started…

Anthony Harmon Mrs. Gould Feb. 6 2018 What Inspired Me A lot of things inspire me, and baseball is one of them. I have played baseball since I was 6 years old and played every year to this day. I have been blessed with the support of my family, coaches and teammates throughout the years of me playing baseball. The split of the bat, the fly of the glove, and the possess an aroma similar to spring noticeable all around are the most great highlights of the best season, baseball season. It's…

The Chosen by Chaim Potok describes an unexpected friendship between two people. Daniel “Danny” Saunders and Reuven Malter were playing baseball against each other when Danny’s pitch hit Reuven in the eye. It shattered Reuven’s glasses and left him with a piece of glass in his eye. While Reuven was in the hospital, Danny went to visit him and that’s where their friendship began. Because they are friends, Reuven helps Danny from quitting on his dreams of becoming a psychologist. With a little bit…

Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” tells the story of a diverse group of players from who found common ground in the love for America's greatest past time. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. The Portland Mavericks, a class “A” minor league team constructed by a former professional baseball player and actor, Bing Russell. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe…

Case presentation The movie that I have chosen this signature assignment is “The Rookie.” This particular movie is about a man who loves baseball growing up as a child. His father was in the military while he was young and they move from place to place. This young boy would get on the baseball team at school and his father would pay little attention to him and what he love to do and that playing baseball. The father never went to any of his games and he was very sad about that. One day the…

practice then go to bed. Three times a week not counting the extra hitting practice we have on occasion. One of the best parts about Coach Joe is that he doesn’t have to do this at all. He doesn’t have a kid on the team, or anything. Joe could be at home relaxing with his wife and kids. But no, he wants to make us to the best ball players and young men we could possibly be! He is my hero because of his toughness, athletic ability and how he is such a good example towards us! One great…

In the movie Moneyball (based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis), Billy Beane attempts to form a competitive baseball team for Oakland Athletics by assembling undervalued talent through a sophisticated approach of Sabermetrics. As demonstrated in the movie, a strong team can be built with empirical analysis of the game, answering objective questions and making data based decisions in athletic recruitment as against prejudice, wisdom and gut instincts. The…