The Run

Saturday afternoon at t Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The Mountaineers (14-10) scored two runs in the ninth to tie the game 3-3 and scored to in the 10th to take the lead. Sophomore Cole Austin had three hits and drove in three runs. Kyle Gray and Ivan Gonzalez each picked up two hits. Braden Zarbnisky (3-0) picked up the win for WVU. He pitched 1.2 scoreless frames, fanning three. Also, the sophomore scored the game-winning run. Garrett McCain went 2-for-3 for the Cowboys (16-10). Cole Hearrean…

Being the batter in the bottom of the ninth inning of the championship game, with two outs, bases loaded, and down by one run is both a baseball player’s most glorious dream and most onerous nightmare. This dream was my opportunity as I stepped up to the plate in the Delaware Regional Senior League championship game. The few metal bleachers near home plate at Leroy Hill Park were packed with families from all around Delaware, meanwhile those without a space set up lawn chairs around the…

Baseball in the 1930s When the Great Depression hit, it affected the money American people had. This really affected baseball. Ticket sales were the main money source for owners of teams and with less people coming to the games, they had to find new ways to get people to come. There was many changes to the sport in the ‘30s. The 1930s was an important time for baseball. Even with the Depression, the Golden Age of Baseball continued (Banks). With the impact of the Depression,…

leather came right off the ball. Billy became a major asset to his team fast, putting up homeruns and RBIs (Runs batted in)…

debut in minor league team in the Gulf Coast League. After showing his skills on the field Sosa was traded to the Chicago White Sox. In his first season he hit 15 home runs and stole 32 bases, posting a batting average of .233. He also became the only player in the American League to reach double digits in doubles, triples, home runs, and stolen bases. Sosa second season with the White Soxs was more tame, and he was traded to the Chicago Cubs. During his time with the Cubs Sosa stats kept…

In the short story, “Raymond's Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, the protagonist, Squeaky is a young girl who is in charge of taking care of her handicapped brother. Everyone calls the protagonist Squeaky because of her squeaky voice, but her real name is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah. She lives in New York with her family, and spends most of her days taking care of her brother and running. She does seem to be that social so she usually just prefers to be independent, and stick to her brother as a friend.…

it seems inevitable that conventional moral standards become perverted by the chaos of war. It transforms men into something we can no longer recognize as they become consumed by human nature’s most carnal desires. Erich Maria Remarque writes, “We run on, overwhelmed by this wave that bears us along, that fills us with ferocity, turns us into thugs, into murderers, into Gods knows what devils; this wave that multiples our strength with fear and madness and greed of life, seeking and fighting for…

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Babe Ruth was very significant to baseball. Babe Ruths real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr.Professional star Babe Ruth was very popular he had one sibling and was married to two people. When Babe Ruth was at a younger age he started to do bad things like chewing tobacco, drinking and a lot of other things that kids did not do and his parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really…

baseball. He is also a field reporter for the MLB postseson. In 1996 Caminiti began taking steroids to recover from a shoulder injury. In the second half of that season, Caminiti hit 28 home runs—his previous high for a season had been 26. Caminiti finished the season with 40 home runs, a .326 batting average, and 130 runs batted in. Each of these far exceeded his previous career bests. In the interview, Caminiti describes the impact of steroids on his body and on his play: “I felt like a kid. .…