The Run

“Home Run!” The announcer yells as the crowd goes crazy. Babe Ruth has done it again folks. "He's the best of the best", the children yell. Some of you may be asking ,well, what is baseball . Baseball is Americas favorite pass time. It’s been that way since the 1920’s. This game of hitting a ball with a stick and hearing that sweet and beautiful crackle as the bat and the ball connects seems to put fire in people’s veins as they yell and cheer for their favorite team as they enter the field. The…

batting average of .265 and a WHIP of 1.28. His best season was in 2003, with Oakland, when he had a 7-4 record, with a 3.04 ERA, an opponents batting average of .236 and a WHIP of 1.26. This season, Bradford is 1-0 with a 2.57 ERA with 15 hits, two runs (both earned) in 7.0 innings of work this season. His opponents batting average is .417 and a WHIP of 2.14. Bradford, 34, has played for the White Sox, A's, Red Sox, Mets, Orioles and Rays. Other pitchers (like Pat Neshek of Minnesota) have…

Ever since I was a child I have loved baseball. My parents let me play and watch all sports as a child, but I was drawn to baseball for as long as I can remember. I played baseball from the time I was five years old to the time I was fourteen years old, and the only thing that stopped me, was an injury. In eighth grade, I managed to tear the labrum in my left shoulder by diving for a ball and jamming the shoulder while landing. Sadly, I had to switch over to golf, but I have never lost my…

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…

I started playing soccer for my school in first grade and kept on playing till third grade when I stopped because I found a sport I felt was much more appealing to me in the way the game was played and the teamwork needed to play. It could also be fact that my dad told me I needed to play, which was fine because I wanted to play anyway. This sport is baseball, an All-American sport played by athletes who are not afraid to put themselves in front of a 100 mile per hour ball. Baseball takes a…

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…

The Story of Baseballandia “It was a beautiful day at the royal empire of baseball andie King Dalton “the Home Run Hitter” Areias was getting crowned.” “Now I announce you King of Baseball andie King Dalton “the Home Run Hitter” Areias is now officially crowned.” “Every baseball player was clapping and cheering it was a new rein of a king reporters like Kayley was asking him about what laws were going to be made and he said that he was going to do his best to be a good king” “Later that year…

Musial) They would win their 3rd World Series in 6 seasons. It would go on to be Musial’s last, who hit .222 with 4 RBIs in the Series. After another All-Star campaign in 1947, Musial had perhaps his finest season. The Man led the NL in average, hits, runs, doubles, triples, slugging percentage, OBP, OPS+, and total bases. (Stan Musial) He also had 39 homers, finishing just 1 homer shy of the Triple Crown. (Stan Musial) He was voted the NL MVP for the 3rd and final time in his career. Over the…

He ran the count to two balls and two strikes ( Schwartz 2) . Before Cubs pitcher Charlie Root hurled the next pitch, amid the heckling of Cubs fans, Babe pointed to the center field bleachers. Then he slammed what is believed to be the longest home run ever hit out of Wrigley Field, right above where he pointed ( Schwartz 2). Babe Ruth was so popular that even the USA’s enemies new him (Schwartz 2). This is the man who made baseball the national pastime, the kid who started out looking like…

having to go to the professor for help. In reality, that means that you’re smart but you just can’t figure out why something is how it is and you want to know. Never be afraid of going to a professor and asking for help. It will help you in the long run more than you think it…