The Run

and then went to warm up. “10 minutes to game time!” the umpire yelled. We were the visitors team which meant we hit first. Everybody on my team was ready to play when the game finally started. The top of our line up went up to bat. We scored two runs in the first inning and then it was time for me to start the game. I went out and the first batter grounded out. Then the second batter got a base hit. The third batter walked up to the plate. He was tall and skinny. I through a pitch down the…

broke out of his slump, going on to hit .361 with 11 homers and 50 RBIs during his stay in the minor leagues(ESPN). Nine years later in the heart of mantles career on September 10th, 1960 Mickey Mantle supposedly hit what’s now called “the longest home run ever” measured in at 643 ft. By the end of his career, he got on base almost half the time…

advance towards the fort showed how aware the Indians were of the advance of the British as they began to cross the Appalachian Mountains. “Numbers and Tactics at Bushy Run” by Don Daudelin was an article that also influenced me as I continued my research on the topic. Daudelin’s work looked in more detail the Battle of Bushy Run which. His article along with my visiting the terrain as well as my knowledge of the distance between the forts from Fort Bedford to Fort Pitt provided me with a…

People run into conflict everyday. This can lead to a good or bad outcome. A lot of the times however it leads to a bad outcome. Although it can lead to a good one it usually does not. I’m going to tell you how conflict usually has a negative impact especially to certain people. In “Things Fall Apart” you see a lot of conflict throughout the book. When there’s conflict usually it has a bad outcome such as when okonkwo beats his children. The outcome will be bad for the children which…

There are many ways that people can look at life. Some people can think of life as a race while others think of it as a steady run. The people who see life as a race are more determined on success to prove things to other people and the people who see life as a steady run are more determined to focus on success for themselves. The race can be a goal that someone has set for themselves to achieve to show others how great this person is. This can be a bad and a good thing. We need competitive…

These players are good, however, they are not the best. These players get the fame for hitting 400 foot home runs because a lot of viewers love watching the ball fly. Fans enjoy the high scoring, back and forth games. This is why the others get the fame and acknowledgement, but not one of them has the skillset of Andrelton Simmons. We have seen Simmons hit the occasional 400 foot home run before, but when have we ever seen Bryce Harper make a diving play in the hole, get up and throw a 95MPH+…

Social Media has been an integral part of everyday life for almost 10 years. Many people have grown accustom to it and have forgotten what life was like before it existed. Social media has such a large impact that one simple post can change a person’s perspective. “Social media…shows clearly that the ‘meaning’ or ‘effect’ of digital technologies is formed through the practices in which they are used and the social relations and institutions that develop around them” (Lövheim, Jansson, Paasonen…

Girls Just Wanna Not Run: The Gender Gap in Young Americans’ Political Ambition by Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox Based on the results of a new survey of more than 2,100 American college students between the ages of 18 and 25 which assessed the likelihood of running for public office in the United States of America and the “gender gap in ambition”, Jennifer L. Lawless, Associate Professor of Government at American University, and Richard L. Fox, Professor of Political Science at Loyola…

The Oklahoma Land Run is viewed in two different lights. One side is portrayed by white settlers that are filled with hope and dreams. The other side is people who believe this shouldn’t event shouldn’t be celebrated. This event in history was only explored by white settlers, who were American citizens. Native Americans, who lived on this land, were not able to participate in the land runs. A select criteria was enforced for the land run. The land, that was up for grabs, was once a part of…

The conflict of “Raymond’s Run” is between Squeaky, who is the fastest runner in her Harlem neighborhood, and Mr. Pearson, the May Day race director. The conflict started when Mr. Pearson said “Wouldn’t it be a nice gesture if you were… to ahhh…” on page 552, and Squeaky took this as offensive, she already knew what he was going to ask and that was to lose the race on purpose. Therefore, Mr. Pearson was being rude and Squeaky did not appreciate it, that is where the conflict comes in play…