waters and other kind of beverages. The company's strategy, brands and people have made it a strong, sustainable and profitable business. Simply, its mission statement is to be the best beverage business in the Americas. This company has evolved from series of collaborations, inventions and discoveries. In 1885, Charles Alderton, a young pharmacist in Waco, Texas, invented Dr Pepper. It was a drug store where Alderton worked and the first Dr Pepper fans asked for a "Waco". The oldest soft drink…
atlantis in the Bahamas! Then the unthinkable happened Travis Pastrana and Kevin Hart showed up in a big jacked up super duty Dodge with a trailer full of dirtbikes, and at that moment I knew it was time to party. “ I said i’ll be right out with my stuff!” “Ok make it quick, I mean real quick im antsy to get a move on it’s a long drive said Travis.” “What is taking him so long?” “I don’t know hurry up.” “Just a few more minutes!” “Ok Done.” I then got in the back seat and saw that Travis…
The Missing Athlete “Let’s go girls take a lap said Coach Stewart” “Dang that is the third lap today mumbled Jamie” I want all you of to be ready and in shape for the Olympic Games this summer, I want you guys to come out onto that court and show that all those other teams from these other countries that USA is the best team! “Coach just wants the best for us said Amy” “I know but all this working out is making me very tired, it is very hard trying to juggle being on an Olympic volleyball…
is arguably one of the greatest players baseball has ever seen. He played 20 seasons with the New York Yankees and won 5 World Series rings. The way he carried himself, on and off the field is why he has been a role model for so many kids across the nation. Above all other major league teams, the New York Yankees are the team that everyone dreams to play for, and growing up loving and dreaming to play for them and actually making that dream come true is a huge accomplishment in life. Jeter…
gambling and corruption all have one thing in common, sports. This is displayed in 1919 when “ The Greatest Scandal in Sports History” took place and astonished many people who looked up to some of the world’s most popular athletes. The Chicago White Sox players took money, or a bribe, to play poorly and lose the world series. The aforementioned players were banned from baseball forever, for their conduct, but weren’t convicted of gambling in a federal court (Barnes 285). This ignominy resembles…
2004 American League Championship Series, the Boston Red Sox faced off against their most hated rivals, the New York Yankees. The Red Sox were already in the midst of an 86-year World Series drought known as “The Curse of the Bambino.” 2004 was the closest Boston had come to winning a World Series title since the infamous Bill Buckner error in 1986. Red Sox fans had believed all year long that this was THE year. However, after being down 3 games to none in the series, the Red Sox faced…
There are always exceptions, but generally, the teams that spend the most money in the sport on their rosters tend to win the World Series every year.’’This quote shows how every team should have an equal chance of winning the world series. Also, all of the small teams have an disadvantage. Also, not a lot of teams with small payrolls will make it into the world series. For example ’’Since then, only two small-payroll teams have even made the Fall Classic: the 2008 Tampa Bay Rays and the 2014…
Clemente (Roberto Clemente1 1). During Roberto Clemente childhood, he led a group of boys to raise money to help build a fence to protect their school. Roberto Clemente also once rescued someone from a burning car. As a young boy, Roberto Clemente got up at six o’clock to deliver milk he was trying to save money to buy a bike. Also, as a young boy, he developed a passion for baseball. Roberto Clemente was dominant on any field. He made…
who managed the Cleveland Indians to within one game of winning the 2016 World Series, left his mark on Major League Baseball when he led the Boston Red Sox to the championship in 2004, in his first season as manager. The Red Sox broke an 86-year drought and the curse of Babe Ruth, with an improbable comeback in the American League Championship Series. The team rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven series with their hated rival, the New York Yankees. Baseball purist are people that…
suspects of accepting money from gamblers to throw the World Series away. It is considered today as one of the biggest scandals in Major League Baseball history, along with the Pete Rose cheating scandal. As for the trial, some parts were fair, but they were treated to harshly at the time being. The 1919 World Series was played between the Chicago White Sox (Black Sox), and the Cincinnati Reds. The White Sox were predicted to win the World Series in an easy fashion according…