World Series

influence or a terrible player, it just means he's human. We all make mistakes, but at the end of the day we learn from them and continue on with our life. Never the less, this man was an amazing player who came from a rough neighborhood and showed the world you can make something out of nothing. George Herman " Babe" Ruth is the best baseball player of all time. Even though he has passed he continues to amaze people as they read his biographies or they look at all the records he had…

the Yankees overpaid Aroldis Chapman signing him to a five year deal worth $86 million, a deal that shattered the previous record for any relief pitcher. But the point is, they intended to overpay him. Resigning Chapman after dealing him to the World Series champion Chicago Cubs was a priority for Brian Cashman, and after getting it done, this is a signing that should be celebrated.…

Alex Rodriguez played for a team that you either hate or love or hate— the Yankees. In 2009 he helped led them to his first and only World Series Championship. While Alex Rodriguez is not the leader of career home runs, he is close, as he is in forth all time, and still is playing. Most likely he will not catch him as the career leader with an asterisk next to it. Even though his achievements are not quite as amazing his case is a bigger than Barry Bonds because of the era he is living in.…

the Major Leagues, the Negro Leagues flourished. At its peak, the average player would make between $200 and $300, which is more than they would make anywhere else. The segregation in baseball would soon be coming to an end. It took an event like World War ll to make people realize how bad segregation in baseball was. The American people realized that colored people were expected to die fighting for America, but couldn't play in a baseball league with whites. A poll was even taken with National…

merits is no waste of time, Don't take cheap shots. Both teams are good this year that is a fact, so don't remind Cubs fans about how long it has been since their last World Series... they know. Don't point out low attendance at Sox games because that just doesn't matter. Both teams know how to win and keep showing it. The City Series should be circled on your calendar. For four straight days in July (July 25-28) your team will be playing for the Crosstown Cup. Two games at each ballpark…

CBS he said, “‘I should have picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second chance. They haven’t given too many gamblers a second chances in the world of baseball,’ Rose said” (Perry). Sadly, what Rose says is true, if he would’ve done any of the things he said instead of gambling he could have prolonged his career and made it to the Hall of Fame. Home Run leader, Barry Bonds, took steroids to…

One incident in particular the Black Sox Scandal. “Later evidence revealed that eight Chicago players had taken money from gamblers to dump the 1919 World Series. Seven of the eight alleged fixers admitted to a grand jury they had received sums varying from $5,000-$10,000—figures that exceeded the annual salaries of most of the accused—to throw the series to Cincinnati (Rader 144).” If the league would have just paid the players more the league would not have had to deal with players gambling on…

Ruth copied his swing. Jackson was one of the best hitters during his time which is proven by he ranked top ten every year for his career in batting average and triples, which is the hardest hit to get. Even though he was caught up in the 1919 World Series scandal, Shoeless Joe Jackson’s hitting style is great to imitate because he has the third best batting average of all time, an imitated swing, and had top ranking stats when he played. Jackson could be considered to be one of the best hitters…

attributed to assembling a successful baseball team, fixated on overcoming serious budget deficiencies when compared to other teams. Former professional baseball player and Oakland A’s General Manager (GM) Billy Beane, takes assembling and developing a World Series winning worthy team personally upon himself to complete. By competing with teams like the New York Yankees, where resources are much more plentiful, GM Billy Beane decides to think pragmatically outside the box, adopting unfamiliar…

sticks out: Mickey Mantle. Mantle is possibly one of the most influential players in the Major League Baseball’s history. Because of his switch-hitting abilities and his outfielding skills, he was a most famed and renowned player in the world. He was on twelve World Series teams, seven of which he clinched the title along with his team. His athletic abilities were profound, and have long been unsurpassed and he had a passion for baseball that many lack. Mantle was born in Spavinaw, Oklahoma on…