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- 51: The Natural 2
- ... to be noticed. His sense of honor and pride are part of his remarkable character. Ray is an athlete born with rare talents, abilities, and love for the game of baseball, which makes him unforgettable. Determination can influence many people to strive for goals. Roy Hobbs was determined to the best player in baseball. When he was just nineteen years old and had not played baseball for an organized team, he wanted to "break every record in the book for throwing and hitting." p.g.30 He had no previous experience of playing baseball, except ...
- 52: Epidemiology of Varsity Sports
- ... because performance has been impaired (Hanes and Murray, 1982). The following statistics will deal with injuries of collegiate sports incurred by athletes involved in Men's and Women's Basketball, Baseball, Gymnastics and Track and Field, Men's Soccer, and Wrestling, and Women's Field Hockey. BASKETBALL The study of the nature and extent of athletic injuries Occuring in Women's ... strains with 37% of the injuries Occuring to the lower extremity. All the data collected by Clarke and Buckley was received from the National Athletic Injury/ Illness Recording System (NAIRS). BASEBALL Clark and Buckley have also examined Men's and Women's Baseball in their study The reported injury rate for this particular sport was 9.2% (men's) and 8.7% (women's). Sprains occurred 37% and 40% respectively, strains accounted ...
- 53: Jackie Robinson 2
- ... Robinson in Cairo, Georgia. He attended Pasadena Junior College (now Pasadena City College) in California and the University of California, Los Angeles. As an undergraduate, Robinson excelled in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He left college in 1941 in his junior year and shortly thereafter joined the U.S. Army. Discharged early in 1945 with the rank of first lieutenant, Robinson signed a contract to play professional baseball with the Monarchs, a Kansas City, Missouri, team of the Negro American League. Later in 1945 Robinson signed with Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to play with the minor league Royals in Montréal. After one season with the Royals, Robinson joined the Brooklyn team and became the first black to play modern major league baseball. From 1947 to 1956, mostly as a second baseman, Robinson batted .311 in 1382 games. He was also a daring baserunner. In 1962 Robinson was elected to the Baseball ...
- 54: Act Of Courage (jim Abbott)
- ... I thought to myself, this is perfect! Jim Abbott is a man who shows courage when the odds are against him. He is fulfilling his lifelong dream of playing professional baseball despite the fact that he was born without a right hand. Whenever I see Jim pitch, I am reminded of something that happened when I was about 8 or 9 ... You can do whatever you want to do. There is no limit. He is an individual who is able to find the strength and courage to develop his talent in baseball despite the odds. Whenever Jim does something wrong or screws up a play, he is never quick to blame his hand; he blames his heart and tries harder when faced ... feel self-conscious about his incomplete arm. Jim s father encouraged Jim to be active. Jim showed an early interest in sports (Jennings 33-34). He saw other kids playing baseball and decides that joining their games would help him to fit in. Every day with help from his father, Jim practiced handling a ball and glove. Naturally, he adapted ...
- 55: Jack Robinson
- ... Jackie got a scholarship to the University of California at UCLA. Jackie's true passion was playing sports. He excelled in every sport he played. His favorites were football, track, baseball and basketball, which earned him a scholarship. Jackie was the first student to play on four varsity teams. At UCLA in 1940 he met his future wife Rachel Isum. He did not complete his senior year at UCLA. Instead at age of 21 he joined NYA (national Youth Administration.) where he played baseball to entertain campers and worked with children. He also earned extra money by playing for a semi-pro football team, known as the Honolulu Bears. In 1941 Robinson joined the ... to the back of the bus. A court martial acquitted Jackie and he received an honorable discharge in 1944 with the rank of his first lieutenant. Jackie began his professional baseball career in 1945 with the Kansas City Monarchs, one of the leading teams of the Negro leagues. Later that year he signed with Branch Rickey the general manager of ...
- 56: Sammy Sosa Vs. Mark McGwire
- Sammy Sosa Vs. Mark McGwire There are many athletes in baseball today, but two names everyone knows are Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. McGwire, known to most as "Big Mac" and Sosa, known to most as "Slammin' Sammy" are great athletes who share a part of baseball history. Both are good hitters but they are also different hitters. They are both good players on the field, yet off the field they are also charitable people. McGwire and ... have not been in the league the same amount of time. The only way to evaluate and compare these two men is to wait until they have both retired from baseball. We can only compare them to what they have done up to today. McGwire and Sosa both have a good overall batting average. McGwire has a .265 and Sosa ...
- 57: Jackie Robinson
- ... two phrases that cannot be segregated. Whether he liked it or not, he played the star role in the integration of society during the time that he played Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His heroic journey that landed him in the Majors shows, how integration has come to baseball and how it can be achieved in every corner of the land (Robinson 16). But this amazing triumph over the Jim Crow laws could only have been possible in New ... peoples puddin (14). Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 and was raised by his mother in Pasadena, California. He attended UCLA, where he was a baseball, basketball, football and track star. He played semi-professional football for a short time in an integrated league with the Honolulu Bears before being drafted into the army. He ...
- 58: Mark Mcgwire Vs Sammy Sosa
- Although a lot of people play baseball two names that come to mind are Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. McGwire and Sosa are very good hitters but are also so very different hitters. McGwire and Sosa are very great athletes who share apart of baseball history. McGwire and Sosa are good players but off the field they are very charitable individuals. McGwire and Sosa have many similarities and differences. IT is hard to compare Mark ... been in the league the same amount of time. The only way to fairly evaluate and compare these two individuals is to truly wait until they have both retired from baseball. Today we can only compare them to what they have done to today. McGwire and Sosa's hitting average over all is very close. McGwire has a .265 and ...
- 59: Ty Cobb
- Ty Cobb "Baseball," Ty Cobb liked to say, "is something like a war...Baseball is a red- blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's not pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out of it. It's...a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest" (Ward and Burns 64). Although Ty Cobb was possibly the greatest player in baseball history, many people would consider him its worst person. Tyrus Raymond Cobb was born December 18, 1886 in The Narrows, Georgia. His parents named him after the ancient Phoenician ...
- 60: Babe Ruth 3
- ... was meeting Brother Mathias. Brother Mathias was the disciplinary guy at St. Mary s. He spent a lot of time with George. He even helped Ruth learn to be a baseball player. Baseball was a popular game for the boys at St. Mary s and George played well at a young age. He played all positions on the field, was an excellent pitcher and had the ability to hit the ball very well. By his late teens Ruth had developed into a major league baseball prospect. On February 27, 1914, at the age of nineteen, the Baltimore Orioles signed Babe to his first professional baseball contract. Because Ruth s parents had signed over custody ...
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