Picture this everything is going great like is amazing then bam! A bad fire strikes your house or business you're left with nothing your life is crushed. You don't know what to do how to counteract the adversity life has thrown at you. Do you throw in the towel give up or start all over? But the real question may be what are you going to salvage or save with so little time to react. “I learned a real lesson to keep insurance on everything you value otherwise it could be gone, but I'm thankful my mother was thinking and saved my dad's medical practice,” (“Fire changes”).It's crazy to think that everything could be gone like that and your very thankful you could salvage what you could or what was most important to you. Not everyone thankfully has to go through a fire and be so close to losing everything in so little time I'm glad no one was hurt and the boy's father was able to keep his medical practice going it’s just very unfortunate. (“Fire changes”) “Edmond pope, a retired U.S. Naval officer, was …show more content…
Pinch-hit his 400th home run setting a major league mark to reach as a pinch hitter. He was a slugger he crushed a lot of home runs and was a major star during his time playing for a few times such as the Reds and the Marlins as I know of. Also he set the bar and followed his dad's footsteps in reach for stardom. I was very surprised when I saw that the New York Mets were swept in the World Series by the New York Yankees because nowadays many teams don't complete a sweep they struggle to close a series as it is (“Historical events in October 2000”).A big fashion trend back then was the throwback jersey, or sweatbands,highlights in the hair, long white tees, popped collar polos, v-necks and shutter shades(“the 25 best”). Many people wanted to fit in and when there was a trend many people followed and continued the trend. I wished I could've remembered Ken Griffey crushing home runs and winning games for his ball club in walk off
Rose’s following years playing in the MLB will establish himself as one of the best baseball players in the history of the sport; Rose surpassed 200 hits for the first of a record ten times in 1965, notched batting titles in 1968 and 1969, and won Gold Gloves for his outfield defense in 1969 and 1970” (“Pete Rose”). Rose’s intensity was tremendously displayed on the field; sometimes more negative than positive. During the 1970 All-Star game, Rose was involved in one of the most infamous plays in MLB history. Batting against pitcher Clyde Wright in the 12th inning, Rose singled and advanced to second base on another single by Billy Grabarkewitz. Jim Hickman then hit a single toward center field, Rose rounded third and headed for
Derek Jeter will be remembered as one of the most unique and popular baseball players to ever play in the Major League. The way Jeter played shortstop for the New York Yankees was incredible because he was able to get on base as well as field efficiently. Ever since he started his full career with the Yankees in 1996 he has won many awards. His performance helped the Yankees win the World Series five times. Also, he earned many individual awards such as Most Valuable Player in the All-Star game and Most Value Player in the World Series in 2000.
Jeter became a leader and a good friend to everyone. He was friends with anyone even if the kid was mean. Jeter became the best short-stop ever. Baseball thought Jeter was awesome and wanted to help him. Baseball gave Jeter more friends, teachers, and fans.
Beginning with his professional home run record of 141 while not properly finishing his career or reserving all of his efforts to
he soared in the game of baseball, and is in the hall of fame. His legacy lives on in many Americans hearts and in baseball. A strong man on and off the field. A courageous man to break down the color barrier, and to continue it after his days in sports were over. Fearless in a way he would never give up on baseball or his passion to see African Americans succeed, in a time where blacks were pushed from away from prosperity and success.
He had broke baseballs most important records including most home runs leading a
Towards the end of his career, he led Pittsburgh to another World Series in 1971. During the final game of the series, he hit one homerun and won MVP of the series. After his remarkable season, he believed he got the satisfaction he
He had many achievements to showcase how good he was while playing for them. He made many records from batting and hitting homeruns beside his sidekick Babe Ruth. They both hit the most homeruns out of anybody in the league in the 1920’s. Although he also became famous for his name being associated with a disease known as ALS. This disease was the cause
Jackie was given the first Rookie of the Year Award in baseball and had a spectacular postseason as the Dodgers managed to win the
The first World Championship for the Dodgers organization. Jackie Robinson was a trailblazer, blazing a trail for everyone, no matter the color of their skin to compete in professional baseball and all professional
He helped pave the way for a better life for his children in the racial aspect. The time in which Jackie was playing, or the Robinson era, changed baseball forever. He was considered a hero in the sport of baseball for all of his athletic accomplishments and also a hero in the area of racism. There were even songs named after him because so many people came to love him (Simon, 2002).
To begin with, he broke the MLB color barrier and led the way for other Negro league players to play in the MLB. A reason is, he knew it was unfair that they couldn’t play together so he changed it. Another point is, he raised a lot of money for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His reason was, the NAACP was one of the biggest associations for the Civil Rights Movement so he raised lots of money for them. After Jackie retired from baseball in 1956 he participated in the Civil Rights Movement and Jackie wrote newspaper
He showed everyone that African Americans can play baseball to and not just be an average player. He went through all the discrimination
Jackie proved to Dixie and all the players who tried to boycott him that he was the real deal. He proved that he could play baseball as well as the other players, if not better. (1947)
He hit .319 and averaged more than 110 runs scored per season. He drove in of eighty-five runs per season, and he averaged fifteen home runs per season. And he averaged 24 stolen bases per season. For his entire big-league career, he walked