why the Little League World Series makes kids strive to succeed in the sport of baseball. So, I wrote this speech a little while ago so bear with me, four score and seven years……. oh I apologize that’s the wrong speech. So for starters….(start into Relevancy Statement). My topic is relevant to you because if you have kids or want to have kids you should get them involved in sports, my presentation specifically supports why they should play baseball or softball. Based off of watching the Little League
Little League World Series The Little League World Series is a baseball tournament for kids of the age of eleven to thirteen. This tournament has been going on since 1947 in South Williamsport. The tournament has been broadcasted since 1982. There are two halves of the tournament, one half is in the United States and the other half is in the other countries all over the world. It ends having two champions on each side of the tournament and they face each other in the final championship. The Little
For years the Little League World Series (LLWS) has been played the same way with the same rules. However, starting in 2018 the rules will be changed. No longer will there be any thirteen year olds allowed to play in the series. Currently, the age cutoff for the LLWS is set on April 30th, but once the rule changes, the cutoff will be August 31st. The cutoff date means that any player that turns the age of thirteen before that date will not be eligible to represent their county in trying to go to
Every kid is a winner. No matter what the score is, the final result or whatever happened on the ice, field, pitch or court, every kid is a winner. At least, that is what participation medals are teaching young kids. When I played youth sports, which is roughly three years ago, we didn’t want to be rewarded because we signed up to play. We wanted to be rewarded after reaching a milestone; first, second or third place. On my trophy shelf inside my bedroom, there are two participation awards. The
The 1903 World Series was one of the greatest world series in MLB history. This game established many new standards in baseball, including the splitting of the league. This game brought up the idea of splitting the league into two different leagues. The names of those league are the American League and the National League. This game created a whole new world for sports in America(1903). The 1903 World Series was played at Huntington Avenue Grounds located in Boston, Massachusetts. This stadium would
O’Neal World Lit 26, February 2018 43 year old Derek Jeter, was born in Michigan during the year of 1974 on June 26th. Jeter was born in Pequannock, New Jersey. HIs mother is Dorothy Jeter, his father is Sanderson Charles Jeter, and he also has a sister named Sharlee Jeter. Jeter moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan at the age of four. At the age of five, Jeter began playing Little League. Jeter ended up playing major league baseball with some of the same kids he played in the Little League World Series with
Dom Dimaggio, or “The Little Professor”, was a professional baseball player in the 40’s-50’s. He had a .298 batting average, while hitting 87 home runs in his career. As good as he was baseball, his academics weren't very different. And that’s how he got the nickname “The Little Professor” because he wore big glasses and the brains of a professor (Wilson 1). Dom was a steady center fielder for the Boston Red Sox with his strong throwing arm and ability to be anywhere in center field. Dom Dimaggio
Danny Almonte Little league Scandal Walker GHS Danny Almonte age 28 is an assistant baseball coach at Cardinal Hayes High School in New York City. Danny was born in Moca, Dominican Republic. He used to be a phenomenal Little League pitcher but, he became the victim of media attention for the wrong reasons. He led his Bronx team from New York to third-place in the 2001 Little League World Series, Danny was found to have actually been two years too old to play Little League baseball.
Major league baseball is one sport that has hit a home run time and time again with its sports marketing program using social media. As much as any other sport, baseball is known for providing its fans with information and fun through interactive, online experiences, including video streaming, using the social media presence of well-known players, digital storytelling, showing personality, being everywhere, providing special offers, covering special moments, and many other ways. Video Streaming
gambling, betting on games was a very fun pastime for gamblers. During the 1919 season many people speculated that gambling was happening during the season, as well as the World Series. While much of the league was concerned about gambling, unfortunately the players weren’t. However, with one team being swayed during the World Series, it changed baseball and the trust the audience had in the game. There were many players on the Black Sox roster that joined such as, Eddie Cicotte and Claude “Lefty”
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. Overall, he finished his career
George Herman Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records, including career home runs (714)
Grace, Maryland, Cal Ripken Jr. began his storied 21-year Major League Baseball career in 1981. The "Iron Man" set a record by playing in 2,632 consecutive games from 1982 to 1998, earning two MVP Awards and a World Series championship along the way. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, he oversaw a family baseball business and foundation. His dad soon ended his professional baseball playing career and became a minor league manager. His family would join him for summertime stints in such
When Derek Jeter was little, he only had one dream: to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. Jeter eventually achieved everything he wanted, and more. Derek played for the Yankees from 1992 to 2014, a total of 22 years. Most of his career was at the Yankee Stadium, in New York City, New York. Jeter revolutionized the shortstop position with outstanding plays. In fact, he was so skilled at baseball, that fans were expecting Derek's performance to be as good as Mickey Mantle's, a baseball legend
form did Pete Rose throw away games for the money. Think of Shoeless Joe Jackson during the 1919 World Series. Joe conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. He was later banned from baseball. This has been another controversy for almost a century. Joe Jackson is the complete opposite from Pete Rose in a gambling standpoint. Pete Rose bet on his team to win, Joe Jackson threw a World Series for $5,000. Either way players, managers, or anyone associated with the club should not be gambling
like to witness complete domination in sports? Look no further than Justin Verlander. The 6 time all-star has won a Cy Young, League MVP, Triple Crown, and has thrown two no-hitters in his current 13 year career. Justin Verlander is one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in all of baseball, but Justin is still searching for that one thing and that is a World Series championship. While he is all business on the mound his normal everyday life consists of fast cars, a smoking hot fiancée and luxury
At the age of 26 Eric Hosmer has been to two World series and has claimed 8 awards such as Golden glove, Rookie of the month, and Kansas city player of the year. This solidifies Eric as one of the best first basemen in the MLB. Eric John Hosmer is a MLB first basemen who was born on October 24, 1989 in South Miami ,FL. Eric’s father Mike was a retired Firefighter and his mother Ileana was a nurse. Eric’s mother Ileana came from cuba at the age of seven. This had an effect on Eric and the way he
Football. Football has more than twice the views than Major League Baseball. As claimed by sports fans ( That are over 18 years old.) In the first Harris poll which is counting the amount of people that watch a certain sport the MLB was claimed to be first mostly watched by the Country of of the United States of America, only over .5% to over 1%. But after these polls were taken it’s now claimed that the NFL or National Football League is mostly watched by Americans after the year of 1985. The reason
Many people look up to Pedro Martinez because he is a legendary figure in Major League Baseball. He is best recognized for his amazing pitching skills and his motivational charitable work. Pedro Martinez, one of the most successful Major League Baseball pitchers of all time and had humble beginnings in a stage of his career. According to JE Richters and PE Martinez’s 1993 Development and Psychopathology study article, Martinez began his professional baseball career in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
Is Baseball Fading Economically? Is baseball dying? With the declining television ratings for the World Series, many people think that it is in fact “dying.” Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports states, “Baseball is not dying, not even close,” (Rosenthal par. 2). The economics of baseball are out an all-time high. Players are being paid more than ever and attendance totals are sky rocketing. With that being said, baseball is often thought of as America’s pastime; how could anything as historic as that collapse