The Last Straw As for myself I am a dedicated Yankee fan, I've always been ever since the "Don Mattingly" and "David Winfield" days. However growing up and watching baseball, no one has impressed me more than Darryl Strawberry. Long, lanky, and observed as powerless, Strawberry stood out in my eye, until I first seen bat at Shea stadium one night. The pitch count was 0-2, and at that point I pretty much figured Darryl would make out somehow, nevertheless he battles back to a full count, and then battled off 3 foul balls until he found his pitch. At that point he took the pitcher yard into the night sky at Shea. This was the point where I wish the Yankees had this man in pinstripes. I can vividly remember when I heard the rumors that Darryl would come to the Bronx. After days and days and hoping, it finally came true. Although I heard all the critics and their comments oh how strawberry was washed up because of his drug habit, and that he will never play again, and he will never be the same, I still had faith. As he stepped into the stadium for the very first time in pinstripes, I was so excited. I had a strange gut feeling that we would see the Darryl of old, and to my feeling I was right. That night Darryl hit the game-winning pinch-hit homer, which ignited the stadium to erupt. When the game was over and I had seen Darryl hitting consistently for the rest of the year, I was confident it would help our Yankee organization return to the fall classic, as well as redeem himself from his horrific past. Everything seemed to be well, until Darryl developed colon cancer. All of Darryl's teammates and even Joe Torre were crushed by the cancer incident. The entire Yankee organization supported Darryl during his crisis. The 1998 Yankee team put Darryl's number on towels in the stadium for support; they also put his name and or number on most periphenelia that would support him during his cancer struggles. Joe Torre and the rest of the Yankees said "they won it for him." After the season Darryl was struggling with his cancer and recuperation, and I can understand that it is not easy, and I can understand his reason for depression, however what befuddled me is how he can go back to what corrupted his life.
first person about his struggles in the beginning of his baseball career, and how he miraculously turns his
Through out the 1950s the Yankees experienced highs and lows but team remained arguably the ball club in all of Major League Baseball. In the 50s the team showed off tough unwavering determination to win even when some of their best players were missing from the line up. Although The Yankees didn’t win a World Series each year of this decade it is still hard to argue that they didn’t maintain their reign over professional baseball. At the start of the Yankees organization the team established one of the most storied and legendary histories ever in baseball and has built on it and will continue building on it for many days to come.
Cal Ripken, Jr., was the perfect baseball player. He would play when he had the flu and even when he had a sprained ankle.
Soon Jackie Robinson proved himself worthy of playing for the Dodgers. He had to adjust to some new trials and always remember to not show emotion. Jackie had to learn play first base instead of short stop because that was the teams strong point in Peewee Reese. He also could not react to anything. Teammates, other players, and fans will greatly test him, but he must be strong.
... Series and banned from baseball forever. Rays father felt his son had the potential to also be in the major leagues, but it was too late as he passed away before he could even play a game of catch with his son. Ray is confused and lost internally because of the loss of his father on such bad terms; this becomes a bigger tragedy than he ever thought. It may have even been a tragedy as big as the death of Joe Jackson who died guilty of throwing the World Series. He was never eased of his pain until after his death which was too late. Tragedies are not uncommon phenomena in life, Ray Kinsella and Shoeless Joe Jackson have the misfortune of living a struggle fulfilled life that only consists of tragic events around every corner of their lives.
America’s pastime has been complicated in the last couple centuries, and integration has been a big key in the game of baseball. Like most of America in the 1940’s, baseball was segregated, with whites playing in the Major League system and African-Americans playing in the Negro Leagues. There were many factors that made whites and blacks come together, including World War II. Integration caused many downs in the time period, but as baseball grew and grew it was one of the greatest accomplishments in the history. It was hard to find the right black man to start this, they needed a man with baseball abilities and a man who didn’t need to fight back.
can hit and field like no one else. He is an amazing player and great hitter. He has a great
David Ortiz is an icon because of his contributions to the welfare of children and to baseball. His charity raises money to give kids medical care that they need or don’t have access to, and it trains doctors and nurses. He has made significant contributions to baseball by changing the designated hitter’s role and donating equipment to children in need. If more wealthy people followed Ortiz’s humanitarian values, many of our current problems like poverty, racism and education imbalance would most likely not exist.
...his quote, he declares his dauntless passion for baseball, as well as his genuine earnestness in his actions.
for the whole Yankee team as they got swept by the Giants. Even with this
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As I layed in my bed on a cold and windy Friday night, i could hear the roar from Fenway park across the street. The Red Sox had a game tonight against their long time rival the New York Yankees. Their games would always be so thrilling and so exciting to be at, i was a young 15 year old boy who like everyone else wanted to be a MLB baseball player. I had always dreamed about playing on that beautiful and playing against those Yankees. Living in Boston mostly everyone here absolutely hates the yankees. I was having a hard time going to bed so i looked outside and was looking at all the people outside walking outside the Ballpark.
This record stood until 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61 home runs. He might have been the best baseball player who ever played the game. He led the Yankees to seven World Series and made two million dollars in his career. Jack "the Manassa Mauler" Dempsey was one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time. He was a heavyweight champion and fought and won against Georges Carpentier.
This game of a stick and ball has captivated the United States during good and bad times. In either time most of us today can remember stories of players from the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. These are legendary figures in the sport of baseball that have are celebrated as hero’s and in scandal, i...
Derek Jeter, one of the greatest shortstops of all time, once said, “There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do- and I believe that” (“Jeter”). Sometime later the same man also said, “Your image isn’t your character. Character is what you are as a person” (“Jeter”). Jeter was obviously a guy that believed in hard work all the time, but also realized that he had to be great off the field as well. There have been some spectacular shortstops in the history of baseball, but none greater than the likes of Barry Larkin, Derek Jeter, and Cal Ripken, Jr. They all changed the game in one way or another, but every single one of them had great leadership abilities, a knack for coming