On September 8, 1998 Mark McGwire conquered the previous home run record set in a single season by Roger Maris in 1961. The event was memorable to most fans when he defeated Roger Maris, and finalized baseball's new season record of 70 home runs. Mark McGwire was a powerful man and he was known for his ability to smash baseballs great distances. However, many disagree that he was able to launch a baseball 500 feet and beyond. No doubt, this is a great distance to project a baseball. Many years ago
White socks where he hit 15 home runs in his first full season. In 1992, Sosa went to play for the Chicago Cubs. In 1997 he signed a contract with the cubs for 42. 5 million dollars. In 1998 Sosa was caught up in a race with Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals to beat Roger Maris’s record for 61
There was a time in major league baseball that consisted of batters hitting home runs at an incremented rate into the cheering crowds engendering more than 1000+ home runs per season. This magnificent period is acknowledged as the “steroids era”, which occurred late 80’s through early 2000’s in which players used performance-enhancing drugs that resulted in a higher amount of home runs hit per season. Despite steroids ruining one's reputation, vocation, and health many baseball athletes abuse it
participating. These days, if someone hits fifty home runs in a season, everyone thinks they are on the “juice”. “The Steroid Era” and Bud Selig have ruined baseball’s image as a clean and fair game. The issue of performance enhancing substances in baseball has been mostly present over the past ten years. The reason for players taking steroids is simple, by taking steroids, hitters like Barry Bonds gained more strength to hit better averages and more home runs, while pitchers like Roger Clemens gained
Hank Aaron was a famous baseball player who was respectful to his teammates and his fans. His nickname was “Hammerin’ Hank”. At one time he led the league in the most home runs. He was born in a poor family and then grew up to be a great professional baseball player. He became one of the most admired baseball players in Major League history. He was born in Mobile, Alabama called “Down the Bay” on February 5, 1934. His real name was Henry Louis Aaron. He was the third of eight children. His mother’s
that has garnered him recognition as one of the greatest MLB players of all time. He holds a grand total of seven MVPs with four of them earned consecutively, eight Gold Glove and fourteen All-Start awards. Statistically, he has the all-time 762 MLB home run record, including 73 single-season record set in 2001. Bonds also holds the 2,558 walks and 688 intentional walks. Barry Bonds: Career Batting and Field Statistics: ESPN tallied record covering each active year Barry Bonds played for the MLB.
Josh Gibson and Baseball Josh Gibson hit over 900 or 800 home runs in his career, depending on whose information you consult. His average was over .350. So why do we not hear Gibson's name mentioned in the recent discussion about baseball's best player ever that has surrounded Barry Bonds or at least as the greatest home run hitting catcher ever with Mike Piazza? This is because Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues. from http://baseballguru.com/jholway/analysisjholway43.html Talk of
The Use of Steroids in Sports Before the 1990's, athletes were unique. They were able to capitalize on their God-given talents, and make themselves famous based on their skill. But then something happened. Steroids began to play a bigger and bigger role in sports. No longer were the most naturally gifted athletes becoming the stars. Now, it can be said that whoever has the best pharmacist can be the best athlete. As the amount of performance enhancing steroids increases in professional
The great Mickey Charles Mantle took his position at home plate with the crowd roaring like a tsunami all around him. Mickey swung at the zooming fastball and crack! The Mick had done it; two long bomb home runs in one game on both sides of the plate. Mickey Mantle was one of the best players to ever play the game of baseball. Mickey Charles Mantle’s early life was not easy. He was born in the small town of Spaivinaw, Oklahoma on October 20, 1931 to Lovell ‘Mutt’ Mantle and Elvin Charles, who named
Babe Ruth was a reckless, abandoned child who became America's biggest hero. Babe Ruth's parents did not have the time to take care of him, but little did George Ruth Sr. know that when he was shipping his son off to boarding school, he was pushing one of America's greatest idols out of his life (http://www.baberuth.com). Ruth never received strict parenting until he attended St. Mary's where he began to straighten out. After he became a main stream ball player he began to attract the attention of
States in the 1920s was baseball player, George Herman "babe" Ruth, a New York Yankees player. He hit more home runs than any other player ever and excited fans by his outgoing personality. He was a perfect example of a hero in the Roaring Twenties. Babe Ruth was known for getting the most home runs out of any player in the history of baseball. The aspects of today’s games leads back to Ruth. Home runs became the most important and dominating factor o the game, besides good pitching. At the age of 19 Babe
society where it becomes harder and harder to do that each day. “Some people cheat to become famous. Take Rosie Ruiz, who for a short time was the women's winner of the 1980 Boston marathon. But it turned out -- although Ruiz denied it -- that she hadn't run the race at all and had probably sneaked in 1/2 a mile from the finish line.” (Griffin, Morgan) But the main reason people cheat, be it an athlete or politician, is to win. To get an unfair advantage over your opponent and many of these people do win
The Technology of Baseball There is so much technology all across the world like in sports, homes, stores and schools. Technology can be used for many things but this paper will show how it can be used in America's Pastime, Baseball. Baseball has developed its technology over the past few years. Just recently they added replay just like the NFL and also a timer that counts down from and in that set amount of time you have to be in the batter's box before the time expires. According to MLB.com
Mickey Mantle retired in 1969 and he said it was the saddest day in his life(David 71). One of his accomplishments was the first home run in Yankees stadium to go over he black screen( David 70). He had 5 inside the park home runs in his 18 year career, 536 hrs in 8102 at bats, scored 1677 times, and his all time batting average ws .298( David 76). Mick had won 12 world series in just 14 seasons and 133 bases in his first twelve
in 87 games, 26 home runs and 94 RBIs. Stan was taking off in the Majors and becoming a team leader and starting to get more and more well known. He finished his rookie year with only 47 at bats, 8 runs, 20 hits, one home run, seven RBIs and an amazing .426 batting average. He finished 1942 with with 467 at bats, 87 runs, 147 hits, 10 home runs, 72 RBIs and a .315 batting average. 1943 was his best season he ever had. He finished 43 with 617 at bats, 108 runs, 220 hits, 13 home runs, 81 RBIs and a
just assume that baseball is a boring game played with two teams that have nine players on each side, who both take turns hitting and going on defense. People sometimes think that the game is only nine innings, and the team with the most amount of runs in the end wins. But there is so much more to it than that and it's all thanks to mathematics. I have especially noticed this due to my personal engagement with baseball, it is the main sport I play and I play almost everyday for about 2 hours a day
he did in the sport of baseball developed on how the world saw the sport and later revolutionized into one of the most anticipated sports in the world. Babe slugging powers with with bat at the plate etiminated other teams because he hit so many home runs which created a new unique playing style, he brought attention within his fans which later revolutionized baseball and also he brought Americans in the United States hope and excitement because of his success during the Great Depression. The following
game. Today, sports consume most people’s everyday lives. People have become fascinated with one sport in particular (“Baseball History…”). Baseball, America’s favorite past time, was created over 150 years ago evolving as necessary, and has been home to a myriad of teams and players, some of whom have left indelible marks upon the game. To start, baseball is referred to as “America’s pastime.” The sport itself has come a long way from its crude and humble beginnings in the fields of the nineteenth
career after 22 seasons, 10 world series, and 714 home runs. The following year, he was one of the first five players conducted into the sport’s hall of fame. After he was conducted into the hall of fame, Ruth noticed he was becoming sick. He had discovered a tumor in his neck, which later became cancerous. Ruth did not give all the way up on baseball though. He would make appearances at baseball charity events. On August 24, 1942, ruth hit a home run off Walter Johnson at Yankee Stadium in a charity
sports. This decline in hits can also affect the fan base of the sport. I mean people pay there hard earned money to see a player hit long homeruns and run for the big touchdown. When stats go down the fans could lose interest in going to the games. There will still be players who have the natural god given talent to hit the long homerun and run for the long touchdown, these athletes are the true stars of the game and the ones that should be looked up to by kids and there peers. Those who cheat there