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The Sox had immediate success with players like Cy Young, Jimmy Collins, Tris Speaker, Smokey Joe Wood, and Babe Ruth throughout its early years. Boston won the first World Series in 1903 followed by championships in 1912, 1915, 1916, and 1918. One of the most well known baseball players in history, pitcher-turned-outfielder Babe Ruth was originally from the Red

Career record. Since Pete Rose was born his peers had known he was going to be something big. He broke many world records, especially the most all time hits record with 4,256 total hits. Pete Rose earned the title National League Most Valuable Player (Lloyd 2015). With more broken records that are still set that any other famous mlb player, Rose is basically a walking legend. (Lagrave 2015) Pete Rose won the world series back to back and 44 games in a row. Pete Rose ended his last season with a overall batting average .340! Rose set a record for 240 hits in a single season (Solomon

led the team to the International Pennant and after one season joined the Boston Red Sox in 1915

For a 12-year-old Cuban boy living in the Bronx, baseball is his family's only way out and means a better tomorrow. In the novel, Heat by Mike Lupica, baseball represents a way out and a better tomorrow. He loves baseball and idolizes the Yankees pitcher El Grande, who was also Cuban-born. Michael Arroyo is a young boy who has reasons to distrust the representatives of the state must figure out how to continue life on his own terms while navigating the adult world and avoiding both the well-meaning and the badly-intentioned interference of grown-ups. Michael is also the best baseball pitcher on his South Bronx all-star team. Michael's arm is so good, that a rival Little League coach begins requesting proof that he's only 12 and eligible to play. They ask for his father but, recently, his father took a trip to Florida and had a heart attack, killing him. Michael and his 17-year-old brother Carlos, are trying to avoid Child Protective Services until Carlos turns 18.

Led by Musial's hot bat, the loose, inexperienced Cardinals surprised everyone by winning 106 games, including 43 of their last 52, to claim the National League pennant. Then St. Louis beat the favored Yankees in the World Series, and Musial was on a world championship team in his first full season.

He had to finish the season 6-for-9 to beat out Matty Alou and win the first of two close NL batting-title races.

Nowhere in the country is he more popular than in Seattle, where he is considered the savior of baseball in the city. In the 1980s, the Mariners were a historically moribund franchise playing in the crumbling Kingdome. Prior to his arrival, the Mariners had been seriously considering a move to Washington DC, but that all changed once Griffey came (Fort, 2000, p. 313). His exciting style of play immediately attracted fans and attention to the franchise (Caple, 2010). In 1995, Griffey led a miracle rally to the Mariners first playoff appearance in decades (Reader, 2010), and capped the season by scoring the game winning run to defeat the New York Yankees in the first round (Schaefer, 2003, p.6). His rise rejuvenated baseball and the city in general, leading the building of the new stadium, Safeco Field, dubbed the “House That Griffey Built”.

He was bombarded with death threats for who he was. He was punched so hard he was left with a bloody seven inch gash on the side of his face. Even his teammates did not want to be associated with him anymore. Through this unbearable torture, he still did not shed a single tear. This story belongs to Jackie Robinson, a home run hero.Jackie Robinson, number forty-two, is looked back on as a hero that was an immense part of baseball;Robinson was known for the incredible heroism he showed in baseball and in his community through his fifty-three years of life. Using information from, “What is Heroism,” and, “How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball,” The reader learns that Jackie Robinson’s heroism is shown from his fight against the social norms of an era filled with discrimination, his courage when people tried to hurt him spiritually and physically, and his personal and his professional sacrifices to be part of baseball.

He was the first to be MVP in both of them in the same season. He won five Gold Glove awards which are awarded to players with the best defensive plays. In 2009, he got his 2,722nd hit which is the most in Yankees franchise history. He passed the great Lou Gehrig from that hit. In 2011, he became the 28th player in MLB to have 3,000 hits. Also in 2000, the Yankees beat the Mets in the World Series, which made them the first team to win three consecutive World Series in a row since

Only being the bat boy, Stanton had to bring his equipment to the ballpark everyday and go hit in the batting cages before the team showed up. Stanton thought to himself, “Why is coach asking me to swing in batting practice today? He has never done that once since I became the bat boy.” Stanton walked back onto the field and stepped into the batter’s box. Before Stanton even took a swing, he looked at the beautiful Marlins Park. Straight ahead was the bright, colorful outfield walls that were painted green. Stanton soaked in the atmosphere. While the batting practice pitcher went to throw the first pitch to Stanton, Johnny Field, the Marlins seventh round draft pick said, “Come on coach! You’re giving the bat boy a couple swings? Ha-ha that’s funny.” Just as Field finished his sentence, Scotty Stanton crushed the first pitch he saw into the left-center field gap, landing at an estimate four hundred feet. Coach Mattingly said, “Sit your ass down Field, we should have drafted this kid over you!” Stanton gave Mattingly a smile. Stanton continued to punish balls, smashing them all over Marlins Park. To others, it was just batting practice, but to Stanton, it meant more. It felt as if he had the game of baseball back in his life. When Stanton’s round was over, the Marlins players were impressed, besides the envious Johnny Field. One Marlins player even told Mattingly that this kid needs to be in the lineup. Mattingly

According to the author, Pujols’ earliest years were his most successful seasons. Albert Pujols started his career in St. Louis with the St. Louis Cardinals. During this time, Tayler states that Pujols not only won Rookie of the Year in 2001, but he also won two World Series championships, along with three Most Valuable Player awards. Tayler also adds in the amazing batting statistics

It may not be how Boston visioned it playing out, but the Red Sox are in the World Series. Former Red Sox players were all over ALCS and NLCS playoff rosters in the run-up to the big game. Various front office staff, managers, and players have graced the grass at Fenway. Hello there Theo Epstein, David Roberts, and Terry Francona, I’m talking about you. Meanwhile, former players are all over a number of diamonds. David Ross, Jon Lester, John Lackey, Coco Crisp, and even the oft-forgotten Anthony Rizzo are just a few players whom were under contract with Boston at some point in the last five years (Rizzo was traded to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez in 2010…and yup you guessed it, he’s on the post season roster too for Los Angeles) How painful? How did this happen?

The article “The Clutch Gene” by Darren Fenster from Coach & A.D. this article is about “arguably the game’s most clutch hitter of all time.” “Ortiz was a .289 hitter with 17 homers, 61 RBI, and 51 runs scored in 85 postseason games.” He consistently was on the top of his game. In 2013, he suffered an Achilles injury while rehabbing he took every rep he could get and used it to make him better than he was before. He trained as if he was hitting against the Hall of Famer from the Yankee’s, Mariano Rivera. Rivera kept hitters to a “miniscule.177” but Ortiz managed to hit a .310 against him. How he could do this was because he trained to be ‘clutch’. To be ‘clutch’ you need three things, to always work with a purpose and a plan, mentally put yourself

It looked like Rodriguez would go down in baseball history as one of the game's most prolific offensive players. In 2010, he became the seventh player in Major League history to hit 600 career home runs. Two years later, in June 2012, he led the Yankees to a win over the Atlanta Braves, hitting his 23rd grand slam and matching the record of Hall of Famer Lou

David Ortiz David Ortiz is not only considered one of the best hispanic baseball players of all time, but is also considered to be one of the best baseball players in Major League Baseball History. For many he is considered to be the best Boston Red-Sox player ever. David Ortiz has had a longer career than most players, playing a total of twenty Major League Baseball seasons. Ortiz finished his career with 541 home runs, which ranks 17th on the MLB all-time home run list, 1,768 RBIs which is 22nd all time, and a .286 batting average. Among the primary position that he played, designated hitter, he is the all-time leader in MLB history for home runs, runs batted in, and hits (MLB, 2018).