The Called Shot Essay

He made all the young black kids believe they could participate in a sport that was originally made for caucasians. In 1952 he was brought into the team Milwaukee Braves. Probably Hank’s most famous act was the day he broke Babe Ruth’s home run score. It was April 8, 1974, the day everyone was waiting to see if it could truly happen, when Hank hit his 715 home run. But it wasn’t till 1982 that Hank earned his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1990 was the year Hank wrote as well as published his autobiography, I Had a Hammer. In reward of his symbolism for all blacks, Hank received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 from President George Bush. He had also received the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his close ties with Japanese Baseball Legend Sadaharu Oh plus his promoting of the two countries shared love, baseball. “My motto was to always keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging” Hank Aaron once said.

Imagine being in the 1960s watching your 2 most favorite baseball teams play against each other in the world series. The score is 9-9, the game is tied,the bases are loaded and your favorite player is up to bat. You're sitting in the crowd on the edge of your seat wondering what is he gonna do. Will he hit a home run and win the world series, or will he strike out and disappoint His whole team? Baseball can be very complicated sometimes, but when you know more about a baseball team, famous player, and the equipment ,baseball won’t be complicated anymore .The New York Yankees were well-known in baseball during the 1960s, because of their popularity, the type of equipment they used, and their baseball players.

In 1927, Ruth hit 60 home runs, breaking his own record, and setting a new one that would endure for decades (Roger Maris broke it in 1961). With an exceptional year, he assumed almost mythic status, and was nicknamed “The Sultan of Swat,” “The Home Run King,” and “Herman the Great.”

George Herman Ruth, better known as Babe Ruth, is an American baseball hero due to his successes that have allowed him to become a household name even after his passing. His great legacy lives on, but for those not alive during his reign over baseball, it is sometimes hard to grasp the Babe’s true life story, which is where film comes into play. In the several films about Babe Ruth, many differentiating perspectives about his life are introduced. In The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and The Babe (1992), we are shown two very different versions of the ‘Great Bambino’. With the help of Ardolino’s analysis of the deification and deconstruction of Ruth in Reel Baseball, it is easy to see the similarities and differences between the two Hollywood Babes. Ardolino states that, “In fact, these movies are dialectically related: the first is an attempt to sacralize Ruth’s checkered life, and the latter is an attempt to replace the hagiography with a Dickensian psychodrama of a bumbling Bacchus who belches, farts, indulges his appetites, is haunted by his past, explodes irrationally when he is called ‘incorrigible’ and never gains any measure of self-control” (115-16). Ardolino’s chapter thoroughly discussed the portrayals of Babe Ruth as a character, which brings to light the similarities and differences portrayed in both Hollywood films. After screening the Hollywood films, we move to screen the documentary about Ruth, a blatant deification, which treats his life story much differently.

In 1978, the Red Sox held a 14-game lead in the American League East over the Yankees on July 18. However, the Yankees subsequently caught fire, eventually winning the division by  three games. In the 1986 World Series, Boston took a 5–3 lead in the top of the 10th inning. Red Sox reliever Calvin Schiraldi retired the first two batters, putting the team within one out of winning the World Series. However, the New York Mets scored three runs and winning it when Boston first baseman Bill Buckner allowed a ground ball to roll through his legs. In 2003, the Red Sox were playing the Yankees in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Boston held a 5–2 lead in the eighth inning, and Boston opted to stay with starting pitcher Pedro Martínez rather than go to the bullpen. New York rallied against the tired Martínez, scoring three runs on a single and three doubles to tie the game. Then in bottom of the 11th inning, Aaron Boone launched a solo home run to win the game and the pennant for the Yankees. Similar to Boston, Chicago had The Curse of the Billy Goat. The curse was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise in 1945 by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis that lasted from 1945-2016. Between that 1908 triumph, which was the Cubs ' second world championship (they 'd also won the Series in 1907) Before the “curse” Chicago had won national League Pennants in 1910,

"Lefty" Williams, the starting pitcher in Game 2, was not going to be as obvious as Cicotte. After a shaky start, he pitched well until the fourth inning, when he walked three and gave up as many runs. Rookie pitcher Dickie Kerr, the Game 3 starter for the Sox, was not in on the fix. The original plan was for the conspirators, who disliked Kerr, to lose this game; but by now dissent among the players meant that the plan was in disarray.

George Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 to parents George Sr. and Kate in Baltimore. George Jr. was one of the Ruth’s two surviving children. Babe’s parents In did not watch after him well. Babe was left to take care of his younger sister often. The neighborhood they lived in was part of the roughest places in Baltimore. During Ruth’s childhood, Ruth was found drinking, chewing tobacco, and wandering docks. When Ruth was old enough to go to school, he refused to go. He got caught by truant officers and brought home. At age seven, Ruth’s parents knew

Many people consider Babe as the greatest to play the game. The records Babe Ruth set is a testament to how amazing of a player he really was. While playing for the Red Sox in 1919, Babe set the single season record for home runs at 29(biography). In the next season, now with the New York Yankees, Ruth close to doubled his single season home run record to 54(biography). Following the 54 home run season Ruth set the outstanding record of 59 home runs(biography). It only took Ruth 10 seasons to become one of the greatest home run hitters anyone has ever seen. Ruth’s success on the baseball diamond made him a household name; so much so, that the new Yankee Stadium (built in 1923) was dubbed "the house that Ruth built"(biography). When everyone thought that Babe was incredible at setting the total home runs to 59, Ruth outdid himself again to set godly mark of 60 homeruns in one season during the 1927 season(biography). Unsurprisingly, this record stood for an amazing 34 years. No one had ever seen a player as great as what Babe Ruth was during the 1920s. During the 1920s, Ruth broke practically all of the slugging records. These include most years leading a league in home runs (12); most total bases in a season (457); and highest slugging percentage for a season (.847) (biography). Based on his prestigious baseball career, Babe Ruth was one of the most influential athletes during the

conceived a plot to throw the World Series for a sum of $80,000. A novel

In 1839 Americas soon to be favorite past time was invented right here in New York, Baseball. Baseball whether you like the game or not, has weaved itself deeply into our culture and isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. There are countless movies, articles, songs, playing cards, bobble heads, merchandise and books all made about baseball. The players are often idolized by children and adults alike. Baseball in our country was and still is a huge topic of discussion, whose batting average is higher, which team is better, is someone cheating. Troy Maxson like many American’s knows a lot about baseball like how striking out is bad and homeruns are how you win but there are things about baseball that Troy doesn’t know. The article, Walking Around the Fences: Troy Maxson and the Ideology of “Going Down Swinging”, written by David Letzler. Letzler Delves into the ideology of batting and walks in baseball in explanation of the main character Troy Maxson of August Willison’s play Fences, and his thought process of going down swinging and Troy’s thoughts on some of the major league players of that time.

In 1914, Babe Ruth made a major debut for the Boston Red Sox. Babe Ruth pitched in 4 out of 5 games in the 1914 baseball season. In 1916, The Red Sox won the World Series. In 1918, instead of being the pitcher, Babe Ruth played in the outfield. In the World Series of 1918, Babe Ruth pitched in Game 1. In Game 4, he pitched eight innings. In just six games, The Red Sox won the World Series. In 1919, Babe Ruth wanted a raise in his salary. Frazee, the owner of The Red Sox refused to raise it. Babe Ruth had to be

One of the biggest events that really sparked the start of the new interest of baseball was the building of the new New York Yankee stadium. By the outside being painted, light towers being placed in the outfield, a two story concession stand being built, and corporate boxes being put in, the Yankee’s manager, Leland “Larry” MacPhail, was really setting the stage as to what baseball and baseball parks would turn

The first game that is recorded in the hall of fame is in September of 1845 were the rules were first used in a game with the knickerbockers, led by a bank clerk named Alexander Cartwright. The first game was played in June against a team in Hoboken, New Jersey. But there is still some controversy between the two cities as who is the birthplace of baseball. But a lot of people still don’t understand the origin of the game before the Cartwright rules in 1845, as referred to by he baseball hall of fame.

The author also briefly puts in the story of the New York Yankees' second baseman Chuck Knoblauch, who developed sports "shocking" while playing in front of thousands of fans, Knoblauch had trouble throwing the ball to first base, while stressing Knoblauch found himself reverting to explicit mode, throwing like a Little Leaguer again", as the author said in pg. 267 (last paragraph)

Baseball is widely known as the “national pastime” in the 1920’s. It was by far the most popular sport of the era. The most famous athlete in the country at the time was George Herman, commonly known as Babe Ruth. The right fielder for the New York Yankees hit homerun after