The Tragedy Of Saint Louis

It was hard for her to get up and run around and compete in the game, so she did not play as much as some of her teammates. However, the fact that she was there put an ear-to-ear smile on her face for hours. Every time someone on her team scored, I could hear the loudest cheer in my right ear, as if she was a fan at a sunday night football game. I would look, and she would be on her feet celebrating with her hands in the air. For Amy and everyone there, having refs and coaches like it’s the real thing is an incredible experience because that type of opportunity does not happen too often. On the other hand, I have been playing that sport every day and taking for granted how lucky I am to be doing

The health status according to the 2017 County Health Rankings, St. Louis has a homicide death rate of 33 people per 100,000 (“Crime,” 2017). The health care clinician to patient ratios for primary care physicians are 1 to 83 people, dentists are 1 to 48 people and mental health is 1 to 272 people (“Crime,” 2017). The population that are uninsured is eleven percent and are between the ages of 18 to 65 (“Crime,” 2017). The Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007 (Senate bill 577) seeks to make MO HealthNet a prudent purchaser of high quality care and the Missouri Health Transformation Act of 2008 (Senate bill 1230) which requires hospitals to report adverse events and the state to publicly report results annually (Health Care, 2013).

It wasn’t that long ago when I became in love with the game of baseball. I still remember the day that my neighbor met me outside in the front yard just as we always did. It has been approximately two years ever since that Friday after school he asked me if I want to go to a Angel’s baseball game. I decided to go nothing better to do that day, when I got there it was such a rush seeing all the people that came to watch a baseball game. I followed my neighbor down the line, eagerly I waited to try to obtain a baseball players autograph. My friend gave me a baseball to try to get autographed, and later that day I luckily got my first baseball players autograph. His name was Dino Ebel the bench coach for the Angels,

Many Cub players denounced the hatred towards Bartman as unfair. Several players went so far as to suggest inviting Bartman to a game, though he himself refused. People openly questioned the “spirit” of baseball that would happily torture an innocent Cubs’ fan for the sake of defeat or victory (Beck, 2003). Besides opinion columns and media, books chronicling sports history include Bartman as an example of the culture of fan imagination, which is significant enough to find its place in history (Cohen, 2014). And with their imagination, Cubs have entered a superstitious existence, of almost comedic futility that both fans and outsiders have constantly (and sometimes) mournfully

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.

Joe Levine’s 9th Inning from Ground Zero is set in the world series a month after the horrific events of 9/11 unfolded. The purpose of the film is to show to Americans and especially New Yorkers that we have an unbreakable spirit that makes us different. Joe Levine uses the three rhetorical appeals, ethos, pathos, and logos to further his claim along with a somber and solemn tone since the film was released 2 years after 9/11.

One such scandal this paper will look to examine is the banishment of Pete Rose, and how it relates to the Black Sox. One source that will be used is “A Sense of Place: In Memoriam: A. Bartlett Giamatti.” College Teaching, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Fall, 1989), pp. 150-151, by R. William Franklin. Franklin’s article helps connect the Black Sox Scandal to the issues surrounding Pete Rose in the 1980’s. Franklin’s article helps to show how Commissioner Giamatti based his decision to banish Pete Rose off of the precedent set by Kensaw Mountain Landis. When it comes to researching other scandals to draw comparisons, a good source would be Fran Zimniuchs book Crooked: a History of Cheating in Sports (Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2009), which examines several scandals that have come about in the years during and after the Black Sox. Overall, through the use of these sources, and many more, this paper will hope to paint a picture of the cause, impact, and legacy of the Black Sox

The year was 1919, and baseball was in the air. The Chicago White Sox had the World Series locked up when scandal struck. It would come to be known as the “Black Sox Scandal” when a group of players were paid by gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series, including the great Joe Jackson. It was one of baseball’s darkest hours, and still lives in infamy inside the hearts of baseball fans all across the world, especially in the south-side of Chicago, the home of the White Sox.

Today I want to share with you the story of the black sox scandal of 1919.

In October of 2014, there was plenty of buzz floating around the state of Missouri. This buzz was all due to baseball. At the time, the two Missouri Major League Baseball teams were still alive: the Stt. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals. Both teams in their respective League Championship Series. The buzz soon came to an end however as the Cardinals failed to move on however as the San Francisco Giants defeated them 4 games to 1. It was the anticipation, however, of a possible “I-70” World Series matchup that was undeniable. The thought of the biggest baseball event and sporting event in the world coming down to 2 teams from the state of Missouri. However, this unimaginable sporting event has already happened.

Back in 1958, a man by the name of Walter O'Malley moved his professional baseball team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Although Walter didn’t know it yet, this move would affect the professional sports league in two significant ways. First, it expanded the market for professional sports to cities on the west coast in states like California, and Washington. Second, the relocation also altered the relationship between sports franchise and their communities.

The residents of Louisiana that adhere to the Tea Party highly value Christianity. From the high number of church goers that mark church as a central social space, to the understanding of their time here on earth as limited--the pollution that burdens them here will not carry over to eternal paradise--the Louisiana residents’ lives are replete with embedded forms of Christian identity reproduction (Hochschild 135). This high value of Christianity is one of the reason why the residents hold strong enmity towards the federal government. Many resonated with Madonna Massey’s sentiment that “things” regulate themselves and that God will “take care of the rest.” Government was simply competing with God’s mandate (Hochschild 73). Nevertheless, the endurance required to reject the overwhelming force that is government, is another value that the Louisiana residents cherish.

The patrons inside the Broadway Lounge, being the farthest away from the lobby, were only alerted to the fire when guests from the main club area ran in looking for an exit. The fire, having started approximately five minutes ago, was now in full force. The smoke, flames, and heat quickly caused all in the lounge to panic and the only available exit, an inward opening door that led to Broadway Street, was blocked shut within moments. (Thomas)

The Unraveling of Mercy Louis, which was written in 2015, can be considered modern, even though it takes place in 1999. Maw Maw, who was Mercy’s grandmother, was very strict towards Mercy, and raised her as a religious girl. She refused to let Mercy read letters from her mom, Charmaine, because she considered her a slut and did not want Mercy to turn out the same way. This sparked curiosity in Mercy, and even though Maw Maw was so stringent, Mercy continually drifted away from Maw Maw and from religion in general because of the people she interacted with throughout the course of the story.