2000 World Series

obvious problem, there is little motivation for it to be solved. Most of the people in power to solve the problem don’t want it solved. The owners of big market teams, e.g., George Steinbrener, winner of four World Series since the 1994 strike, are happy with the lack of competition (World 1). They can guarantee their teams will be winners every year, as long as there is no change in the current system. And if their team isn’t a winner, they have the bucks to buy up more of the league’s talent to

The Life of Derek Jeter: Before a World Champion "Derek Jeter, a professional ballplayer for the Yankees…" are the exact words Derek Jeter, himself, used in his eighth-grade yearbook (Jeter xvi). For as long as he could remember, Jeter has longed to be a New York Yankee. Fifteen years after predicting he would be a professional ballplayer for the Yankees, Derek Jeter is now more than a Yankee. Jeter isn't only a Yankee; he is a family guy and a World Champion. His career started when he was

Anyone who has been involved in an organized sport, whether it is backyard football or a high school sports team, knows that these sports all have organizations that are responsible for setting rules, determining conditions of play, and penalizing individuals who infringe the rules. Some of the organizations like the National Football league and the MLB are familiar to most people, the rules they follow are not generally understood by anyone who is not closely associated with the sport. Most fans

league titles and advanced four times to the National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series, finishing second in 2008.  Billings helped to coach a number of Division I players and future professional players, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum.   In addition to his head coaching duties, Billings served as Puget Sound’s athletic facilities manager.   Prior to taking the job at Puget Sound, Billings spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons as head coach at Pierce Community College in Lakewood, Wash

rookie year with the Yankees he won the AL Rookie of the Year award and the Yankees won their first world series in 18 years. This was the start of a very successful career for the Yankee great. Jeter has proven the scouting report to be truthful, becoming and MLB All-Star 13 times. He has been named All-Star game MVP once as well as American League MVP once, coincidently in the same year, 2000. Also, Jeter has won the Gold Glove 5 times and has won the American League Silver Slugger award 5 times

Baseball in America is about as common as Cricket is to Indian Nations. Baseball was played and was also participated by everyone. People played it everywhere from large cities to even small towns. Children and even adults were playing. The game of baseball was invented between 1861 and 1865 which was before the American Civil War. Many of the people that know of the game of baseball reference as the “National Past Time”. Many people played baseball or even played the cousin sport called softball

When you start your education at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy(SMSA) you are taught and are expected to follow the four core beliefs that shape our school and its environment. The four core beliefs are discipline, respect, dedication, and responsibility or how most students know it as D.R.D.R. However, SMSA students are not the only ones that abide by these rules and beliefs. A well-known athlete that is a great example of this is the New York Yankees shortstop, Derek Jeter. According to Jeter

name and most of them may remain on his name for ever. He is the highest run getter in ODIs and has scored nearly 44 ODI centuries, the most by any batsman. He has achieved the highest number of Man of the Match awards (56) and most Man of the Series (14) awards. He is the first cricketer to get pass 16,000 runs. He has scored the most number of ODI fifties and is the only player to be in top 10 of ICC rankings for 10 years. He is the first overseas player to play for English County Yorkshire

Whether or not the accolade is accurate, baseball is widely regarded as the “America’s pastime.” For the past 100 years the game has remained largely unchanged. The National and American leagues still compete for the World Series Pennant, games are nine innings, and there are four bases to round; except for the designated hitter experiment that stuck in the American League, baseball has been business as usual. Business has been changing over the past decade though, after the wildly popular Moneyball

On November 4th, 2009, Hideki Matsui, who is a New York Yankees outfielder, became the first Japanese-born player to win the World Series MVP. He lead the Yankees to the World Championship, he hit .615 with three home runs, and eight RBI’s. In addition, in Game 6, he batted in six runs, which is a Series game RBI record (Ben Walker). Therefore, Murakami, Nomo, Ichiro and Matsui’s activities affect a lot of Japanese baseball players, and many have started to have