2000 World Series

The sun has risen and a young boy jumps out of bed with excitement, as he knows today he gets to go to his first professional baseball game. His father had bought him the tickets for his birthday months ago, and the boy had been counting down the days ever since. He put on his favorite ‘Cleveland Indians’ shirt, and ran downstairs to eat his yogurt and waffles for breakfast. As he ate, his mother saw him happily drawing Jacob’s Field, using his brown crayon to put the finishing touches on the base

Assigning blame is bench cleaning brawls like the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texan Rangers is extremely difficult, If not impossible most of the time. There is always a video, reaction and context to work from, nut there is plenty we don’t view and know. This most recent brawl occurred in the top of the 8th inning, games almost over but not quite yet! The Texas' 7–6 win on Sunday after Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista went in hard to second base on a take-out slide and was punched in the face by Rangers

It was a dark thursday night in April. The sky was clear enough to see the moon shining brightly along with many small circular diamonds. I’m in a dark blue Avalanche, being driven to a baseball diamond. I play for the MIlwaukee Brewers on a little league level. It’s my last game of the season, and I can’t wait for the umpire to say the words “Play Ball” (which states that the game has begun). My team is running up against the best team in the league (the Twins). If we win this game, than we win

Being Yourself is one of the key lessons learned from Mike Lupica's new astonishing book The Only Game. There is a 12 year old gentleman in Walton, Kentucky by the name of Jack Callahan. He is superb at baseball and is glued to the game. He loves every second he plays. Spring is upon Jack and he is excited it is almost the start of baseball season. The summer before that he had a humongous tragedy in the family. His brother Brad died right before his 16th birthday. Brad is a ginormous risk taker

Brown 1 Daniel Brown Prof. Facci SOC 1113-011 24 September 2014 The Million Dollar Arm Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel were a couple of East Indian teenagers, who were training to be Olympian javelin throwers. They had never heard of American baseball or any type of baseball for that matter. They both came from poor families and Rinku had actually left school and gone back to his small home town to help his father in his business. His father had one rickety truck that needed to be replaced in a

Since Rick Hahn made his decision to rebuild clear, the new names acquired have been building anticipation. The likes of Lucas Giolito, Michael Kopech, and Reynaldo Lopez have South Side fans thinking big. Adding onto that, the late season success of Carlos Rodon flashed signs of big potential only made the anticipation greater. It is only fair considering not every team has four top-100 pitching prospects. However, the excitement should go beyond just the new faces. Somewhere buried in the Chicago

HIstory of Gold Gloves Defense is the most beautiful aspect of baseball. Defense is the world of Gold Glove award winners. Infield and outfield wizards are voted each year as the best at their position. Imagine baseball's defensive game 100 years ago. Players from the olden times played the game barehanded. The baseball didn't travel as fast or as far as today's baseball, but they were just as hard. Fielders had broken fingers and was getting use to wearing little gloves, small enough to fit in

by media outlets and by fans around the world. He had one problem throughout his career, and that was gambling against other teams in his later career while managing MLB teams. Through this he is now banned from the MLB, and isn’t allowed into the Hall of Fame. Some people agree with it and others do not, he still had amazing stats and was known by as a great player around the world for what he could do on the baseball field. Some of people in sports world believe that he should not be in the Hall

The season finale for The North Dakota Schall’s amateur baseball team was not without a few strikeouts but ended the season on a high note with 5 home runs. The game started off a little rough when Taylor, who was having a good start to wrestling season, struck out early in the 1st inning. Having had trouble with fainting, fatigue, and poor circulation in his hands and feet; Taylor was off to the doctor for some testing and to figure out what was going on. After several tests and a trip to the

Jackie Robinson It was 1955, first game of the World Series. The Brooklyn Dodgers were down four to six, losing to the New York Yankees. During the 8th inning, with two outs, Jackie Robinson does something that not many can say they have done. He steals home to bring the Dodgers with-in one. Though they did not win this game, the Dodgers went on to win the World Series. This is an exciting moment in history, however, it is only one of Jackie Robinson's many accomplishments. Others include, rising