2004 American League Championship Series

have a love for baseball, after all it is the all American sport. Baseball was loved by millions until one day when the truth came out. The 1919 World Series had been rigged. Hearts were broken and sadness spread across America. These crooked people didn’t intentionally try to ruin baseball but there were reasons why these men went astray. People didn’t want to believe it was true… but it was. The Chicago White Sox had intentionally thrown the series and let the Cincinnati Reds win (encyclopedia).

The Philadelphia Phillies have been a staple in Major League baseball for over 120 years. The Phillies are one of the League’s oldest teams dating back all the way to the year 1883. Over the years the Phillies have acquired many accolades and accomplishments; although the Phillies are a decorated team for many positive reasons they have also become the league’s most losing team, with over 10,000 losses. Although the Philadelphia franchise may have the most losses in any professional sport, whether

four straight Suburban League titles. During her high school career, she also lettered twice in basketball and in volleyball, but the softball diamond is where she truly distinguished herself. Tall and lean, she was blessed with loads of natural talent and an intense desire to win. As a sophomore, Jennie began amassing an impressive list on honors, being chosen All-Suburban League, All-CIF Division II, and Whittier Daily News All-Area. The following year she was selected league MVP. In the summer of

progressions for reaching the goal state. The approach Billy takes to make this happen is by changing the way people view the road to success in baseball. To do this, Billy used Bill James’ algorithm to signs players he believes are undervalued by the league. In the movie, there is a scene where Billy is asking all the scouts, “what’s the problem?” The scouts all respond by telling Billy the team needs to replace Giambi, Damon, and Isringhausen. However, Billy knows that’s not the real problem. The real

winner is unexpected. A team who is winning by a lot of points or wins in a series should win the game. But that doesn’t alway happen. Every team somehow collapses or ‘chokes’ at one time or another. All fans have to deal with the heartbreak of their team losing. Here are the worst blown leads and sports collapses according to us. Yankees vs Red Sox 2004 Yankees had a 3-0 lead in the 2004 American League Championship Series against the Red Sox. The Yankees were looking like they would defeat their

Before 1947, Major League Baseball had never had a black player, although there were Negro Leagues. Jackie Robinson broke that. It takes courage and dedication to chase after something you love. Jackie had that for the game of baseball. The Civil Rights Movement was occurring during the time Jackie enter the Major Leagues, so the times were tough for him. Jackie did more than just play baseball; he introduced a whole new way to play the game, with blacks and whites. He did this by breaking the color

Elway And Manning John Elway and Peyton Manning are two great quarterbacks from two different era’s. Although, John and Peyton were drafted into the league almost fifteen years apart, their careers had many of the same aspects from the very start. Beginning all the way back with their successes playing in college, going through draft day, playing through some of the craziest games the world has ever seen, and having equally successful record breaking Hall of Fame careers in the NFL. In his college

Tony Dungy Tony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Quiet Strength and Uncommon. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American coach. Dungy established another NFL first by leading his teams to the playoffs for ten consecutive years. Dungy joined the Colts in 2002 after serving as the most successful head coach in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He has also held assistant coaching positions with the University

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Ninety-Nine The National Hockey League has hosted the finest athletes in which the game of hockey has ever offered. Throughout over a century of history one person has had more of an impact on this league and this game. This man is Wayne Gretzky. Nicknamed "the great one", no player has done more positive for the game of hockey than him. Gretzky holds more records in the NHL than any other player in history, which shows his skill. He also holds records for attendance and fan support