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    Jackie Robinson was an important figure in the civil rights movement. His greatest accomplishment, however, was integrating baseball. He made many Americans excited about it because he was the first African American to ever play in Major League Baseball. Also, he did many things for the civil rights movement. The integration of baseball set off a reaction of different movements to desegregate places like schools, public facilities, and the army. Jackie Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo

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    Cornell shows, that the average person makes 226 choices about food alone, in one day. (So many decisions, so little time, 1). Jackie Robinson made many choices that revolutionized baseball and changed the game forever.When Jackie Robinson broke the color banner in Major League Baseball, it changed prejudice in baseball. Jackie Robinson was born into a African American family, in 1919. Jackie grew up with prejudice all around him.“They were the only black family on their block, and the prejudice they

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    Japan Baseball History

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    The sport of baseball was not established until the late 1800’s. The sport was not played at the collegiate or even pro level until the early 1900’s. Whenever the first colleges started playing baseball, there were two colleges that aided in the help to form the Tokyo Big Six University League: Keio and Waseda. There was also a high school championship that occurred in Osaka, which helped spark the love of baseball across the nation. The country of Japan didn’t have a professional team at this time

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    The audience to which this paper is directed towards is the college aged baseball fan in America. They are interested in the game and love to go to the ballpark to watch a game, and if they can’t make it to the game they will try to watch it on TV or catch some of the highlights. They hear the stories about steroids and the various scandals, but don't possess a deep understanding of them. My audience’s attitude towards my culture is admiration for the players and teams. However, likely objections

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    Baseball Accomplishments

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    Baseball is worldwide known as one of the most famous and passionate sport, this game has a huge reception among the fanatics from some regions, such as USA, Asia, and Latin America. The most important league in the world is the Major League Baseball of the US, and there are more leagues all over the world that played during an entire year; for example, the Nippon Professional League, the Winter Leagues in the Caribbean, and the Italian Baseball League. Among those league, the Winter League is the

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    did more, Jackie Robinson opened the gate for African American’s to play major league baseball. Born in 1919 Jackie was brought up in a society that was characterized by racial segregation and inequality, He fought through the era and made himself known all around the world for being the first African American to play major league baseball. Jackie

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    Jackie Robinson Changes a Country Baseball is a game that is popular on the international scale. Furthermore, in many countries this game is regarded as a "national pastime." Moreover, this game is considered to be rather democratic: unlike football and basketball, it is accessible to different people undependably on their height or weight. There are several versions of the game’s origin. In England, it is believed that the game has been known since the mid-18th century. It was the time when

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    playing Major League baseball. However, since when did a written or unwritten rule ever stop someone from doing something they love? This “rule” did not stop African American players like Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Hank Thompson or Monte Irvin from playing “America’s pastime” their own way; welcome the Negro Leagues. Communities of people united through baseball and themselves to create these leagues. Like the white Major Leagues, the Negro Leagues hit ran and played like any other baseball team

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    In the year nineteen sixty-eight Major league baseball had done something no other professional association had done before, negotiate a Collective Bargaining Agreement. "The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) or Basic Agreement is an agreement between the Major League Baseball Players Association and Major League Baseball describing the rules of employment and the financial structure of the game"(MLBPA ,1). The last agreement that had made it through all of the steps of finalization was done

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    Peanuts, bratwursts, and fireworks after a home team win are everything that reminds all of us of Major League Baseball. Baseball is the oldest professional sport played in the United States. The Majors have two leagues known as the National and the American League. Each MLB year is composed of a spring training, a regular season, an All-Star break, a postseason, and an off-season. Hoboken, New Jersey hosted the first official game between the New York Nine and New York Knickerbockers with the New

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