St. Louis Arsenal

The Houston Astros have been the class of Major League Baseball, leading both leagues with 44 wins and a lofty .688 winning percentage. Their lineup is outstanding, led by young stars Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and George Springer, and top starting pitchers Dallas Keuchel (9-0) and Lance McCullers (6-1). However, Keuchel is on the 10-day disabled list with a nerve issue in his neck and may be shut down longer, considering nerve problems are very dangerous and the Astros are running away with the

then, the company was referred to as Au Bon Pain Company. The principal founders were Ron Shaich and Louis Kane. During the 1980s and the1990s, the company prospered in the business and became a dominant market player within the bakery-café sector. Later in1993, the company widened its operation base after purchasing Saint Louis Bread Company, a firm that was operating 20 bakery-cafes in the St. Louis area. With this move, the company widened its unit volume by 75% and changed its name to Panera Bread

Despite the lack of athletic prowess gifted the Slack Jaw Punks writing staff, even the most nerdy among us (Iron Squid by a mile) can not deny the joy of watching a good sports film. Also we can't deny the appreciation and longing we have to be one of the guys. On the team, ya know. I think every nerd wants to that. The D&D crew just doesn't cut it. While I did play golf in high school (somewhere between Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore), and hung out with mostly jocks (geeks are be popular too)

When Jackie Robinson was first put onto the Dodgers, he had a lot of enemies and problems to face. Even through all of these tests of self control and skill he was able to change the course that history took. The number of difficulties he faced are plentiful like people not wanting their rights to change, or they would try and make him break his promise by thretening him. In those parts if history most of the time if anyone tried to expand their rights it was automatically put down, but when Branch

Pete Rose should be allowed eligibility to be inducted to the Hall of Fame. Pete Rose was one of the greatest players to ever step onto a baseball diamond. “During his career as a player. Rose won two N.L. batting titles, had ten 200-hit seasons, was named N.L. Rookie of the Year in 1963, and league MVP in 1973.” (Katz and Kuenster 43) With these achievements Rose also tallied a Major League Baseball record of 4,256 hits, six National League pennants, three World Series Championships and seventeen

With rookie shortstop Dansby Swanson's walk-off bases loaded single on Monday night, the Atlanta Braves won the game 5-4 over the San Diego Padres. It was Atlanta's fifth win in a row and it pulls the Braves to .500 (6-6) on the young season. For the first time in almost two years, the streaking Braves are even in the win-loss columns. Their four game sweep of the Padres means that Atlanta is undefeated in SunTrust Stadium. Incidentally, the team opened Turner Field at 5-0 in 1997. The

David Americo Ortiz Arias was born on November 18th 1875 in Dominican Republic. He is nicknamed “Big Papi” and is a retired professional baseball player. Who was a designated hitter in the Major League Baseball, and he also played firstbase thoughout his career. He played for the Minasota Twins in 1997 to 2002 and then the Red Soxs in 2003-2016. Ortiz was a ten time All-Star,and a 3 time World Series Champion,and he holds The Boston Red Sox single season record for most homeruns in a season with

Life has many different challenges and can lead to turning points that can impact a person. “Warriors Don’t Cry” (Beals), “I Never Had It Made” (Robinson), and “The Father of Chinese Aviation” (Maskel) are about people who are examples of people that experienced turning points in history. Jackie Robinson, Feng Ru, and Melba Beals faced life-changing events, and those events affected their countries in the process. Jackie Robinson changed major league baseball history in 1947. This day, “was a history-making

I am certain I can wrap up who Ty Cobb was in a few words. He was a man that had “daddy issues”, as well as anger issues. However, he was also, from what I have read, a great baseball player. Cobb seemed to be dedicated to the game, working hard on-field as well as off-field. Although, I felt like that was more to do with his obsession to be the best or prove his self-worth to his father. Either way, his cruelty both on and off the field seemed to work for him and against him. The players hazed him

“Try not to get lost in comparing yourself to others. Discover your gifts and let them shine,” said Jennie Finch. I’ve had the great opportunity of discovering my God-given talents through sports. I have played volleyball, softball, and basketball and have truly been impacted by helping my teammates. I would like to use what I have learned in my career field of becoming a veterinarian. In sports, I have learned that in order to have success you have to make the right decisions. I am the setter for