The Last Home Run

The Houston Astros have been making deals to improve their team, and avoid another collapse like the one they had last season. Their bullpen could not finish the year strong after being one of the best in baseball throughout the season. The bullpen, also, collapsed in game four of the ALCS against the eventual champions. The Royals could not hit Lance McCullers, but once he was removed with one out in the seventh inning, Kansas City 's offense got it going. 1. Astros ' big trade The biggest move

hallway, listening behind doors to the song Welcome to the Jungle blasting in the gymnasium mixed with the sounds of the crowds roaring. The only thoughts going through everyone's head, is that this might be the last time we ever play together again. As soon as the song gets to the que we run out of the hallway under a tunnel made of arms, running into the moment that can make it or break it. A timeless sport filled with -- rapid movements, sweat, anxiety, and team cheering -- volleyball is a sport

Grabbing my soccer ball, I run out the door to catch my bus. When i get to school I meet my friends Joseph, Damien, & Da'quan in front

channel all of his anger into the sport. Louie was repeatedly caught misbehaving and was banned from participating in any school sports, until Pete suggested that he was held back a year in order to run track. After placing last in his first race, Louie was humiliated and decided that he would never run again. Pete, however did not take no for an answer and continued to train him every day. Louie began to break record after record and that’s when he set his sights on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany

the 2005 season with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the all-time home run list. In early 2007, however, he signed with the Rangers in a comeback attempt and made the team as its designated hitter. While playing for the Rangers on June 20th, 2007 against the Cubs, his former team, Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming the 5th player in professional

kind of superhero or someone who was the best at what they did, he always kept it in the back of his mind that there was someone working twice as hard as him to be the best. Mickey never accepted the fact that what he did was good enough. Even these last few months he gave it all he could possibly give. Mickey wanted to be remembered as a great teammate, father, husband, friend, brother, and son. Mickey will be remembered for much more than those very few

later sold to the Red Sox, where he first became popular. He got his first major league hit with the Red Sox, and he was playing against the yankees. In 1918 Ruth's batting average was .555, and he was a pitcher. In 1919, only 5 teams hit more home runs than him himself.Ruth was sold to the Yankees on January 3, 1920 for 100,000 dollars. During Babe Ruth's First Spring Training with the Yankees, a team mate who didn't like him, pulled a knife on him, and chased Babe into the stands. In one of his

Water? More Like Gold Did you shower or brush your teeth in the last three months? Some people without H2O in their homes haven’t.California is in a serious drought and at least 1,300 people have lost their house aquifer in and around East Porterville due to this outrageous tragedy.California should manage wells and aquifers. Consequently “It’s officially getting out of control. Local farmers go and go,but it just seems like they can’t go fast enough,” he says, sitting behind the steering

up the success rewarded from it. As the needle slowly penetrated through the skin and half way through his muscle, he unloaded the syringe and felt the steroids settle throughout his leg. He took a deep breath as he removed the needle, letting the last bit of steroids squirt out of the syringe. Mentally blocking the pain, he began curling his dumbbell to pump the

no longer a king. For example, When Buck sees Curly get killed right in front of him it makes Buck that the world is a cruel and unforgiving world, unlike his old home where he was practically a king. For example, he was given plenty of food and water at his old home, where here he was going to get very little. For example, at his old home he was loved and everyone babied him, but here, no one is going to make sure he’s okay all of the time and will have to learn to depend on himself. Since this is