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    retired Mexican MLB assistant for the Cardinals becomes their coach when he moves back to Mexico. The kids were supposed to be really bad and were picked on by the other team from their town, but they ended up beating them in the 1957 Little League World Series. This movie is better than other movies because it has a good story behind it and it shows lots and lots of

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    The longest sports drought in history was finally put to bed after 108 years the Chicago Cubs have reached mountaintop as World Series champions. They did it in style coming back from a 3-1 deficit and being part of the most-watched baseball game and 25 years. It's one of those sporting event you are going to remember exactly where you were when the Cubs broke the curse. Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer, and Joe Madden will probably have children named after them because they were able to band together

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    currently one of the longest running-and most beloved aliases in all of sports.When was their first World Series win? The Cubs won their first World Series in 1908, defeating the Detroit Tigers and Ty Cobb four games to two. They followed this up the next year by winning their second consecutive World Championship. How many times have they been to the world series?

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    around since the 17th century. It has had its ups and downs like every other sport, but the crazy history of how it came about is quite extensive. Having to find new players that no one would think of to play and eventually having the first ever World Series; the sport has changed throughout time. The beginning of baseball can be accredited to Thomas Wilson who was a conformist leader in England. Wilson played a version of the game of baseball every Sunday, but the game did not gain popularity

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    For this media assignment, I chose to focus on probability and the ways people don’t deal with it properly and probability based statements. In the text and in class we discussed gambler’s fallacy. First off, a fallacy is an incorrect argument in logic or a false belief based on an unsound argument. Gambler’s fallacy is a mistaken belief that if something happens less than it should in a normal period of time then it will happen more frequently in the future and same for if something happens more

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    Pedro Essay

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    The Red Sox won the American League Division Series (ALDS), or the first round of the playoffs, but lost in the American League Championship Series (ALCS), a round away from the World Series. At the end of the 2000 season, Pedro played a part in the Red Sox signing fellow Dominican-born Manny Ramirez from the Cleveland Indians, increasing the team’s likelihood of making

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    coach of the Giants had it out to get him out of the league. Just to help his team make it to the Little League World Series. Mike just dealt with it for a while, until he got back in the league, and got to pitch in the series. “ To my Miguelito,” he said. “ May the next time we are all together be on the day when he pitches himself and his proud papi to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.” (Lupica

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    I’m Rooting for the Cubs in the World Series” the faith and disappointment tones reflect on Rick Cohen’s belief that one day the Cubs baseball team will win one day in the World Series. The team has not won since 1908, but Cohen is still in the stands rooting that one day the team will have a comeback and eliminate the “curse.” The detailed description of the Cubs team having a “curse” since 1908 gives a sense of hopelessness that the team will ever win a World Series again since they have not in quite

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    The Giants have been one of the best teams in baseball for a few years now and it sure didn’t look any different this year, until the second half of the season. The Giants have made it to the postseason three times since 2010 and won the World Series each time. The Giants are somewhat a hit and miss club that is use to inconsistency. Unlike their counterpart, the Dodgers have made it to postseason since the 2013 season including this year, unfortunately, they haven’t been able to get passed the NLCS

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    Billy Beane's Moneyball

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    Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen leave to join other teams in the free agency. Billy Beane, the team's general manager, responded with a series of under-the-radar free agent signings such as David Justice, Randy Verlarde, and Justin Duchscherer. The new-look Athletics, despite having no star power what so ever, surprised the baseball world by having the best 2001 team's regular season record. The team is most famous, however, for winning 20 consecutive games between August 13 and September

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