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    family. In his teens Berra grew serious about baseball. Berra and his friend Joe Garagiola were both offered deals by the Cardinals. Berra was only offered $250 which he turned down, a short time later Berra was discovered the New York Yankees. During World War II Bara joined the U.S Navy when he was 19 Years old. In 1946 Berra was picked up by the Yankees as a catcher, Berra earned the reputation as the batter who never struck out. In the 1950’s Yogi won American League Most

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    League Baseball has become the National Pastime the St. Louis Cardinals have had a rich history in baseball, for many years there have been many different teams won their respective divisions, have the best record in baseball, and win the amazing World Series. Although Major League Baseball has been around since the early 1800’s, since the year 2000 the St. Louis Cardinals have been one of the best teams in Major League Baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals reside in the National League Central Division

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    Hydia Jones Mr. Creamer World History 9 March 2016 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio was one of the most famous baseball player in the Yankees. DiMaggio had an outstanding 56 game hitting streak, in which it still stands. He was a three time MVP winner and an All-Star in all of hi 13 seasons. DiMaggio went to harvard. He enlisted on February 17, 1943. His parents and among others were named “enemy aliens”. Joe was married to Dorothy Arnold in 1939 and then Marilyn Monroe in 1954. DiMaggio made many

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    won the final game. For example, “The first thing I did after Chicago won was call my dad, Tom Arthur”. (Arthur, 2016, p. 1). He created this source to tell people how he was feeling and what his emotions were like after his favorite team won the World Series. People are more likely going to read this article because most people in the United States were cheering for the Cubs. A lot of people were feeling the same way this author was going though. The audience would be any Cubs fans or anyone who likes

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    Fresh smell of peanuts,chomping away at a fresh hot dog,strike one yells the ump,strike two,strike three and the crowd goes wild. Baseball is the best sport in the world. But there is always that one question someone has to ask. Is it? Baseball should be the best sport in the world. Baseball is the best because it shows tons of respect to america,commemorates all black and white athletes,and is the only game that you continually have to keep playing. Baseball is one of america's past time and

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    The Great Sports Team

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    Greatness can be defined in three words, success , hard work and determination. The 1998 New York Yankees lived up to every single one of those three traits. They are the greatest sports team of all time because they won the World Series yet again with Paul o’neil and Tino Martinez who drove in one hundred and sixteen and one hundred twenty-three runs. They have continuously proven themselves according to the Forbes website showing their tremendous records in statistics which shows just how talented

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    In the 2014 soccer World Cup finals 18.2 million worldwide viewers tuned in for it. In comparison the 2013 baseball World Series game 6 (when the Red Sox won the series) had 19.2 worldwide viewers. The World Series overall has had lower television rating compared to the past, but soccer can hardly be considered the reason for that. Baseball has been voted America’s 2nd favorite sport (behind football) and soccer was voted America’s 4th favorite sport. Therefore, baseball is better and more popular

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    The Life Of Babe Ruth      Babe Ruth, born George Ruth, Jr., is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. Everybody knows how great a hitter Babe was and how he virtually invented the home run. Not everybody knows how great of a pitcher Babe was, even though he was one of the best left-handed pitchers of all time. Babe had a 92 and 44 record, 67.6%, and a 2.24 career earned- run average in 163 games pitched. Not many career .342 hitters that averaged

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    played in nine World Series. In 1946, Rosalie DiMaggio died. DiMaggio hit way below his normal average, hitting only .290. That was his career low in batting average. The next spring, in 1947, he was almost traded for Ted Williams. The Boston Red socks also asked for Yogi Berra in a trade. The Yankees turned down both. Yogi Berra was also a great player. Joe DiMaggio won his third MVP in his career and hit two home runs in the World Series that year. The New York Yankees won the World Series in 1947. On

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    boring or that (gasp!) even the World Series has lost its luster, here's what to do: Sit the complainers down in front of the nearest screen and put on Game 2 of the 2017 World Series. Then sit back and watch them change their minds in real time. Although the game was just played Wednesday night—and deep into the night, at that—there's no need to wait for retrospect to conclude that the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers made it one of the greatest World Series games ever. The fact that the

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