Brandon Phillips had three hits including a home run, jay Bruce homered, and Ryan Ludwick had three hits as the Reds scored eight runs and 12 hits. Starting pitcher Mike Leake allowed 10 hits and two earned runs while striking out three over 6.2 innings to raise his record to 6-8 on the year. For Sunday’s game Cincinnati starts Homer Bailey who took a no decision in his last outing. For the season Bailey has allowed 170 hits and 70 earned runs while striking out 117 over 153.1 innings of work for a 4.11 ERA. The St. Louis Cardinals are in the heart of the Wildcard race in the National League and they didn’t help themselves taking the loss on Saturday.
New sports were invented and athletes in every sport began to excel and become famous. Beginning in the 1920s one event like many that began to bring sports more into popularity was the formation of Negro League Baseball which was for only African American baseball players. Many things started to happen to play out for the future such as well-known Babe Ruth was traded from his original team the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees to continue his legendary career. One major event that also happened in 1920 was the formation and inaugural season of the National Football League or the NFL. From the teams currently in the NFL the Bears and Cardinals are the only left from the 1920 season.
He was a first baseman and outfielder for the New York Yankees from 1926-1939. He is also very famous for his “Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth” speech given on July 4th, 1939. He died on June 2, 1941 at 10:10 p.m. of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). During his 17 professional seasons he set many records, including: hitting the most HRs in a game (4), set an AL record in RBIs in a season (184), most consecutive games played (2,130, despite accumulating 17
Phil uses interpersonal good because he has to be able to socialize with other coaches and players. If Phil does not use his interpersonal skills well, than won’t be able to get along with players, and that won’t be good during games. Some things that Phil and I share in common is that we both enjoy watching/ playing basketball. Also, we both use similar intellegences in our everyday lives. The last thing that Phil and I share in common is that we both struggle with intrapersonal skills because
I was the third batter up. Lou stated, “She’s throwing a lot for you to hit. Look for the outside corner.” She high fived me and walked into the dugout. I then ran up to the batter’s box. I did my routine three practice swings outside the box, visualizing the perfect pitch and the perfect hit.
The commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig remains against the use of instant replay saying, “I think the human element in baseball is really very important”(Bloom 1). He continued, “The umpires for the most part do a wonderful job. Sure, there are controversial decisions as there are in every sport, but I think overall, the umpires have really, really tightened up on everything, and I'm satisfied with the job they are doing right now. "(Bloom 1) The Major League Baseball executive vice president Sandy Alderson didn’t believe that Major League Baseball would do anything any way saying that is was “unlikely we'll do anything substantive in the next year to pursue instant replay. "(Bloom 1) It could have been use in such circumstances as when Mark Bellhorn of the Boston Red Sox hit a deep ball to left field in the fourth inning of game six of the American League Championship Series.
Players who used steroids to come back from injuries are acceptable because they are trying to get back to playing the game they love. To ensure players do not lie about their reasoning for taking steroids baseball should cross check the failed test with when the player was injured. This will ensure that people who use steroids to heal themselves will not be discriminated against. For example Andy Pettitte admitted to using a PED to come back from an injury and there is nothing wrong with that. The system for getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame gives the voting power to the writers.
Zachary Fogle 2/19/13 A.P. English 12 Freudian Baseball Freudian Baseball Baseball is an American past time, a staple of society just as much as apple pie and the Fourth of July. It comes to no surprise that the rules of baseball are almost nationally known perhaps more so then the current vice president or the current economic situation. However what if the rules of baseball were left to the famous doctor Sigmund Freud to decide? How would the national past time hold up under the creation of Freud instead of the legendary Mr. Doubleday.
I decided to do my research paper on how is it possible to hit a 100 mph fastball without being able to see it for more than a split second, how do you break the fear of the baseball and, how to regain lost focus while they are hitting and pitching, “Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical.” Long time ago, as Yogi Berra who was a famous baseball player said this. It is no doubt that major league baseball player have skills to their physical abilities and it is obvious that they are better than any of us, but these abilities don’t come from their above-average physical ability. The year of 2002, Arizona State’s Gob Gray who has invented “virtual hitting stimulation” which is a strategy (practice) for baseball batters to
Robert D. Daigle, M.D., 1989. Web. 12 Feb. 2010. . http://www.mvcc.edu/~phirsch/Daigle.pdf Average Salary in MLB Tops $3 Million. Major League Baseball Official Site, 1 Apr.