Zachery Stephen Julie Ramon English 101 November 20, 2012 Hall of Fame vs. Steroids Seven-time gold glove winner, 298 career average, 762 home runs (all time record holder), 2558 RBI's, ten time all star, four time most valuable player, and 71 home runs in a season (major league record) considered by many the greatest hitter that ever lived no doubt this man should be a hall of famer. Right? According to most experts no because the man listed above is Barry Bonds who played in baseballs "steroid era" and is believed to have used performance enhancing drugs. According to buysteroids.net there is no exact and clear-cut definition for it , but loosely speaking, it is any substance intended to improve a particular physical skill-set or performance, particularly in the realm of sport competitions (Enhancing Drugs). The "steroid era" in
Tyler Smith 2/7/12 Per 5 How to draw walk To: My fellow ballplayers Subject: What I’ve learned From: Barry Bonds Hey, everyone, just want to say thanks for all your support during my trial, I know you would have texted if you could, guess refusing to give my cell number to teammates all those years wasn’t such a great idea. Have to say, I might be a federal felon, but I’m felling pretty good. Sure, losing my right to vote, serve on jury and run for office in my home state stinks. (There goes my bright political future.) But my layers say this obstruction of justice conviction probably wont land me in jail.
Jackson did not sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers so his rights were forfeited and his was thrown back into the NFL draft. In 1987, Jackson was drafted by the Oakland Raiders and owner Al Davis supported Jackson and his baseball career. Al Davis allowed Jackson to sign a full-time contract with the Raiders and still remain a member of MLB team Kansas City Royals. Jackson was a second string running back behind the great, Marcus Allen. However, in 1990, Jackson suffered a serious hip injury that ended his football career and seriously threatened his professional baseball career.
His dedication to his team and to his teammates is proven on two occasions, one in both the book and the movie, and the other in only the movie. The first occasion is while Billy warms up before the big game. The team manager, Maxwell, informs him that he plans on sitting Gus, the catcher, out for the game and replacing him with a man with more power who can hit homeruns. Billy adamantly, but respectfully refuses, stating that he will pitch to nobody but Gus. “NO.” Chapel said.
Just looking at this kid, you might think Kirby Puckett had rose from the dead, and is trying to make a comeback in the Brewers organization...If only that were true as the Brewers could really use a reliable Center Fielder. But no, he isn't Kirby Puckett, and he doesn't play Center Field. He is infact Zelous Wheeler, or "Z" as his teammates call him, and he's quickly making a name for himself in the Brewers organization. Physically, he’s not your prototypical Major League shortstop. Standing at a generous 5’10 and weighing 220 pounds, he looks more like Prince Fielder back in his vegetarian days when he came to Spring Training significantly sized-down.
Salary Cap in Professional Baseball Both experts and fans have different opinions on whether or not a salary cap should be put on major league baseball. Argument such as, the game being less exciting has been used opposing the cap. Those who favor the cap don’t think it’s fair to the poorer teams who can’t afford big name players. Financially, a salary cap is a great method of keeping overall costs down. A salary cap was almost put into play in 1994 until the players went on strike.
Although he played brilliantly for the "Negro Leagues," he was not allowed to on the "white" teams, unlike Jackie Robinson. The success of Robinson and other black players is a sore subject for Troy. Because he was "born at the wrong time," he never earned the recognition or the money which he felt he deserved - and discussion of professional sports will often send him into a tirade. Baseball serves as Troy's main way of explaining his actions. When he talks about facing death, he uses baseball terminology, comparing a face-off with the grim reaper to a duel between a pitcher and a batter.
Mickey Charles Mantle was born on October 20, 1931 in Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Mickey was named after Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane. His father had dreams of his son playing professional baseball and he did everything he could to make that happen. Every night after coming home from the zinc mines, Mickey’s father would pitch to him and by age 6, Mickey was amazing the neighbors with his hitting skills. Mantle always talked warmly about his father saying, “He was the bravest man he ever knew.” As a young boy, Mickey played football, basketball, and baseball.
I would also ask him if he didn’t have ALS where he think he’d be. It would be hard to ask questions to someone like him, in my opinion because of his situation. You wouldn’t want to ask the wrong thing and make someone like him mad or something like that. In conclusion, Lou Gehrig was an all time baseball player, he had the looks, he had over 400 home runs but also he had a disease which was later named after him. People now still suffer from this disease and Gehrig still remains a legend.
Throughout sports, people will always try to gain a competitive edge in order to win games. Players such as the 1919 Black Sox and Pete Rose in 1989 have bet on baseball in order to gain money, but now both guilty parties have been banned from baseball for life. Players in baseball also scuff baseball with items such as sandpaper, corked bats, and steal signs, all of which