Babe Ruth "The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime." --Babe Ruth The Great Bambino, the Sultan of Swat, the Babe. These nicknames spark a since of awe of wonder and amazement even 50 years after the person for whom these names applied had died. We know what the man did.
Babe Ruth was the first athlete that captured the public’s imagination and transcended the level of athlete into a public figure. Ruth’s hitting prowess made him a celebrity in America, Japan, anywhere baseball was played. In 1920, the Babe hit 54 home runs, more than every other major league baseball team except one. Ruth led the transformation of baseball strategy from the "inside game" to the "power game" due to the style and manner in which he hit them. Ruth’s display of power was so impressive, the adjective “Ruthian” was created to describe any long home run hit by any player.
It didn’t take long for Miguel to notice him. He sat front row decked out in Notre Dame gear and khakis with a firm, hard expression on his face. An unfamiliar feeling of nervousness fell over Miguel. This game, this hit, would be the first and possibly the last statement he makes to Notre Dame, his dream school. None of his previous home runs or great plays mattered now.
“I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. And I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for." - July 4, 1939 at Yankee Stadium on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. Lou Gehrig was one of the greatest baseball players in the 1920s and of all time. He was a first baseman and outfielder for the New York Yankees from 1926-1939.
The man I am going to tell you about is a guy that is all of these and more. With a lifetime batting average of .340 and one of the longest streaks in the history of baseball Lou Gehrig proved himself to be “The Iron Horse”. Lou Gehrig was one of the most humble, most inspirational on and off the field, and courageous person in the history of baseball and maybe in the history of mankind. I will put these traits into paragraph form to explain and prove how he had each of these traits. First off I will explain how Lou was one of the most humble ever to play the game.
Well quoted in doc. 3, “cricket unites the rulers and ruled”, Cricket was said to be the most “civilizing influences,” and the one that did “least harm,” because rather than making the Indians grief over the fact that they were not an independent country, they gave them cricket: a source of happiness and moral training. Doc. 4 teaches that even the lowest of the caste, can make the upper-caste cricket team. This is very symbolic, due to different castes were never allowed to mingle with one another earlier times.
Frank McCourt and Manny Ramirez in much happier times. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images) In retrospect, however, there's a more sensible way of assessing that debt. If Ramirez did a lot for the team, then consider what the Dodgers did for him. Less than a year ago, Ramirez was the guy who quit on his teammates in Boston, the guy who shoved an elderly traveling secretary. He was the greatest talent nobody wanted (Barry Bonds doesn't count, as he was well past his BALCO-enhanced prime).
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
Home Run Ruth Babe Ruth is one of the most idolized players in, not only baseball, but sports history. He is one of the most referred to and most idolized players and is compared to some of the greats today. He is the reason why baseball it is today. It is easy to say he was a joy to play with but hated to play against. He changed the game of baseball by focusing on strength and power, his record setting career, and his over the top personality.
What makes Jay Gatsby great? Is this novel titled appropriately? (40 pts) Upon opening F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby for the first time, it is not difficult for one to expect Gatsby to live up to the novel’s title; however, this is far from so. Fitzgerald weaves a remarkable tale set in Long Island during a glamorous decade of careless partying with colorful, scandalous characters, and it’s hardly debatable that he captures the American Dream better than any author to this date. The reader embarks on the story of Jay Gatsby with East-Coast-bound Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran, who is seeking a job in the bond business.