MORGANTOWN‚ W.Va.--The West Virginia University baseball team’s bats were silenced by Canisius on Wednesday afternoon at Monongalia County Ballpark. The Golden Griffins (11-13) topped the Mountaineers (12-10) 9-0‚ holding WVU to just three hits. Freshman designated hitter Ivan Vera got on base four times with a hit and three walks. Hill and sophomore pinch hitter Kyle Casserly had the other two WVU hits. “I don’t know if I’ve ever been a part of something like that‚” Mountaineers’ head coach Randy
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The History of Baseball Have you ever thought about the history of baseball and how the game got started? Well‚ I have because it is my favorite sport. It is also the favorite sport of millions of people around the world. Who invented baseball is a little complicated. People have always thought it to be Abner Doubleday but come to find out‚ it was probably a guy by the name of Alexander Cartwright. It was based on the game called Rounders. Rounders was a game that came to America with
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’’Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball‚’’ Jacques Barzun‚ the social commentator‚ wrote more than a quarter of a century ago. ’’Fundamentally‚’’ Barzun said in an interview last week‚ ’’things haven’t changed. Baseball still reflects our society‚ it’s just that our society has changed.’’ Baseball‚ Barzun says‚ once expressed the unification of America‚ the teamwork involved. ’’When we look at the triumphs of American technology on a large scale‚’’ he
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Branch Rickey said‚ “Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports‚ and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game”(Nicholson). The game that Branch loved was unfair to others that also loved the game‚ and he was determined to fix it. His determination turned out to be a crucial turning point in not only Branch’s career but also for America. Jackie Robinson was also a crucial part of this plan for integration. Though Jackie endured most of the hardships‚ Branch was
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Jackie accepted the contacted offered by Branch Rickey and he signed it during October of 1945 a day that broke the color barrier between baseball athletes. Jackie started with the Montreal Royals a minor league team associated with the Brooklyn Dodgers. During the beginning of the season‚ the Montreal Royals players were surprised and upset of accepting a black player to play with them. They never expected a black player would ever play in a major league baseball team. Jackie faced a lot of
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Ever since I was little‚ I have loved baseball. At the age of four‚ I began to play ball with my Dad. I got my first bat which had “Nationals” written on the barrel since the Nationals were my Dad’s favorite team. I would play baseball almost every day from the first time I picked up a ball. At the age of seven‚ my parents and I decided it was time for me to be placed on a softball team. It was time for me to put away my 24-inch Nationals bat and pick up my new 26-inch Easton bat. As time passed
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Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919‚ in Cairo‚ Georgia‚ a sleepy Southern town near the Florida border. Jackie was the youngest of five children‚ four boys and a girl‚ born to impoverished sharecroppers Jerry and Mallie Robinson. Jerry Robinson deserted the family six months after Jackie was born. Mallie Robinson‚ a strong‚ devoutly religious woman‚ moved the struggling family across the country by rail to Pasadena‚ California‚ in 1920 when Jackie was fourteen-months old. She worked
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“Baseball. It’s just a game-as simple as a ball and a bat. Yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes. It’s a sport‚ business-and sometimes even religion.” Ernie Harwell’s quote from his 1955 poem‚ “The Game for All America” displays how baseball is a part of America’s roots. The game of baseball is as complex and changing as America itself. In the 1920s many things were evolving and Babe Ruth progressed baseball and society with his popularity‚ greatness‚ and love for the game that firmly
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Nathan Vriseno 5th Period 5/4/17 Rough Draft Jackie Robinson Ok so Jackie Robinson was the first black person to play baseball.Jackie Robinson is the Greatest influence on people and made great remarks. Jackie robinson was one of the greatest baseball players that ever lived and he was one of my favorite players Jackie Robinson in the movie was the greatest but now that he has gotten old he has got less great. Over the years there’s been people that beat his record’s . But back
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The Miami Dolphins became a team in 1966. The owner of the dolphins was Joe Robbie. Over six years they went from 4-10 to 17-0. In 1972 the Dolphins went 17-0-0 with an undefeated season. They beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 in the super bowl. That team was the only team to ever do that in NFL history. In the first year as a team the Dolphins went 4-10. In 1969 they fired their first coach George Wilson. 1970 was the year the Dolphins had a winning season for the first time. In the undefeated
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