The best baseball player that ever lived is Jackie Robinson. This is because not only was Jackie an amazing baseball player, he also changed the path of baseball and many other sports. ... Robinson was one of the best baseball players in the league at his time. ... Robinson served more as just a great baseball player. ... This is why Jackie Robinson is the greatest baseball player of all time....

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The first man to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 20th century, Jackie Robinson is one of the most celebrated baseball players in history. ... But before Jackie Robinson there was Moses Fleetwood Walker, he was the 1st African American major league baseball player to play baseball in the late 1800's. ... While under all this pressure Jackie still focused on baseball and showed everyone that he was a great baseball player: " Baseball was just part of my life. ... Even the magazine Sporting News, which was against black baseball players, acknowledged his ...

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Baseball today is characterized as a sport dominated by players who cheat to gain any sort of competitive edge, and justifiably so. ... This in turn can lead to longer careers for baseball players, allowing for multiple generations of fans to personally witness some of the best the game has to offer (Thomas 1). ... Fans not only become more engrossed in baseball players' careers, but this idolization begins to root itself in their everyday lives "something that is lacking with today's baseball generation where players are not having the long successful careers as those in prev...

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In fact, Major League Baseball is seeing more and more players from Japan, the Caribbean Islands, and South America. ... From tee-ball to college ball, baseball related injuries to players, umpires, and spectators will forever be an issue. ... Of course, when dealing with a sport such as baseball, there are many ways that players, coaches, umpires, or spectators can be injured. ... Every time a baseball player ties up his cleats and puts on his glove, he knows that the game he is about to play is by no means safe. There are thousands of different ways that a baseball player can get injured thr...

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Pete Rose retired from baseball in 1986. ... This left baseball in a curious situation. It had banned one of its best players from the game and yet he would soon be inducted into the Hall of Fame, baseball's holiest shrine. In 1989, the eligibility rules were changed to forbid entry in to the Hall of Fame by players banned from Major League Baseball. ... Baseball does this because it wants to be tough on drugs, but compassionate to its addicted players. ...

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What is Baseball? Baseball is a game of bats, bases, gloves and balls. ... There are thousand of kids everyday that play baseball in their backyards. ... Baseball has become a game of numbers. ... Most players had to get a second job in the off season; they could not live off of their salaries from their baseball season. ...

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Baseball players from the youngest leagues up through college use aluminum bats. ... As baseball players improve and the balls come off of the bats with greater speed, there is a higher chance of serious injuries. ... Pete "Old Gladiator" Browning was a player on the local Lousiville Eclipse baseball team. ... Restrictions for the wooden bat keeps the game of baseball regulated for the players. ... Baseball bat manufacturers who make aluminum bats know they will lose money if college players stop using aluminum bats. ...

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He placed him on the Hatillo Tigres, an amateur league team full of players about ten years older than him, long before Molina was eligible for the Major League Baseball draft. ... He also won the GIBBY (Greatness in Baseball Yearly) Award in 2012 for defensive player of the year along with St. Louis Cardinals Player of the Year Award. ... The stats I placed in this paragraph I got from http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/7345/ 4. The stats I placed in this paragraph I got from http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/7345/ 5. ...

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He loved baseball very much and it all started in Baltimore, Maryland. ... As Babe grew older he discovered baseball and became really good at it. He soon became known as the "Best Home Run Hitter in Baseball". ... Babe became one of the best baseball players there. ... He was picked to play professional baseball. ...

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Major League Baseball players are the best in the world at what they do. ... In the past, baseball players, because of their status were granted impunity. ... In the past, society has placed its baseball players on a pedestal, but as society evolved, unfavorable actions of the players caused society to view the players more harshly, lowering them from their pedestal. ... Baseball's past is filled with legendary players that made the game immortal. ... George Herman Ruth was an American professional baseball player, one of the most gifted and popular players in the history of baseball....

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Pete Rose was placed on baseball's ineligible list in 1989 when commissioner of baseball Giamatti concluded that Rose had bet on baseball games including games involving his own team the Cincinnati Reds. In an agreement made with baseball, Rose accepted his banishment from the sport, but Rose did not admit to having gambled on baseball games. ... He took the practice of spiking opposing players while running the bases to new and disgusting heights; most of his own teammates couldn't stand the guy. ... These are just a few of the distinguished baseball players who by hook or cr...

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He had no education and came from a poverty-stricken farming family, yet he became a professional baseball player that made it twice to the World Series. ... Despite this, he worked his way up the rankings to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time, only to be incriminated for taking money to throw a series games. ... With all of Jackson's accomplishments, and even though he was banned from baseball, he is one of the hardest working players that ever played the game and should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. ... Since he did not have a job he was able to perfect his skills ...

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The first one that comes to my mind is the statistics involved in baseball. ... The most common statistic in baseball is of course the batting average. This statistic is important to all baseball players because it portrays your performance as a hitter and without good hitters the game would have no scoring. ... Other statistics in baseball include slugging percentage, ERA (earned run average), and on-base percentage. ...

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It is unusual for a young player, with only two years experience in organized baseball, to come up on his third season and set a major league afire with his aggressive ability, but really this is not difficult to understand at all. ... It is hard for players to do that today due to their lack of time. ... Teddy had a complete baseball atmosphere. ... It's a matter of applying certain truths of hitting to a player's natural makeup. ... Ted Williams is our greatest living expert on how to hit a baseball, the last baseball player to hit .400 in the major leagues. ...

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Exemplification Essay At the age of eleven, I was a young boy who wanted to look up to all the professional baseball players. ... The loyalty that he shows to his family is unbelievable and very unlikely for baseball players of today. ... There's always the easiest way out of them all to become a baseball role model, and that is being a great player on the field. ... These stats don't come from an average baseball player in the Majors. ... Cal Ripken Jr. showed that everyday during his time as a professional baseball player. ...

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Rule five in the guidelines for induction states, "Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be eligible for the Hall of Fame"(Pre-amble1932). ... "Charlie Hustle" as was affectionately know for his hard work ethic and never say die attitude was the definition of a baseball player. ... He was voted most valuable player in the league three times, he won four batting titles, and helped the Reds to a championship in 72. ... I don't care if holds every record in baseball. ... Simply put, Pete Rose was an excellent baseball player and throughout his career he amassed num...

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Shoeless Joe is a book about a man who builds a baseball field in his cornfield because he heard a voice telling him "if you build it, he will come". ... He builds the field section by section, and as each section of the field is completed, a baseball player who has been dead for some time comes and plays in that position. The first area of the field that is completed is left field, where Ray's favorite baseball player, Shoeless Joe Jackson plays. As Ray is building the baseball field, he hears another voice, "Ease his pain." ... Salinger and himself sitting at Fenway Park watching a ...

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His father's hero was a baseball player named Shoeless Joe Jackson. ... He helps Shoeless Joe Jackson and all the other players gain a means to play ball again. He helps a man named Doc Grahm play baseball also but the doc realizes that many things are more important than baseball and that living a life of saving lives is much more significant than if he lived a life of playing baseball. ... For Ray his dream was baseball, the field, and the players. ... He also shared it with the players. ...

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Blood Thirsty Bats When at a baseball game forty years ago, the crack of a baseball bat would send chills down the spectator's spines; but the crack of a wooden bat has been replaced by a metallic ping. In today's society people feel that money is more important than the safety of baseball players all over the world. People have to understand that players are being seriously injured, some of the injuries resulting in death because of the metal bats the players use. ... Baseball is supposed to be the great American past time; but there are too many injuries and deaths because ou...

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The most beautiful site to any fan of the game, a baseball field stood tall and proud where the tall corn once ruled the earth. Why did this man build a baseball field with a suffering farm, and a house that was close to being disowned? ... Shoeless Joe Jackson (Joseph Jefferson Jackson) appeared in Rays baseball field, out of no where, from the tall corn grass. ... Legend has it that shoeless Joe Jackson and seven other players where banned from the game after being found guilty of loosing the World Series on purpose for money. ... However, one night, when he and his daughter Karin where watc...

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For a man coming from a poor family of sharecroppers, his beginning, would help him become the first baseball player to break Major League Baseball's color barrier that segregated major league baseball for many decades. ... So, Jackie decided to play one season in the Negro Baseball League, and traveled all over the Midwest with the Kansas City Monarchs. ... Jackie Robinson was drafted by the coach of the Brooklyn Dodger, a team part of white baseball, and helped integrate black and white baseball together. He broke the colour barrier in baseball by being the first African American to p...

• Word Count: 423
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The kids in this movie played baseball at every opportunity, simply for the love of the game. ... red baseball player's friend. ... The boys also find a new friend in the old retired player, someone who understood their love of baseball. ... When Benny busted the baseball, he did not act like a normal twelve year-old who had just smacked the leather off of a baseball. ... The kids were a pleasure to watch and the baseball scenes were great. ...

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He loved baseball very much and it all started in Baltimore, Maryland. ... As Babe grew older he discovered baseball and became really good at it. He soon became known as the "Best Home Run Hitter in Baseball". ... Babe became one of the best baseball players there. ... He was picked to play professional baseball. ...

• Word Count: 481
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He builds a baseball field for Shoeless Joe Jackson. ... Upon the completion of the baseball field, "Shoeless Joe Jackson", the baseball player who had been his father's hero before he passed away, suddenly appeared in the field to talk with Ray and to play baseball. ... The only thing that is great about the baseball field is left field. ... Ray was sent there to take Terrence to Fenway Park for a baseball game. ... Finally that is when the miracle happens and everyone can see Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other players playing baseball. ...

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When Louie asks to be the general manager of Howie's baseball team, he is prepared. Louie has named the baseball team the Zodiacs because, " calling ourselves- I mean your team- the Zodiacs, will make them different," (Neugeboren 46-47) Thus demonstrating that Louie is organized and prepared. ... This is demonstrated when he is able to "figure out a player's batting average in his head! ...

• Word Count: 688
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• Grade Level: High School