Baseball Superstars Jackie Robinson pptx

... man get a job,” Robinson wrote in his memoir about that era. BaseBall superstars Jackie Robinson 23 From College to the Military people—Rachel, the Reverend Downs, and Mallie Robinson herself—tried ... job,” Robinson wrote in his memoir about his decision. He wanted to help his mother financially, which meant getting a job that could pay the bills, although many 22 JACKIE...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 10:21

... personality and lovable character that allowed baseball to recover. He affected the game in other ways. His high salaries had the effect of raising pay for all baseball players. He was a cultural icon. ... zeal and remain today ardent baseball and Yankee fans. For that I am truly grateful to my father. He gave me many things, but none that created a common ground like baseball a...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 06:20

... first taste of baseball at Fort Campbell. His mother had signed James and Johnny up for a local baseball league—Johnny was going to play T-ball, and James was going to play baseball. The family, ... had the ripped physique of a 25-year-old, and he caught the interest of local baseball scouts—or “birddogs,” as baseball insiders call them. What they saw was a young teenager who cou...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 22:20

... When Robinson joined Dr. Martin Luther King’s nonviolent campaign in HERO 5 c01.qxd 7/15/02 1:06 PM Page 5 JACKIE ROBINSON 6 Birm ingham in 1963, marchers called out, “Show us, Jackie! ” Jackie Robinson ... lives. HERO 7 c01.qxd 7/15/02 1:06 PM Page 7 JACKIE ROBINSON 8 ••• Shortly before nine o’clock on the morning of September 11, 2001, Jackie Robinson s widow, Rachel Robi...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 10:21

... perception most white fans had about Negro baseball that Branch Rickey would come to choose Jackie Robinson. Many serious black players like Buck Leonard believed that Robinson was not, by a long stretch, ... black baseball would involve the roles played by Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey. Thus the articles by Anthony Pratkanis and Marlene Turner lay out the affirmative action m...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 06:20

... Links http://www .baseball- links.com/ Baseball Reference http://www .baseball- reference.com Historic Baseball http://www.historicbaseball.com/ National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum http://www.baseballhalloffame.org ... Black Baseball. London: Franklin Watts, 1994. Vascellaro, Charlie. Hank Aaron: A Biography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. WEB SITES Baseball Almanac...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 06:20

... Sunday children and their only daughter, was born on January 29, 1890, while Billy was still playing baseball. The Human Body and How to Take Care of It by James Johonnot and Eugene Bouton outlined ... this broad perception. Confirmation of his ath- letic achievements and physical fitness rests in his baseball equipment, gardening tools, and weight scales and in the numerous photographs of h...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 06:20

... National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson died of a heart attack in 1972. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of the sport, Major League Baseball retired Robinson s ... boy in Jackie Robinson and Roger Maris share some baseball stories—pos- sibly about those New York fans—during a benefit. In 1947, when Maris was still a youngster in North Dakota, Rob...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 13:20

... National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Robinson died of a heart attack in 1972. To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the integration of the sport, Major League Baseball retired Robinson s ... boy in Jackie Robinson and Roger Maris share some baseball stories—pos- sibly about those New York fans—during a benefit. In 1947, when Maris was still a youngster in North Dakota, Rob...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 13:20

... the Baseball Hall of Fame five years later. After the Phils game was over, you would grab a bat and head down to the Piazzas’ basement, where it was time for some serious baseball work. Baseball? ... Mike Schmidt. Mike Piazza BaseBall superstars 23 Mike served as batboy for the Dodgers in Philadelphia for the next several years while also playing youth league baseball. At home,...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 13:20