the number 27. Since his high school days at Midwest High School in Oklahoma‚ he has been a standout star. Through his career with the Dodgers‚ which started in 2006‚ he has 962 hits‚ 151 homers‚ 526 RBIs‚ 153 stolen bases‚ and 538 runs. He has a batting average of .295. This 2 time all-star is far from done putting his mark on the MLB. He put his most work in during the 2011 season‚ racking up a large amount of accolades. In 2011 Matt Kemp was selected to the All-Star game. He was the National
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soon sent us home and he held me back for a minute begging me not to lose hope. So i didn’t. Next practice came along and as we got done with the bone aching exercises‚ i knew we were all lining up to practice every softball players nightmare. Batting. To my surprise‚ I was not as nervous as i was the first time i batted. I pushed
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I know cricket and love it because of Shahid afridi.He is the oxygen of modern day cricket. Cricket game has produced many legends like Sachin Tendulkar ‚ Imran khan ‚ wasim akram ‚ Ricky ponting ‚ Shane warne and many more. Some are famous for batting while some for bowling. jhonty Rhodes ‚ a former South African player was the best fielder of cricket. I would say cricket is the best sports game of the world.It is really popular through out the world. Without Cricket ‚ the life of ours would
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respect of members of the MLB organization and ended up being known as one of the most talented baseball players of all time. His amazing stats over his career such as leading the league in stolen bases‚ double plays as a second baseman‚ his impressive batting average‚ and his MVP award‚ led to his induction to the Hall of Fame in 1962. His most famous statistic in his baseball career is his 19 stolen bases home. In 1997‚ the MLB decided to retire the number 42 for all teams in Jackie’s honor‚ which prevents
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aluminum bat is. The aluminum takes in the energy from the ball when it hits the bat and sends it right back. Studies show that speed is much higher for balls hit by an aluminum bat than balls hit with a wooden bat. Studies also show players’ batting averages are significantly higher than if they use aluminum bats instead of wooden bats. If aluminum bats are better‚ why aren’t they used in the MLB? They want to maintain accuracy. If major leaguers switched to aluminum bats‚ they would break
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playing professional baseball. “Sixty-five years [before]‚ for five minutes‚ [he] had come [so] close‚ it would kill [most] men to get so close to their dream and never touch it.” Graham chooses his present over his past and adamantly insists that “batting in the major league” is not written in his destiny. He will not leave Chisholm for it is his “most special place in the world.” His duty as a physician feels more fulfilling for “if [he’d] gotten to be a doctor for [only] five minutes… [that] would
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In a press release by the Maui County Police Department‚ Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was indeed arrested in Maui‚ Hawaii‚ last month for allegedly assaulting his wife‚ According to the statement‚ Jose Reyes was charged and arrested for allegedly abusing a family or household member‚ namely his wife. The incident happened while the couple were at the Four Seasons Resort in Wailea‚ Maui‚ on Halloween. The released report read. "Mr. Reyes and his wife were involved in an argument that turned
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The essays “Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa” by David Sedaris and “Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out” by Dave Berry choose to outline the differences between two completely different subjects. In Sedaris’s writing‚ he chooses to express the extremely unique childhood of his partner growing up in Africa to his so-called “average” childhood growing up in North Carolina‚ while Barry elects to take on the concept of gender roles and social differences between men and women. In spite
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exactly what was going on he just kept playing. (Mr Gildea‚ Mrs. Lucas Launguage Arts) His average batting in 1925 was .295. The upcoming year he batted .313 and lead the league with 20 triples. He was able to get passed these symptoms through a couple of years. In the World Series he batted .348 the most he had batted since he started. Then in 1938 his symptoms began to increase in his games. His batting went down below three hundred! This was the first times since 1925 the coach knew something was
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of failure. Some great people have often shared that it was the fear of failure that kept them winning. However‚ even greater heights were achieved by those people who treated their failure as a stepping stone to success. One can say without batting an eyelid that the greatest success stories are of those who once failed miserably but who stood up and fought the battle owing to their courage. What is so humbling about failure that it changes people into better persons? What is so inspiring
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