Aaron Sobieszczyk 9/23/11 World Comp The goat vs. the Bambino Chicago‚ also known as the Windy City‚ has a population of about 2 million people and is located in Illinois. There they are home to the beloved Chicago Cubs. Boston‚ also known as Beantown‚ consists of a population of nearly 600‚000 people and is located in Massachusetts. They are home to the beloved Boston Red Sox. Both these cities have interesting nicknames but other interesting similarities as well. Not only are these
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Stan Musial Stan Musial was a great hitter in baseball. People also call him “Stan the Man”. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals for 22 seasons from 1941 to 1963. He missed the 1945 baseball season because he was in the Navy fighting in World War II. He was voted Most Valuable Player of the National Baseball League three times. Stan is 86 years old. Stan was born near Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania on November 21‚ 1920. His father was a Polish immigrant. When he was 17 years
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Curt Flood changed the face of professional sports forever with one decision. He sacrificed half of his career so that other players that followed him could enjoy huge salaries that resulted from free agency. Many professional sports players do not know Curt’s huge impact on their everyday lives. He stood up for something he believed in and payed a large price for doing that. The impact he had on the game is undeniable‚ and yet he is not recognized for his sacrifices. Curt Flood was born January
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played between the Royals and Cardinals. This was a play that would cost the Cardinals the series and help the Royals rally and win the game‚ 2-1 (which would also force a seventh game). The series was called‚ at the time “I-70 Showdown Series” or “Show Me Series”‚ due to both cities being in Missouri and connected by I-70 How it started In late October‚ the Cardinals were enjoying a one game lead‚ up three games to two‚ against the Royals‚ entering game six. The Cardinals were up by one run (the only
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who had been heckling him with questions for the whole offseason. The fans‚ Players‚ even Strasburg hated this idea. This postseason the nationals were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs overmatched 3-2 in the series by the St. Louis Cardinals
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Birth: Donora‚ Pennsylvania‚ United States of America Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: baseball player Stan Musial Stan Musial (born 1920)‚ one of baseball’s greatest hitters‚ enjoyed an extraordinary career with the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 through 1963. Called "Stan the Man" because of his intimidating presence at the plate‚ Musial won seven batting championships and three Most Valuable Player awards. Accommodating to fans and the media both during and after his playing
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The main character in my story “The Big Field” written by Mike Lupica‚ is a fourteen year old boy named Hutch. He plays in a minor league baseball team in Florida for the Cardinals. He wants his team to win the championship. They can win the championship by playing their hardest and working together. Hutch is athletic‚ short tempered‚ and determined. He is athletic because he plays a lot of sports and he also really good at baseball. That’s why he plays baseball for a really good team. He practices
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World Series the scouting report on Albert Pujols said it was better to put him on base than to pitch to him. Even though they did not pitch to him anymore the Major league teams had seen enough. Among the teams watching him was the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals had been watching the hard hitting infielder the closest out of all the
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on to the color scheme. He points out that the painting is known for its use of red on the robes of the pope and cardinals‚ the furniture‚ and the table coverings. Red was considered a papal color‚ so this is not unusual in a papal portrait. What is unusual however‚ is the other two men accompanying the pope in the portrait who were painted in later. Minnich identifies these cardinals as Luigi de’Rossi‚ Leo’s first cousin‚ and Guilio de’Medici‚ another of Leo’s cousins. Leo was extremely close with
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Introduction When people analyze and evaluate the history of sports from a technology aspect‚ the game has tremendously been influenced where gathering content is attainable expeditiously with the click of a mouse. The ability to gather information so rapidly in today’s sports market is something that was unheard of about 15-20 years ago. Furthermore‚ technology just doesn’t influence sports; it has an impact on everything in society. For example‚ music has been recorded for over centuries when
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