ENC 1102 Ms. Politte February 27‚ 2014 Risk vs. Reward: Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs The steroids era in not only Major League Baseball‚ but in all professional sports really began in the early 1990s. In MLB‚ the commissioner‚ Byron Johnson‚ turned a blind eye to the players who were using PED’s because he wanted to draw fans back to the stands to see more homeruns. This worked for a while and then the use became illegal. Then MLB started testing their players in the early 2000s because
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love of the game. From the little league series held annually in Williams Port Pennsylvania all the way to the major league‚ where every player has the same dream to hoist the world series Commissioners Trophy in front of their home crowd as they cruise the streets of their home city during the traditional World Series Championship parade. Baseball is based off of the English games of rounder’s. Alexander Cartwright founded it here in the United States. He would host games at Elysian Fields in New Jersey
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As I hear those words that I most deeply despise come out her mouth‚ it quickly led me to think that this woman did not know what she was talking about. Before she had said these words we were talking about our favorite sports and she said hers was basketball and I told her mine was baseball. “Baseball is boring to watch‚” she said. Hearing someone say this about my favorite sport that I have been playing throughout my life irritates me and it brings my attention to wonder why people find this sport
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human. Indeed he’s not human when we talk about baseball. He’s records are incredible. They cannot be broken by any other human being and for 30 years he has stood number 1 in the hall of fame. Now here are his records. * Batting average: .342 Home runs: 714 Hits: 2‚873 RBI: 2‚213 Pitching W/L record: 94-46 ERA: 2.28 These records are still 1st in the world’s baseball league. Remember that baseball is a game of records and Babe Ruth’s records are still standing 1st which means he is still the
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This essay was by far my favorite essay I’ve ever read. It really hit home with me because I have a brother that I am super close to and we spent a lot of our time as kids playing any sort of ball. I believe Duncan’s heartwarming essay was to alert people about the concept of searching for happiness in “the finer things” when for the most part; happiness can come from the simplest things. This was something that really hit home for me because I was raised by a family that discouraged possession and
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George Herman Ruth holds a place in history for his many athletic achievements and accolades. His life was a virtual cornucopia of struggles‚ which included moving schools to a private institute at a very young age. The school led to George playing baseball‚ the great sport that he is the iconic face of‚ to lead a very legendary career. “Babe” Ruth led a very fortuitous career‚ which ended after 22 record breaking years. Although many know the prominence and prosperity Ruth attained‚ they are
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back in the lineup after sitting out that last game and the hour break we had‚ he was all fueled up and ready to go. First inning comes up and they bat first putting up a enormous number of runs counting up to 10 in the first. We came back with a 2 run inning. shut them down in the second‚ and came back another 3 run inning cutting their lead in half. Slowly gaining momentum we knew what we came here to dude and that was to win this championship. Third inning rolls around and we shut them down for the
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The Mountaineers began the season 10-4 with a series sweep against UNLV‚ but things quickly turned sour. TCU annihilated WVU in a three-game series on the road before falling to Penn State. Canisius swept a mid-week series from the Mountaineers at home. Furman and Kansas State also took a series over the young baseball team. Disappointment was evident with many but WVU didn’t shy away and let a rough patch define its season. Instead the Mountaineers continued battling as a team. Since April 24‚ WVU
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Sheila Sim Mrs. Virginia Link-Pease English 122 02 October 2010 Steroid Use in Sports Should Be Banned Day by day professional athletes are being praised for their ability and accomplishments in their respective sports. The professional athletes that are succeeding the most are generally using performance enhancing drugs‚ other known as anabolic steroids (Mayo Clinic). Anabolic steroids are drugs which imitate the effect of the male sex hormone‚ Testosterone. The cells producing protein increase
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God Loves a Good Game of Baseball Ministry and evangelization in 2012 must be embraced by people who believe in Jesus Christ and who live to be His hands and heart. All actions‚ all inactions and all words spoken are an opportunity to live and preach the gospel. St. Francis of Assisi is quoted “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.” It is through our daily living that we bring the Good News to everyone we know and meet. Opportunities to evangelize to people who may or may not know Jesus are abundant
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