Jackie Robinson made history in 1947 when he broke the color barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie won the national league rookie of the year award his first season‚ he also led the dodgers to the national league championship. That was the first of his six trips to the world series. Jackie Robinson influences me because‚ just because he was a different color he didn’t give up.he kept trying and eventually he broke the color barrier‚ and made it into the hall of fame in 1962. In 1949
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Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson made a sport what was believed a whites only sport a sport for all races in the 20th century. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947‚ and was named Rookie of the Year that year. He later became National League MVP in 1949 and won the World Series in 1955. Jackie retired in 1957 with a batting average of .311. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack in Connecticut in 1972. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31‚ 1919 in Cairo‚ Georgia. The youngest amongst
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In 1947‚ the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers found Robinson and asked him to join the team. Robinson accepted the opportunity‚ with the knowledge that being the first African American player in the Major Leagues in many years‚ he would face many challenges. Many had strong beliefs about segregation
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Matt Kemp By: David Marquez Do you ever flip through the channels and land on ESPN‚ as they are showing the highlights of the game‚ as a baseball travels 390 feet and over the wall. This is called a home-run. Los Angeles Dodger‚ Matt Kemp‚ has 151 career home-runs‚ and this right handed batter is far from done. In this speech I will inform you about Matthew Ryan Kemp‚ his career‚ his personal life‚ his statistics‚ and his contributions to the community. By the end of this speech‚ you will see
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for bringing a black player into the Brooklyn Dodgers organization? Throughout the film it becomes clear that Jackie Robinson means a great deal more to Rickey than he initially suggests- please describe some of the scenes that depict this. At the end of the film‚ Branch Rickey tells Robinson he’s able to love the game of baseball again- why do you think he says this? Rickey says his main motivation for escorting a black player into the Brooklyn Dodgers organization is that a righteous ball-player
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the Year award. Two years later he won the Most Valuable Player award in the National League. He won his only championship when the Dodgers beat the New York Yankees in the World Series in 1955. After the 1956 season‚ Robinson was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and $30‚000 cash. Although Robinson was welcome to play for the Dodgers‚ he did not want to play for them. (1) Robinson retired at the age of 37. Robinson became a vice-president for the Chock Full
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February 18 2014 Jackie Robinson & The Dodgers Thesis statement: Jackie Robinson was a very inspirational‚ courteous‚ and moderate human being as a child helping his poor single mother‚ as a young adult going to college and being nominated for many awards‚ going to the U.S. Army‚ and as an adult playing with the Montreal Royals‚ being scouted and recruited by the Brooklyn Dodgers‚ breaking and setting world records and breaking the color barrier for Major League Baseball. Mary Kay Linge wrote
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African-American that played in Major League Baseball sure there were the Negro leagues where only African-Americans could play. Jackie Robinson played in the Negro leagues for his first couple of years. Then came the Major Leagues team the Brooklyn Dodgers they were a average team in the league. There manager is the only reason Jackie played in the Major Leagues Branch Rickey wanted a new player in the League. So he decided to call up the manager
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runaway trolley was moving down to the railway tracks and headed straight to those people. If you were in that situation‚ you would be able to pull the lever‚ so the trolley will switch to a different set of tracks. However‚ you notice that there is one person on the sidetrack; this means that you will be killing him instead. This is a very difficult decision to make‚ as you could either or nothing‚ and the trolley kills the five people on the main track or pulls the lever‚ so the trolley onto the
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Virginian Robinson Gardens (was the mansion of the Robinsons turned into a prestigious garden: is known for its legendary parties) DODGERS: Play for the Los Angeles City Established in 1883‚ the team originated in Brooklyn‚ New York Dodger Stadium‚ the third-oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. the team‚ then known as the Robins Today in Los Angeles the Dodgers are the shining light of baseball here in Southern California
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