In my opinion, this book is not really a book about baseball. Ray Negron took this book to new levels on compelling a story of redemption, second chances, and gestures on personal connections over a long forty years inside the walls of the Yankee Stadium. This story is moving and enlightening of the world greatest sports team, the New York Yankees. Yankee Miracles is Ray Negron’s story of a career spent in baseball with the New York Yankees, and how some of the biggest players in Yankee history impacted his life. It shows the relationship Ray made throughout his years in the organization. Ray himself was a New Yorker and was a really huge Yankee fan. Ray’s story of how he starts to work for the Yankees is very memorable. This is how it all began, starting with a guy by the name of George Steinbrenner. After he purchased the Yankees, he actually caught Ray spray-painting graffiti on the outside of the Yankee Stadium around the 1970’s. Instead of threating him and calling the cops on him, Steinbrenner told the boy to work for the …show more content…
Regardless of this, Ray Negron was physically there when Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in the sixth game of the World Series in 1977. Negron was also there earlier the same season when Reggie and the Yankee manager at the time Billy Martin argued in the dugout right in the middle of national television. Soon later Ray was with some of the biggest celebrities in sports. Ray did get his start from the Yankees by painting of the side of a building at the stadium but in his book, Ray spent months trying to paint a picture of the right in the world and the evidence inside the Yankee organization. Ray through out the story recalls his encounters with the players and Mangers from Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, and Reggie Jackson to Alex Rodriguez, Billy Murcer, and Thurman
A relief pitcher spent 19 seasons pitching, for the New York Yankees, while also striking out the best hitters in baseball with his signature pitch, “a cut fastball”, this pitcher is Mariano Rivera; the five time World Series champion is now an author. Rivera tells about how he made his way from Puerto Caimito, a poor fishing village in Panama, to the pitcher’s mound at the Yankee’s Stadium, in “The Closer”. He talks about his life back in Puerto Caimito, he says “my first 17 years we lived on the shore of the Gulf of Panama, in a dingy two-room house on a dirt road, just a long toss from the fish-meal plant.” He said “by the time I came around in 1969, the house had gotten several upgrades—electricity and water—but still no bathroom,” he says
In the short story “The Major Leagues Here We Come,” author Tyson Kogel reveals the story of how a high school phenom experiences major ups and downs on the way of becoming a MLB player. Brock’s a senior that attends Las Vegas Academy High School and loves baseball and puts in countless hours of practice and hard work. Brock has been invited to attend a couple showcases before the MLB draft. The first showcase went exactly how he wanted it too. After the first showcase when he was boarding the plane his father congratulated him on the performance.
One of the biggest plays in his career was a walk-off home run in game 4 of the 2001 world series off of Byung-Hyun Kim, giving him the nickname “Mr.November”. The other “Mr” of the yankees is “Mr.October” Reggie
His grandmother took him to see the Yankees play and sparked hi interest for baseball. Tyler Houston made Derek Jeter set his goal for being the High School Player of the Year. Tony Fernandez made Derek Jeter want to be a New York Yankees. According to biography.com, “ In 1995, Derek Jeter realized his dream when Yankees shortstop Tony Fernandez was put on the disabled list.”
This film plays a major part in exemplifying key aspects of baseball history. The Black Sox Scandal was a devastating event in history that caused spectators and fans to question the integrity of the game; they became skeptical on coming to games because they would not know if it was a real game or fixed. The eight players involved, hence the title of the film, were Eddie Cicotte, Chick Gandil, Oscar Felsch, Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, Swede Risberg, Buck Weaver and Claude Williams. These players were bribed to throw the 1919 World Series game of the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Red for $10,000 each by gamblers Joseph “Sport” Sullivan, William “Sleepy Bill” Burns, and Billy Maharg. Although this was their original plan, the players remained unpaid and decided to play and win the rest of the games.
Lou Gehrig was an American baseball player who played for the MLB team the New York Yankees. He was a first baseman and excellent batter who rose from the ranks of poverty to be one of the greatest baseball players ever known. Lou was raised by a family of immigrants and played football and baseball in high school through college, impressing scouts by striking out a total of 17 batters. He set the record for consecutive games played with 2,130 and got the nickname the iron horse for his resilience for his hardworking nature and playing through even the worst of pains. His career finally ended in 1939 when he was diagnosed with ALS (Aldrich).
The Yankees did not let Babe Ruth pitch because they already had a pitcher that was better then him so the Yankee’s had Babe Ruth hit during batting practice and that is when his real talent was discovered. The Yankees knew that they had a secret weapon that would
Oddly enough we all assume that behind prison walls there is an element of misery and gloom to all the prisoners who are incarcerated there. In San Quentin Giants, by Clayton Worfolk, we see a different side of prison life that doesn’t portray the convicted murderers as harshly as most modern movies or documentaries. I give San Quentin Giants a big thumbs up. In this short movie that thoroughly uses scene, lighting, space and characters to take viewers on a walk through the incarcerated world that unexpectedly hits your conceptions of a maximum security prison right out of the ball park.
Being an African-American and in Georgia in the early 1900’s, the adversity Jackie Robinson faced was common and expected. Blacks were segregated for almost everything and often had poor conditions compared to whites just because of their skin color. Jackie Robinson's legacy began when he was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. Jackie was an outstanding athlete ever since he was a child. His college of choice was the University of California, Los Angeles where he excelled in many athletic activities.
Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, decided that he wanted to integrate baseball and bring an African American into the MLB. He went through many, many different players and had to look at much more than their ability to see if he wanted to give them an opportunity to play for his baseball club. Rickey finally decided that Jackie Robinson was the one he wanted to take a chance on, not because he was the best African American baseball player, but because he would be able to handle himself in the extremely difficult environment he was asking him to play baseball through (1). From being an outstanding multi-sport athlete to refusing to give up his seat in Texas, to Robinson’s courageous outlook on breaking the color barrier, Rickey knew that he was the right man for the job. In 1946, Robinson played in first year on the Montreal Royals, a minor league team in the Brooklyn Dodgers Organization.
Roberto Clemente: One of the Greatest to Ever Live Roberto Clemente once said, “Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don’t, then you are wasting your time on Earth,” (Big Think Editors). The grand majority of people on Earth would not devote themselves to impacting the world forever. In fact, many people today shun the needs of those who need their help most. However, Clemente based his entire existence upon this single quote, and consequently left an ever-lasting impact on the world.
Furthermore, one of the most influential and well-known major league baseball players is Jackie Robinson. As the player that broke down the color barrier within major league baseball, Jackie Robinson faced immense scrutiny throughout the beginning of his major league career. Branch Rickey was determined to bring a black player onto the Brooklyn Dodgers and show the country that race should not be the deciding factor for who can and cannot play baseball, the important part was the skill the athlete possessed (Robinson, Jackie. Jackie Robinson: I never had it made 1972). One of the clearest ways to observe the impact his race had on his baseball career is from the way his teammates and the audience treated him on a daily basis.
The 1919 World Series players took part in a scandal mainly through the influence of manager Charles Comiskey. Charles Comiskey is the primary reason that fueled the team to throw the series away by his cheapness and overall dislike. The 1988 film Eight Men Out directed by John Sayles depicts an accurate depiction of how Charles Comiskey influenced the White Sox to throw away the series. Charles Comiskey is illustrated as an unfair manager: who paid his players the minimum, a manager who didn’t keep his promise for winning the pennant, and overall the players greatly disliked Comiskey.
I was able to make questioning while reading this book. First, how did Jackie Robinson change the sport of baseball? And how did everyone who hated him before like him? I kept on reading then and then I found the answer to the question, Robinson was the first black to play any league game and he was a better pitcher and batter
In Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice, author, Alan Klein thoroughly dissects the imperative, yet often contested association between the growth and development of Dominican athlete and Major League Baseball. Klein’s analysis provides readers with a thorough understanding of the intricacies and flaws. Through his work, Klein carefully assesses the complex relationship between Major League Baseball and Dominicans concerning the amassed role Dominican’s play when it comes to America’s favorite pastime, the the poor portrayal the roles played by individuals surrounding these athletes, and finally the importance of both on and off the field progressions.