Alex Hill Mrs. Graber English 10 22 October 2015 The Legend: Nolan Ryan A legend was born on January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas. His name is Nolan Ryan. The book Nolan Ryan: The Road the Cooperstown by Nolan Ryan gives many details about his life and many of the difficulties he had. Ryan is married to Ruth Holdorff, and has three kids by the names of Reid, Reese, and Wendy. He currently holds many different pitching records in baseball. His first major league team was the New York Mets in 1965. He was drafted in the twelfth round. Little did he know, that was the start of his twenty-seven year long career as a pitcher. He later on would overcome many injuries and continue his career much longer than he had expected. The pictures on my poster illustrate several aspects of Nolan Ryan’s life. The first picture on my poster is of Ryan’s plaque in the Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999. It is symbolic of all his records he has set, and all of the difficulties on the way. Ryan had the second highest percentage of people who voted him into the hall of fame at 98.79%, right behind Tom Seaver at 98.84%. There were a total of four hundred and ninety-seven ballots and four hundred and ninety-one people voted yes. Ryan had many …show more content…
On August 4, 1993 a pitch got away from Ryan. The pitch hit the hitter, Ryan Ventura, on his right tricep. Ventura took a few steps to first base and then charged the mound at Ryan. At the time, Ventura was twenty-seven years old and Ryan was forty-six, meaning that Ryan was twenty one years Ventura’s elder. Ryan said after the game that he was just trying to pitch to him inside. He also said that he does not like fights, but he will do what it takes to win. The picture is symbolic for the heart and the love that Ryan had for the game. “Self preservation is all that goes through your mind when something like that happens,” said Ryan (Ryan