Americans have played baseball almost as long as they have been Americans. Lewis and Clark played catch during their trek to the Pacific, and men organized the first game just outside of Brooklyn as congress debated a fugitive slave law. The game quickly grabbed the nation, and game scores dotted newspapers beside news of Sherman's march through Georgia.
This article talks about the history and myths of baseball throughout history.
This is a great article. If you read it, you would have a new perspective on baseball. I challenge you to earn 25 bonus points on this assignment by reading this article and sharing it with the class. You MUST tell us what stood out to YOU and if this article changed your original opinion of baseball.
Youth baseball history, the place where the seeds of baseball were planted. Find out when we started teaching our kids how to play baseball?
Great source of youth baseball history and other aspects of baseball history are also included on this website. lots of information.
Famous scene from sandlot. "Play ball like a girl" really doesn't hold water- these boys should have seen what was coming in 2014 Little League World Series.
Pianist Daria van den Bercken fell in love with the baroque keyboard music of George Frideric Handel. Now, she aims to ignite this passion in others. In this talk, she plays us through the emotional roller coaster of his music - while sailing with her piano through the air, driving it down the street, and of course playing on the stage.
I chose this ted talk because this is a very unique type of "music". During his performance, the way he creates music makes you think of an image of exactly what type of music he plays
I liked this one and I can't find any other ways to describe it other than it's very unique and interesting. It did sort of put images into my head which still amazes me how music is able to do such strange things like make me picture the emotion in the songs.
Shawn Green hit 328 home runs when he played major league baseball in the 1990s and 2000s. During this era many of the league's power-hitters used steroids, but Green says he used meditation to hit home runs.
Anyone who plays baseball and wants to achieve as much of their potential as possible should be looking for every possible way to get an edge on the competition. While most baseball players focus on boosting their strength, hand eye coordination and speed, a few have adopted alternative and unconventional techniques.