The clouds part and the sun shines down on to Jackie Robinson as he steps on the field for the first time. The grass folds under the footsteps of the champion. Fans stare anxiously as they watch Jackie step up to the mound. They anticipate the base-stealing adrenaline that they all know so well. The suspense builds in the stadium by every second. The pitcher throws‚ Jackie swings. Crack! From home runs to strikeouts‚ Jackie Robinson risked everything he knew and loved to become the first African-American
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Baseball players and fans call it Tommy John surgery‚ after the pitcher who was the first to have the surgery 29 years ago. By any designation‚ it is one of the major advancements in sports medicine in the last quarter century. Technically it is a ulnar collateral ligament replacements procedure. Pitching overhand is a particularly stressful motion; the strain it puts on a player’s joint is commonly injurious. Pitchers such as Kerry Wood‚ Matt Morris‚ John Smoltz‚ Mariano Rivera‚ Tom Gordon
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In the 1870‘s‚ Japanese baseball began‚ but at that time‚ baseball players played wearing kimonos and bare feet. Nowadays‚ most American baseball enthusiasts know Japanese top level players‚ such as Daisuke Matsuzaka‚ Hideki Matsui‚ and Ichiro Suzuki because they have many accomplishments in the highest level baseball league MLB [Major League Baseball]. Many Japanese professional baseball players are trying to move to America‚ as a result by 2009 16 Japanese players belonged to MLB teams (48 players
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“That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.”-Neil Armstrong Apollo 11 was the first successful flight to the moon with humans. The man leading this voyage was Armstrong with his partner Pilot Collins. As this breakthrough was happening at a global stage‚ in New York other issues were occurring. P.R.I.D.E.‚ people recognizing individual diversity and equality. This statement and many other have been the rally cry of the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) community. However‚ when
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CENTRAL GIANT CELL GRANULOMA – A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION Central Giant Cell Granuloma also termed as Reparative Giant Cell Granuloma is an uncommon benign intraosseous lesion. It was first introduced by Jaffe in 1953 to distinguish it from Giant Cell Tumor of bone. World Health Organization has defined it as an intraosseous lesion consisting of cellular fibrous tissue with multiple hemmorhagic foci‚ aggregations of multinucleated giant cells and occasionally
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His legs weren’t as great as they used to be‚ and the weight of the bat felt so heavy in Jackie’s hands. That year‚ Walter O’Malley surprised Jackie‚ saying he was traded to the New York Giants‚ but Jackie came back saying he was retiring. Robinson’s retirement was controversial because it was shrouded in secrecy and politics‚ just like his signing in 1945. After that year the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to L.A. and for many people when Jackie
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publicity and promotion. Sports such as baseball‚ tennis‚ golf‚ swimming‚ football and boxing received this kind of attention through media. Newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio and movies were the major methods of boosting the profile of sport and sporting giants. The 1920s was an important period for many sports. Sports which had up until then were amateur events which promoters wanted to use to make money. Things such as the professional football league‚ golf tours‚ and tennis circuit were put together
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Fashion Retail’s Giant LC Waikiki in Malaysia! Global Turkish fashion retailer‚ LC Waikiki‚ opens its first store in Malaysia on December 2‚ 2017 in Kuala Lumpur. LC Waikiki‚ operating its own stores in Malaysia‚ aims to open four stores this year and until the first half of 2018. Stating that they are extremely happy to enter the Malaysian market‚ as one of the prominent economies of Asia‚ LC Waikiki General Manager of Product and Marketing‚ Deniz Aktürk Erdem declared that LC Waikiki allows its
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Most of us have had the dream at some point in our life. That dream of draining a last-second three pointer to win an NBA championship‚ or hit a home run to win a World Series. This is a dream that every human should be able to chase. Unfortunately‚ until recently some people were not able to turn this dream into reality simply because of the color of their skin. Racism cause widespread hatred throughout the entire sports community and the entire world as a whole. Through bravery‚ persistence‚ and
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provide a constant stream to Zara’s garment finishing and packing facilities. Thus‚ what takes months for other companies‚ takes no more than a few days for Zara. Clothing items are wrapped in plastic and transported on conveyor belts to a group of giant warehouses. Ware houses Zara’s warehouses are a vision of modern automation as swift and efficient as any automotive or customer electronics plant. The computerized system sorts‚ packs‚ labels‚ and allocate clothing items to every one of Zara’s 1
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