Baseball
2. Identify your favorite team or athlete for your sport. Search the Internet and find a picture of mascot or photo of the athlete. Save the image to your student folder. Make a new folder called “Sports Exploration” in your student folder to save all of your files for this project.
Texas Rangers. Mascot is Rangers Captain.
3. Find the most recent rankings for one team or athlete. Include a list of the top 5 teams or athletes for your sport.
Rangers ranked 28th.
Top 5 (in order):
1. Royals
2. Mets
3. Cardinals
4. Tigers
5. Dodgers
4. Provide a summary of one team or athlete’s season performance. The summary should include the following:
Their win/loss record so far in week 4 is 7-11. The playoffs have not happened yet but last year they did not make the playoffs. The San Francisco Giants won in the playoffs last year. Three important rules for baseball is the helmet must be on at all time during the time you are on the field to bat or running the bases. The fielder's foot must be on the base with the ball in his glove for the runner to be out. 3 strikes is an out, 4 balls is a walk where the runner gets to go to first base, and a foul ball is a strike unless there are already 2 then it does not count.
6. List three examples of jargon for your sport and explain what they mean in words non-sport followers could understand. (10 points)
Can of corn: An easy hit by the batter to be caught by the fielder.
Full count: There are strikes and balls in baseball and when you get 3 strikes you are out and for 4 balls you take a base so if the count is 2 strikes and 3 balls where the count is full before a strikeout, walk, or hit that is a full count.
Pinch hitter/runner: This is when there is a substitute for a hitter or a runner because either they are the pitcher/catcher and they do not want to be worn down or to pinch run and sub in a faster person to run the bases.
7. What is an example of sports cliché associated with your sport or athlete? What is another way you could say it without using a cliché?
"Three up, three down". This means there was 3 quick outs by the team with no runs against them. You could say "Three quick outs".
8. Name an athlete who is a legend for setting records for your sport? Provide a brief biography about the athlete.
Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama on February 5, 1934. He attended Allan Institute. He played for the Milwaukee (now Atlanta) Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. He set the most home runs in a career and held that record for 33 years. He beat the record originally set by Babe Ruth himself. He finished his career with a total of 714 home runs. He is also a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
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