...Sosa batted .260 with 8 home runs and 25 RBIs in his first season with the Cubs. Although not spectacular numbers, it showed that Sosa improved as a hitter. In 1993, Sosa batted .261 with 33 home runs with 93 RBIs. He also showed his speed by stealing 38 bases. He became the Cubs' first 30-30 player in their history. Sosa continued to hit for power and speed in 1994 but he also improved his batting average. He ended up batting .300 with 25 home runs, 70 RBIs, and 22 stolen bases. Sosa was named to his first All-Star team in 1995. In 144 games, he batted .268 with 36 home runs and 119 RBIs. Sosa continued his success with the Cubs in 1996 as he batted .273 with 40 home runs and 100 RBIs. However, the next year, Sosa struggled. Despite hitting 36 home runs with 119 RBIs, Sosa batted just .251. He struggled to get on base(.300 on-base percentage) and led the league in strikeouts with 174. After years as a respected power/speed threat with a rocket arm in right field, he emerged during the 1998 season as one of baseball's greatest. It was in this season that both Sosa and Mark McGwire were involved in the "home run record chase", when both players' prowess for hitting home runs drew national attention as they attempted to pass Roger Maris' single season home run mark of 61 home runs that had stood since 1961. For the early months of the year, Sosa trailed McGwire significantly, being as many as 16 homers behind at one point in May. But as the chase progressed, Sosa would rally...
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...Sammy, the narrator of “A&P,” is an opinionated, sarcastic, disaffected teenager with a healthy interest in the opposite sex and a keen observational sense. Sammy notices everything around him, and he drinks in every detail of the girls’ physical appearance, from the texture and patterns of their bathing suits to the different boundaries of their tan lines. Sammy goes beyond the surface details to glean insights about the people he observes. For example, Queenie’s dangling bra straps are intensely interesting in a purely sensual way, but they are also clues from which he begins to construct an image of her inner life. Once he hears the girls speak, his image becomes even more detailed, as he is able to get an impression of Queenie’s social status. Sammy’s focused observations and descriptions reveal his own prejudices and blind spots. For example, Sammy’s frankly lustful ogling of the girls reveals a certain immaturity, and he is dismissive and contemptuous of the A&P customers, seeing them as “sheep” and “houseslaves.” He is equally dismissive of his coworker Stokesie, whom Sammy sarcastically presents as an unimaginative drone. The irony of Sammy’s sense of superiority is that he realizes that, in the eyes of the rich, carefree Queenie, he must seem just like Stokesie and the straight-laced Lengel. His desire to set himself apart from them—to prove that he is different—compels him to quit his job. However, he announces, “I quit” primarily because he wants the girls to overhear...
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...The Sammy Yatim case was a young eighteen year old man that was seriously shot in a bus at Bellwood and Dundas multiple times. In recent discussions on the Sammy Yatim case people have questions whether the cop, James Forcillo actions justified or not. Many people have questioned whether Forcillo’s actions were consequences of his lawful training or a murder without justification. Yatim was riding the like an ordinary person until later he pulled out his knife in one hand and his penis in the other. He then attempted to slash a women’s neck, that’s when everybody screamed and ran out the bus except for the bus driver. The bus driver was waiting for everyone to get out and within that time Yatim lounged at the driver, luckily the cops came just in time and the bus driver ran out. Yatim was then alone in the bus. The cops told Yatim to “drop the knife” to which he said, “no. you’re a fu***** Pu***”, and did not obey the police. Yatim later stepped out the streetcar and was shot 9 times. Forcillo was the only cop out of the many that shot Yatim. A cop ran over to Yatim and noticed he was still alive so he tasered him. Yatim was pronounced dead at the scene of the crime on July, 27, 2013. Many people questioned the actions of Forcillo. Forcillo was charged with second degree murder for shooting Yatim which means that Forcillo intended to kill Yatim. His wife was really upset because she thought he was justified. The court then found out that Yatim was mentally unstable so it increased...
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...to his fellow artists; he inspired them to leave their jobs from Marvel Comics to start their own company. He was also competent in his ability to lead other artists to leave Marvel Comics and to accomplish their goals of starting a new company. 2. How have global competition and technology advances changed business conditions and leadership challenges? Many business meeting was performed behind closed doors which prevent the everyday citizen from knowing what is going on in the world. Now with things like Facebook, twitter, and MySpace have changed business conditions and leadership challenges since whatever you do now is judged in the court of public opinion. Public Opinion can destroy a person. Would Barry Bonds, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa or Roger Clemens be in the Baseball Hall of Fame if not the public belief that they all used drugs during the baseball...
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...JUSTICE FOR SAMMY YATIM Instructor: Richard Wiszniowski Student: Kyle Santos Course: PSI-101-OLA Assignment #1 Due Date: 11/06/2015 On the night of July 27, 2013, the Toronto Police murdered a boy named Sammy Yatim. His death caused all of Toronto to question the authority and reasoning of the police brutality caused by the Toronto Police. The people who wished to do “justice” for him argued the voice of the young Sammy Yatim. They seen the situation as a one sided situation, that being the police simply f***ed up, pardon my French. Although it may seem like a one-sided debate, there’s simply just more to this story. Most who would argue justice for Sammy would usually be on his side. This would be because they believe what the police did was wrong. Justice to the people who argue on Sammy’s side would be want to see the police officers who did this to be charged and arrested. This however did happen On August 19, 2013, when James Forcillo (the officer who fired nine shots) was charged with second-degree murder. On July 30, 2014, he was additionally charged with attempted murder (thestar, 2013). Although this may seem like they were getting “justice” but I believe it’s not the point. Plus he still bailed out of his charges. For the people who are with Sammy, justice to them would be to know the reasoning for this attack and admit that he was in the wrong. Let this sink in. This situation is very scary for the transit riders; however, I believe if this individual really...
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...Character Analysis Sammy Text “A&P” by John Updike In the story of “A&P” by John Updike Sammy is the narrator. He is a nineteen year old young man who portrays a normal teenager by having a summer job like most teenagers do. He had a common summer job at a grocery store. He held the position as a cashier throughout the story until he ended up having a dynamic change. Throughout most of the story his actions would be considered assertive to most readers. He is very particular with every detail of all of the other characters in the story. He does with go a dynamic change from the beginning to the end of the story by becoming a very sympathetic character. The narrator early on in the story shows how he is able to see every little detail about the other characters in the story. He looks at each character in the story and almost examines what he feels they are going through in his or her life. He becomes quite interested when three girls walk in at “A&P”. He is immediately very drawn to their appearance, “They didn't even have shoes on. There was this chunky one with the two-piece-- it was bright green and the seems on the bra was still sharp and her belly was still pretty pale so I guessed she just got it (the suit)--there was this one, with one of those chubby berry-faces, the lips all bunched together under her nose, this one, and a tall one, with black hair that hadn't quite frizzed right, and one of these sunburns right across under the eyes, and a chin that was...
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...Christopher C Lang Professor Adam Penna ENG101 Freshman Composition 13 April 2014 Ninth Inning Treason Flashing back to the incomplete collage of photographic memories I have resting in my mind, one that has always remained a part of my history that I’ll pass down to my children someday, is my first professional baseball game. I’m a bleeding heart New York Yankee fan, but didn’t really know how tight my loyalties would become at the age of 8. I was at a New York Mets game with my father, and they took on the Pittsburgh Pirates at the late Shea Stadium in Queens, NY. I even caught my first foul ball there, ate my first ballpark hotdog, and caught my first glimpse of the purity of a game that I played around my block, and on the field with my little league team and friends. It was a game that seemed immortal, a game that every young kid looks for a role model, and wishes he could have such an opportunity to become a star athlete. It’s a dream that we could be handsomely compensated for a game that has an essence of goodness and passion, innocence and integrity. I wasn’t much at this time, just a kid, and a kid that would eventually be proven wrong beyond his wildest dreams. Fast forwarding to present day, being a baseball fan today has a different feeling of ambiguity surrounded with unpredictable circumstances. For every player that seems to exemplify the portrait of a role model to children who worship them, there’s always another who doesn’t receive a glance when they...
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...form of steroids. Jose Consaco was the first player (to my knowledge) to come out and admit to his use of the drug by way of writing a book. He even went so far as to name, names of certain players he knew was using the drug. Once the story broke many was quick to discredit the book and what Mr. Consaco stated about the using of steroids in Pro Baseball. The non-believers quickly stated that he didn’t have any real facts, no evidence to show or support anyone using the drug and just his statements to say otherwise. So far nearly over a decade numerous pro players continued using the drug. Gaining an unfair advantage over other pro players and making the playing field unleveled. Players like Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rodger Clemens and Sammy Sosa are some of the high profile players to be suspected of steroids use. My being from Northern California found myself rooting for the San Francisco Giants, one of two bay area teams. During that era the San Francisco Giants had a player named Barry Bonds. Who in the Bay area could do no wrong! Filling the stadium with fans who wanted to see nothing more than...
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...Tainted Idols In today’s society the use of drugs to enhance one’s performance is becoming a common trend in professional sports. These drugs help athletes to compete at a higher level. Not only do these professional athletes break many records and win trophies, they are making more money than ones who choose not to use performance enhancing drugs. Since salaries have increased in professional sports, so has the use of these drugs. While performance enhancing drugs were apparent in the past, they have become increasingly evident in the modern era, tainting the integrity of professional sports. The use of performance enhancing drugs has been around for many years. In World War II these drugs were given to German soldiers to increase their strength and aggressiveness (Edwards, 2006). However, these drugs became evident in the 1960 Olympic Games after a Dutch cyclist died. In 1963, a ban was placed on a list of prohibited drugs by the International Olympic Committee to prevent performance enhancing drugs from being used in sports. This list of prohibited drugs has grown substantially since (King, 2009). Even though there is growing evidence of serious health risk that come along with the use of performance enhancing drugs, they are still being produced and used at a rapid rate. Others would argue that use of performance enhancing drugs dates back thousands of years. There are stories of athletes ingesting ground horse hooves and sheep testicles for ancient Olympic Games to gain...
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...ENG 102 Darren Robbins Sammy the Insensitive Cashier First person narrators have a tendency to tell us their story as they see it, whether it is believable, is for us to decide. That is exactly what happens, when John Updike, chose Sammy, a 19-year-old, cashier at the A & P to narrate the story, “A&P”. As a result, Sammy’s story becomes doubtful, because his behavior towards everyone is a bit erratic. He calls most of the patrons "sheep" or followers, making them impossible to tell apart. Therefore, they become nonessential characters, to represent an era of conformity in America. Since Updike, elected to have a first person narration from Sammy, it allows us to directly, see his hatred for traditionalism and his derogatory views of the people, in his tiny hometown. Thus, due to his lack of restraint on making immature judgments of others, and his urge to act on impulses, one cannot sympathize with Sammy. It becomes clear that Sammy is an unsympathetic narrator, when he uses hasty and most of all uncalled-for observations. As a result, we can conclude, that he judges others solely based on their looks. Apparently, Sammy has never heard the saying; don’t judge a book by its cover. As the story begins, “In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits” (539). Sammy standing at the register first sees them when they reach the bread. He first describes “the one in the plaid green two-piece. She was a chunky kid, with a good tan and a sweet...
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...Solution to Chapter 2 Internet Project Data on the Internet Note: In exercises 1 and 2 the data for the year 2000 is used. Exercise 1 Using the daily mean temperatures, compute the range and standard deviation in temperature for San Francisco in January 2000. Answer The mean daily temperatures for each of the days in January 2000 as compiled by the Weather Underground are 50.8 48.5 47.8 55.9 52.1 47.8 47.7 50.5 51.3 52.4 54.1 49.6 50.5 52.6 53.9 56.4 50.5 52.8 55.5 55.3 52.4 53.6 54.6 56.2 54.4 51.5 50.5 50.3 51.1 54.9 52.6 . For this data n = 31 ∑ x = 1618.1 ∑ x 2 = 84653.61 so the mean and standard deviation are x= 1618.1 = 52.20 31 and s= 31(84653.61) − (1618.1) 2 = 2.54 . 31(30) Exercise 2 The National Football League uses a long list of criteria to determine if a city is a candidate to host the Super Bowl. One such requirement is that the city either must have a domed (i.e. heated) football stadium or that the average temperature in January for the city must be 50o F or higher. San Francisco does not have a domed stadium. Based on the January 2000 data, would San Francisco satisfy this Super Bowl eligibility criterion? Answer Yes, since the average from Exercise 1 is 52.20. Exercise 3 Which graph below best represents the performance of Microsoft stock during the first four months of 2000? Answer Graph B shows the history of Microsoft stock prices over the indicated period. Note the data is graphed in the form it is provided on the Yahoo! finance site so that January...
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...Todd McFarlane had a drive that no one could take from him. He was task-oriented because of his ability to assemble a group of people to leave Marvel and build with during the peak of their careers. He was an opportunist such as when purchased the three million dollar ball and combined it with hits from McGwire and Sammy Sosa to create the ‘McFarlane Collection’. He inspired others such as the 6 men he took with him to start his own company. Even though he received 300 rejection letters, he didn’t give up. He was determined and focused because even after he didn’t succeed as a major league ball player, he was still determined and focused on coming out on top. He was a very big risk taker, and was definitely rewarded for it. Many businesses would conduct business “behind the scenes” or in private, keeping the people from knowing about what was going on in reality. Because social media has developed and advanced into Twitter and Facebook, nothing is a secret anymore. Even more so, a lot of leaders must become more technologically savvy in order to keep their businesses going. This in turn calls for competition and being ahead in the game. Everything that is put out on the table is judged by others; and a lot of times, people’s opinions can sometimes ruin someone. Todd McFarlane was a very smart man. I loved how his determination, bravery, and drive got him where he wanted to be. Entrepreneurs and risk takers are very well rewarded in the end. This in a way reminds me of myself...
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...the most important news element): 1. WHO: President Clinton will visit Cuba next week at the request of Caricom nations. 2. WHAT: Lightning struck the upper deck at Wrigley Field last night while the Cubs were playing in San Francisco. 3. WHEN: Midnight tonight is the deadline for tax returns, but the local post office is ready to accommodate procrastinators. 4. WHERE: The Emerson and Towanda intersection is officially the most dangerous crossing in Bloomington, according to the Illinois Bureau of Transportation. 5. WHY: Because she could correctly spell "ostentatious," Lisa Wheeler will go to the state Spelling Bee finals. 6. HOW: By hitting his 50th home run last night for the fourth year, Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa etched his name in the baseball record books alongside Babe Ruth and Mark McGwire. Common Types of News and News-Feature Leads (more ways to "lead" the reader into the story) 1. Straight Summary Lead: Twenty-eight passengers and a crew of four were killed last night when a single-engine plane crashed four miles south of Bloomington. 2. Picture or Dramatic Lead: Mourners lined up for miles yesterday in the pouring rain to take one last look and lay flowers near the coffin of Mother Teresa, who lived among Calcutta's sick and needy for 35 years. 3. Background Lead: After two weeks of picketing, United Auto Workers put down their signs yesterday following an agreement which would give members a 10 percent raise. 4. Quotation...
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...Why steroid users should be allowed into the baseball Hall of Fame? The argument is simple and it’s about time for Cooperstown to open the doors to those who have admitted to or have been accused of using performance enhancing drugs or steroids. Ending the witch hunt: Baseball voters are trying to determine whether or not to vote on players these days based on crimes that players may have or not have committed years ago. Some baseball voters have stated that they would vote for players in the steroid era but they would not however vote for anyone found guilty. It’s hard to know who did cheat and who didn’t cheat in the so called steroid era but if one were to gain entry into the sacred hall then the door will open up for others based on their merits. Saving the Hall of Fame: Baseball has always been called America’s game and the Hall of Fame for baseball enthusiast has always been a destination. In 2013 the Hall of Fame only inducted 1 person in and he had not played in over 130 years. The induction ceremony takes place in the summers and it was always a place to go and honor your favorite players and learn about ones prior to them. As a new generation of fans grow up and the players form the late 90’s and early 2000’s are not in the hall fans will likely not make the trip to the place where legends are remembered. The Hall of Fame is a place to honor the greatest that have ever played the game. It is based on what a player does on the field. People agree that the...
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