Stephen Louis Sax, also known as Steve Sax, is a former American second baseman in Major League Baseball, MLB. He made his debut as a Los Angeles Dodger (Wikipedia, 2015). Sax was born in Sacramento, California on January 29, 1960. He has been a resident of Northern California almost all of his life. He returned to Northern California after offseason and when his baseball career came to an end. Sax grew up in a household of five children in which his competitive nature and will to excel was adopted. He has always been a lifelong skilled athlete. In his young days, he was a black belt in Shotokan karate as well as kickboxing (SteveSaxSpeaks, 2014). Steve is the brother of Dave Sax, another former Major League Baseball player who also played …show more content…
He was drafted into the MLB by the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 6, 1978 in the ninth round of the Amateur Draft (Wikipedia, 2015). Sax was a great baseball player stealing 40 bases six times in career. He is known as one of the most aggressive runners in the league. He had 444 stolen bases with his highest peak of 56 stolen bases in 1983 (The Baseball Page, 2012). Sax is a five-time All-Star. In 1982, he was named "National League Rookie of the Year"(SteveSaxSpeaks, 2014). Steve was a key element in the team's winning two World Series on the defensive side. He later played for the New York Yankees from 1989 to 1991 and went to play for the Chicago White Sox and Oakland A’s. Also during his career, he was a higher-up in the Players Association. He spoke out that the major league players should not assist anyone who was a replacement player during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike and that such players should be denied pensions by the union. Later in 1994, Steve retired from baseball (Wikipedia, …show more content…
He became focused on fitness and became a sponsor for athletes to form teams, post local events, and find places to play. Momentarily in 1996, he ran for a seat in the California State Assembly 5th District before dropping out of the race because of his publicized divorce (Wikipedia, 2015). In 2001, Steve began to help individuals manage their finances as Vice President of Investments for the Royal Bank of Canada. He later became an author. He published a booked called SHIFT, a motivational and inspirational book for athletes (SteveSaxFoundation, 2014). In December of 2012, he became the first base coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Unfortunately, Sax was fired from the Diamondbacks on October 8, 2013 (Wikipedia, 2015). Steve is now a professional motivational speaker, executive business and life coach, and member of the NSA (National Speakers Association) through his Steve Sax Foundation along with being an Alumni member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization’s Community Relations team (SteveSaxFoundation, 2014 & Wikipedia,
The following year he moved to the indianapolis ABC’s but the team ran into financial problems. He left them to go play for Pittsburgh Crawford, where he stayed for five years. While he was there him, Ted Page and Cool Papa Bell formed what is considered the best outfield in the Negro Leagues. This performance earned him three appearances in the East-West
Ryan Leaf Net Worth Introduction Famous American Footballer Ryan Leaf was famous for playing as a quarterback in National Football League. The man who played for a lot of big teams like San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks has a net worth of around $10 million. Biography & Wiki Ryan was born on 15th May 1976. His family was a middle-class one. He has a pretty athletic body from childhood so he intended of becoming an athlete from a very small age.
Cal Ripken Jr. Cal Ripken Jr. was born on August 24, 1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland, Cal Ripken Jr. began his storied 21-year Major League Baseball career in 1981. The "Iron Man" set a record by playing in 2,632 consecutive games from 1982 to 1998, earning two MVP Awards and a World Series championship along the way. Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, he oversaw a family baseball business and foundation. His dad soon ended his professional baseball playing career and became a minor league manager. His family would join him for summertime stints in such cities as Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Elmira, New York.
From being a below average hitter to an extraordinary hitter over years in the majors is nothing new to baseball but extraordinary doesn’t even come close to explaining how good of a batter Mark McGwire became after 10 years in the majors. Just to give a little look at how good of a hitter he had become, his first year he had three home runs with a .189 batting average and by his tenth year he had 52 home runs with .312 batting average. That doesn’t even fully explain the extent of McGwire 's hitting. In 1998 he broke the record for most homeruns in a single season, previously held by Roger Maris with 61, with 70. He profoundly made his mark in Mlb history.
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he became the first African American to play Major League Baseball. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, and was named Rookie of the year that year, national league mvp in 1945, and a world series champ in 1955. Born january 31st, 1919, in cairo georgia, Robinson became the first african american athlete to play major league baseball of the 20th century. Throughout his decade long career, Robinson thought of himself as talented player, and a vocal civil rights activist. In 1955, he helped the Brooklyn Dodgers win the world series.
The 1996 Appleton East Boys Baseball Team’s Journey to State Catching the state title, Appleton East Boy’s Baseball team threw an incredible season. Appleton East boys baseball team claimed the title that every high school athlete dreams of. In June, 1996, The Appleton East boys baseball team was just beginning their offseason journey preparing for the Wisconsin State tournament.
Andy Anderson who were 94 he was a slave of Jack Haley the plantation in Williamson Co, to John House. After he was free Andy he got a job his first wages were room and board also clothes with $2.00 month. Andy was mirrage three times live with his third wife with eight children in Ft. Worth Texas. .Jack
October 23, 1945, Jackie Robinson shook hands with Branch Rickey, officially changing baseball and society, signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson grew up in a poor household in Pasadena, California. He attended UCLA, making himself a four sport star athlete . Major league baseball had been segregated at the time, with the only black men playing in separate Negro Leagues. Branch Rickey, the owner of the Dodgers, wanted to break the color barrier.
Born into a society of racial discrimination, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, known as Jackie Robinson, became an inspiring African American who stood up to racial hate and became the first black man to play major league baseball outside of a segregated black league (Biography.com). Robinson was born into a sharecropping family in Cairo, Georgia on January 31, 1919 (umass.edu). At 6 months of age, his father, Jerry Robinson, left the family in 1920. After this happening, his mother, Mallie Robinson, decided to move the family to a white neighborhood in Pasadena, California.” Manfred Weidhorn noted in his biography, Jackie Robinson,“Jackie was proud of his mother, who would not allow the white neighbors to drive her away or frighten her or mistreat her kids.
Hank Aaron was a Major League Baseball player that is considered by many the greatest baseball player ever. He played right field for the Milwaukee Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. on April 8th, 1974 he hit his 715th home run, which broke the then record of 714 held by Babe Ruth. He had received many death threats before that game saying things like “If you break Babe Ruth’s record me and my friends will go to your house and steal your child and keep it until you promise not to break that record”.
Branch Rickey, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, signed the 28 year old infielder,
He started playing in the Negro League but the he became a manager in the majors. He did that for 2 years and then he finally got moved up the the majors. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. When he played in the Negro League, he played in Kansas City for the Monarchs. He finally retired in 1957.
He went to college at Columbia on a football scholarship but ended up playing football and baseball for Columbia. He was immediately recruited by the New York Yankees once spotted by a scout. Gehrig played 2,130 consecutive games and helped lead the Yankees to a world series. The first baseman was a vital part of the New York Yankees and became the team MVP and a very respected player to all. Gehrig’s speech also uses Ethos when he says, “I have been in ballparks for seventeen years”.
Billy Beane journeys through all aspects of baseball, from being a top high school prospect, to a Big-League player, to a front office executive. Billy Beane was in his mind, cheated by baseball, so he set out to destroy the sport of baseball as it was. Coming out of high school he was one of the top prospects in the country. After a long process including much thought and consideration, Beane chose to enter the MLB draft where he was taken by the New York Mets. Beane was the epitome of a great talent ruined by the minds of scouts and General Managers everywhere.
Who is Stephen Curry? He’s only the best basketball player in the NBA! (National Basketball Association) In this document you will learn about Stephen Curry’s family, his stats and even how good he is compared to Michael Jordan, who is the best NBA player ever to live right now. Currys personal life Stephen Curry isn 't the only basketball player in his family Stephen curry has a big family, he is 1 of 3 kids he has 1 brother and 1 sister and they all do sports.