Jackie Robinson

 

PLAY BALL!  CRACK! The sound of Jackie Robinson hitting a homerun with the wooden baseball bat.

 

Jackie Robinson was the first African American MLB player. According to Wikipedia, “Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. During his 10-year MLB career, Robinson won the inaugural Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, was an All-Star for six consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1954, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949—the first black player so honored”. Jackie Robinson was a second baseman,he batted right and throw right.Jackie Robinson played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (Wikipedia- Jackie Robinson).

In 1949 Jackie Robinson got awarded MVP.FUN FACT,Jackie Robinson had 1518 hits and 137 home runs/scores.Branch Rickey wanted a good player from the Negro Leagues. Branch Rickey did not care what skin color they were.Pee wee was a white person who was in danger of losing his position to Jackie Robinson and he was the nicest player to Jackie Robinson on the team even though Jackie Robinson might take his position.Pee Wee said and I quote “If he’s good enough to take my job,he deserves it”.

Jackie Robinson’s teammates did not like him(except for Pee Wee)and would call him names.His teammates were not the only ones to call him names in the stands at games the spectators would say bad things to him and would try to hurt him.The pitcher on the other teams would throw the ball right at him and try to”cleat”him. (Book- Teammates)

 

 Jackie Robinson had a tough life and was a big part in the stop of racism. He died at 53 years old from heart problems and Diabetes.  Jackie Robinson.Jackie’s poise and strength—both on and off the field—are why we still honor him today according to History.

BLOG POST-BRAYDEN

My dream is to become a famous soccer player or a detective.My dream cars are a Mclaren,Ferrari Mansory Stallone, and an Audi R8 in neon orange.To get these cars I will have to be very rich($$$).I would also like to go to Niagara falls and/or the Grand Canyon with my family.I love spending quality time with my family. They make my life awesome and most of my best memories are with them.

I like playing the drums.I do not want to be a drummer but I would like to have it as a skill in the future.I like soccer and a lot of other sports.I like to ride bikes around with my friends and family.I like to play around with my friends because they are fun.Hot tea calms me down(Weird because tea has more caffeine than coffee).

Personally I think Confident and Persistence are the most important stances because if you have confidence you feel better about yourself and if you feel better about yourself you can be better at what your doing.I think persistence is important because if you have persistence you keep powering through things no matter how hard the obstacles are and that can come a long way in life.

I learned about Steven Claunch and how he kept going even though people were very mean and  unforgiving to him.If someone put themselves in his shoes I bet they would not be so mean.Steven Claunch has a lot of persistence and confidence and that’s why I look up to him.

My goals for myself are to stop and put myself in their shoes for just a minute before I say something.As a person I’m confident and I learn from my mistakes and I feel empathy for other people(*Put Myself In Their Shoes*).If you are mad at someone for something and you don’t understand why they did what they did  then you can put yourself in their shoes and you might see why they did what they did.

Writing all this down helped me see how and what I need to do to improve myself as a person.