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Marvelous MVPs, Magnificent Managers, Majestic Men

April 28, 2015
By Simran Saiyed BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
Simran Saiyed BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
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Hank Greenberg:

I am from being bullied in school because of my height, being made fun of by my teammates  because I’m Jewish, and breaking windows by hitting a ball with a broomstick.
I am from playing ball on the streets with friends and using sides of buildings to make a strike zone.
I am from being the tallest in my classes year after year and getting asked, “how’s the air up there?”  millions of times.


Jackie Robinson:
I am from joining the Dodgers baseball team, playing shortstop for the Kansas City monarchs, which  is a Negro team, and being called “black coalmine” by teammates.
I am from being the only black person on the Brooklyn Dodgers.
I am from being the first black person to play on an all white major league baseball team.


Frank Navin:
I am from being the principal owner of the Detroit Tigers between 1909 and 1935, being the one to  send Hank Aaron to a less competitive A team in Hartford, Connecticut,
and having friends who are American league team presidents and owners.
I am from being the owner of Detroit’s Tigers competitive A team.
I am from putting Hank Greenberg into a less competitive A team in Hartford, Connecticut.


President Franklin D. Roosevelt:
I am from being the thirty-second president of the United States, getting elected in 1932 and serving  until I died in office 1945, and encouraging major league baseball players to continue playing  so I could boost people’s sprits after the Great Depression.
I am from tackling the challenges of the Great Depression by establishing government-funded  projects to employ workers.
I am from being criticized by Coughlin.

 

Hank Greenberg:
I am from playing baseball on the abandoned streets with my friends.
From inside of the small state New York.
Greenwich Village, New York pulls me into the good ole memories of how I started off playing on  the streets with friends, and now I’m a major league baseball manager.

 


Power is like a money some people have a little power and some have a lot but it doesn’t matter if they have more power just have fate and you will have you own little power.



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