Even if you know about baseball, it doesn’t mean that you know everything!

Let’s begin with Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson) (1919-1972). Jackie Robinson was the first African American member of the modern league. Jackie was born in Georgia and grew up in Pasadena, California. He had an outstanding athletic performance, both in school and in college. At a time when he attended the University of California Los Angeles, has won an excellent reputation in various sports such as baseball, football, basketball and athletics.

In 1945, Robinson signed a contract with Brunch Rica, according to Robinson played for the Montreal Royals in an international league. Even though many inconveniences and accidents during training Jackie showed very good results. Throughout his career, Jackie Robinson played for “Brooklyn”. Where he managed to set records in fielding, betting, and he was famous as a master of taking the bases. Soon after it he has debuted, the other African-American athletes have begun play in the league, and in 1962 Jackie was the first African-American player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The next famous baseball player, about whom I would like to tell, is Roger Clemens (William Roger Clemens). He was born in 1962 in Dayton, Ohio. Roger is one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. For the first time in 1984 Roger has joined the baseball team “Red Sox”. As early as 1986 he was named the most valuable player of the American League. In 1997, he had to move to Toronto, where he began his career as a pitcher in the New York Yankees. He had long put off retiring from the sport, but before doing so, in 2004 for a term of 2 years moved to the team the Houston Astros. And in 2007 he has already signed a contract with the New York Yankees

Another famous American baseball player Hank Aaron was born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama.

His youth was not so simple, he was born in a poor family and, therefore, that somehow survive the whole family worked tirelessly on cotton plantations. Undoubtedly, this work significantly affected the physical features of Hank. His hands were very strong and hardy, it helped him later in life.

Over time, Hank was practicing in the backyard, aiming the ball on the bottles. Due to financial difficulties he was unable to obtain higher education. While learning at school, he competed in the local team, and after several months of intensive training he was able to achieve great results and drew the attention of prestigious coaches. In 1949, Hank received an offer that he could not refuse, and while he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, but still he decided to go back to school and complete their education.

Still 1976 Hank played for the Atlanta Braves. For their superstrong blow he got the nickname “Hammer”, which is fully consistent with him. In addition, he got the title of the most successful and talented baseball player!
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