query: Who may be best known for breaking the color line in baseball?

title: Baseball color line

text: that eventually led to the disappearance of blacks from the sport's other minor leagues later that century, including the low minors. After the line was in virtually full effect in the early 20th century, many black baseball clubs were established, especially during the 1920s to 1940s when there were several Negro Leagues. During this period some light-skinned Hispanic players, Native Americans, and native Hawaiians, like Prince Oana, were able to play in the Major Leagues. The color line was broken for good when Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers organization for the 1946 season. In 1947, both Robinson in

title: Baseball color line

text: in the minor leagues within a decade. Besides White’s single game in 1879, the lone blacks in major league baseball for around 75 years were Fleet Walker and his brother Weldy, both in 1884 with Toledo. A big change would take place starting in 1946, when Jackie Robinson played for the Montreal Royals in the International League. While professional baseball was formally regarded as a strictly white-men-only affair, the racial color bar was directed against black players exclusively. Other races were allowed to play in professional white baseball. One example was Charles Albert Bender, a star pitcher for the Philadelphia

title: Baseball color line

text: right man to break the color line. Rickey had an advantage in that he was already an employee of the Dodgers. Also, Landis had died by this time and new commissioner Happy Chandler was more supportive of integrating the major leagues. The color line was breached when Rickey, with Chandler's support, signed the African American player Jackie Robinson in October , intending him to play for the Dodgers. Chandler later wrote in his biography that although he risked losing his job as commissioner, he could not in good conscience tell black players they could not play with white players when

title: Baseball color line

text: low-key figure than Robinson, suffered many of the same indignities that Robinson did, albeit with less press coverage. As baseball historian Daniel Okrent wrote, "Robinson had a two year drum roll, Doby just showed up." Both men were ultimately elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on the merits of their play. Willard Brown played briefly in 1947 for the St. Louis Browns and was the first African American player to hit a home run in the American league. He too was elected to the Hall of Fame based on his career in the Negro Leagues. Due to their success,

title: Baseball color line

text: Secretary [C.D.] White to approve of no more contracts with colored men.” On the afternoon of the International League vote, Anson’s Chicago team played the game in Newark alluded to above, with Stovey and the apparently injured Walker sitting out. Anson biographer Howard W. Rosenberg, concluded that, “A fairer argument is that rather than being an architect [of segregation in professional baseball, as the late baseball racism historian Jules Tygiel termed Anson in his 1983 Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy], that he was a reinforcer of it, including in the National League – and that he had

title: Jackie Robinson

text: previously, his retirement decision was revealed through the magazine, instead of through the Dodgers organization. Robinson's major league debut brought an end to approximately sixty years of segregation in professional baseball, known as the baseball color line. After World War II, several other forces were also leading the country toward increased equality for blacks, including their accelerated migration to the North, where their political clout grew, and President Harry Truman's desegregation of the military in 1948. Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line and his professional success symbolized these broader changes and demonstrated that the fight for equality was more

title: Baseball color line

text: call Yawkey "one of the most bigoted guys in baseball". Boston city councilor Isadore Muchnick further spurred the Robinson tryout by threatening to revoke the team's exemption from Sunday blue laws. The segregation policy was enforced by Yawkey's general managers: Eddie Collins (through 1947), and Joe Cronin (1948–58). A pennant winning team in 1946, the year before integration, the Red Sox would perpetually fail to make the playoffs for the next twenty seasons, with implications being that Boston shut itself out by ignoring the expanded talent pool of black players. On April 7, 1959 during spring training, Yawkey and general

title: West Coast Negro Baseball League

text: West Coast Negro Baseball League The West Coast Negro Baseball League (WCNBL) was a Negro baseball league which operated in . It was founded by Abe Saperstein and Jesse Owens. It is considered a minor league as it did not compete for talent with the established Negro National League or Negro American League. The teams that played with the WCNBL had sometimes did horse races to entertain their viewers in Doubleheader Games. By the time the WCNBL was organized, quality black talent was beginning to be siphoned off by white leagues due to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the baseball color

title: Black participation in college basketball

text: star (1939–1941) at UCLA just before World War II, who went on to greater fame for breaking Major League Baseball's 20th-century color line. Robinson's honors at UCLA were impressive: for two years highest scorer in basketball competition in the Pacific Coast Conference, national champion long (then "broad") jumper, the school's first athlete to letter in four sports, All-American football halfback and varsity baseball shortstop. He left UCLA in 1941 because of financial pressures, not many credits away from a bachelor's degree. UCLA also had Don Barksdale, the first African-American consensus all-American basketball player in 1947. Barksdale would later be the

title: Baseball color line

text: under-representation of African-American players in U.S. baseball ended during the early years of the civil rights movement, but their representation has fallen in recent years and as of 2010 was lower than in 1959 when the hiring of black players was still very controversial. Baseball color line The Color Line, also known as the Color Barrier, in American baseball excluded players of Black African descent from Major League Baseball and its affiliated Minor Leagues until 1947 (with a few notable exceptions in the 19th century before the line was firmly established). Racial segregation in professional baseball was sometimes called a

title: Baseball color line

text: Baseball color line The Color Line, also known as the Color Barrier, in American baseball excluded players of Black African descent from Major League Baseball and its affiliated Minor Leagues until 1947 (with a few notable exceptions in the 19th century before the line was firmly established). Racial segregation in professional baseball was sometimes called a gentlemen's agreement, meaning a tacit understanding, as there was no written policy at the highest level of organized baseball, the major leagues. But a high minor league's vote in 1887 against allowing new contracts with black players within its league sent a powerful signal

title: Baseball color line

text: operated consecutively from 1920, usually at a lower level. None of them, nor any integrated teams, were members of Organized Baseball, the system led by Commissioner Landis from 1921. Rather, until professional baseball in the United States was played in two racially segregated league systems, one on each side of the so-called color line. Much of that time there were two high-level "Negro major leagues" with a championship playoff or all-star game, as between the white major leagues. During his 1921–1944 tenure as the first baseball commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis has been alleged to have been particularly determined to maintain

title: Baseball color line

text: rushed out a baseball card for Claxton. However, within a week, a friend of Claxton revealed that he had both Negro and Indigenous Canadian ancestors, and Claxton was promptly fired. It would be nearly thirty more years before another black man, at least one known to be black, played organized white baseball. There possibly were attempts to have people of African descent be signed as Hispanics. One possible attempt may have occurred in 1911 when the Cincinnati Reds signed two light-skinned players from Cuba, Armando Marsans and Rafael Almeida. Both of them had played "Negro Baseball", barnstorming as members of

title: Baseball color line

text: trying to pass him as a Cherokee Indian named Charlie Tokohama. Grant went along with the charade. However, in Chicago Grant's African American friends who came to see him try out gave him away and Grant never got an opportunity to play ball in the big leagues. On May 28, 1916, British Columbian Jimmy Claxton temporarily broke the professional baseball color barrier when he played two games for the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League. Claxton was introduced to the team owner by a part-Native American friend as a fellow member of an Oklahoma tribe. The Zee-Nut candy company

title: Baseball color line

text: Greatest Maverick". Joseph Thomas Moore wrote in his biography of Doby, "Bill Veeck planned to buy the Philadelphia Phillies with the as yet unannounced intention of breaking that color line." The Phillies ended up being the last National League team, and third-last team in the majors, to integrate, with John Kennedy debuting for the Phillies in 1957, 15 years after Veeck's attempted purchase. Around , Branch Rickey, General Manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, held tryouts of black players, under the cover story of forming a new team called the "Brooklyn Brown Dodgers." The Dodgers were, in fact, looking for the

title: Baseball color line

text: a road trip, refusing to play a game against the New York Cuban Giants, the first all-black professional baseball club, and citing both racial and practical reasons: that the players were banged up and wanted to rest so as to not lose their hold on first place. At the time, the St. Louis team was in Philadelphia, and a story that ran in the Philadelphia Times stated that “for the first time in the history of base ball the color line has been drawn." Blacks were gone from the high minors after 1889 and a trickle of them were left

title: Baseball color line

text: had served an important role in helping to restore the integrity of the game after the 1919 World Series scandal, his unyielding stance on the subject of baseball's color line was an impediment. His death in late 1944 was opportune, as it resulted in the appointment of a new Commissioner, Happy Chandler, who was much more open to integration than Landis was. The only serious attempt to break the color line during Landis' tenure came in , when Bill Veeck tried to buy the then-moribund Philadelphia Phillies and stock them with Negro league stars. However, when Landis got wind of

title: Rudy May

text: Rudy May Rudolph May, Jr. (born July 18, 1944) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Los Angeles and California Angels, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. Early in his career, May had a live fastball, but was known best for his "sharp-breaking curve." May was the 1980 American League ERA leader. May played high school baseball at Castlemont High School in Oakland, California. One of his high school teammates was future Hall-of-Famer Joe Morgan. Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962, May was one

title: Rudy May

text: an underwater diving program. After completion of the course, May was a certified diver. Rudy May Rudolph May, Jr. (born July 18, 1944) is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from to for the Los Angeles and California Angels, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. Early in his career, May had a live fastball, but was known best for his "sharp-breaking curve." May was the 1980 American League ERA leader. May played high school baseball at Castlemont High School in Oakland, California. One of his high school teammates was future Hall-of-Famer Joe Morgan. Signed

title: Jerry May (baseball)

text: Jerry May (baseball) Jerry Lee May (December 14, 1943 – June 30, 1996) was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1964 through 1973 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, and New York Mets. May was known primarily for his defensive skills and ability to handle a pitching staff. Originally a pitcher and an outfielder, May threw six no hitters in American Legion Baseball. In 1961, he was contracted as an amateur free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates, who converted him to a catcher. The scout who signed him for the Pirates organization

title: Baseball color line

text: the National League and Larry Doby with the American League's Cleveland Indians appeared in games for their teams. By the late 1950s, the percentage of black players on Major League teams matched or exceeded that of the general population. Formal beginning of segregation followed the baseball season of 1867. On October 16, the Pennsylvania State Convention of Baseball in Harrisburg denied admission to the "colored" Pythian Baseball Club. Major League Baseball's National League, founded in 1876, had no black players in the 19th century, except for a recently discovered one, William Edward White, who played in a single game in

title: Line breaking rules in East Asian languages

text: Line breaking rules in East Asian languages The line breaking rules in East Asian language specify how to wrap East Asian Language text such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Certain characters in those languages should not come at the end of a line, certain characters should not come at the start of a line, and some characters should never be split up across two lines. For example, periods and closing parentheses are not allowed to start a line. Many word processing and DTP software products have built-in features to control line breaking rules in those languages. In Japanese Language, especially,

title: Who'll Be the Next in Line

text: Who'll Be the Next in Line "Who'll Be the Next in Line" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" was first released as the B-side to "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy", a Kinks single released in Britain. However, that song's chart performance in the UK was a disappointing #17, breaking a string of top-ten hits for the Kinks. Reprise felt that the "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, "Set Me Free", was released, but after The Kinks' next

title: Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments

text: Black). The player who wins the draw of lots may choose which color he wants. As a last resort, ties are broken by a random process such as a coin flip . The U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) recommends these as the first four tie-breaking methods to be used : Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments Tie-break systems are used in chess Swiss system tournaments to break ties between players who have the same total number of points after the last round. This is needed when prizes are indivisible, such as titles, trophies, or qualification for another tournament. Otherwise players often share the

text: reference of Office Open XML, Ecma standard. There are rules about certain characters that are not allowed to start or end a line, such as below. Line breaking rules in East Asian languages The line breaking rules in East Asian language specify how to wrap East Asian Language text such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Certain characters in those languages should not come at the end of a line, certain characters should not come at the start of a line, and some characters should never be split up across two lines. For example, periods and closing parentheses are not allowed

title: Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures (1995–2011)

text: the winners of these games play each other at the ballpark of either team A or B (depending on who won the game). Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures (1995–2011) Because inclusion in the Major League Baseball postseason is based upon the teams' regular-season records, procedures exist to break ties between teams. This page described tie-breaking procedures in effect from 1995 through 2011. For current procedures, see Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures. One game tie-breakers are played between teams tied for a division championship or wildcard berth on the day after the season was scheduled to end. Two teams that are

title: Cutting in line

text: ""¿Quién es el último?"" (Who is last?) and is then behind that person in the queue, which is not always a physical line, but may be merely a jumble of people with the same objective. Legislators in the US state of Washington passed a bill that makes cutting in line to catch a ferry illegal. Cutters can be fined $101 and forced to return to the end of the line. Cutting in line Cutting in line, also known as line/queue jumping, butting, barging, budding, skipping, breaking, shorting, pushing in, or cutsies, is the act of entering a queue or line

title: Color line (racism)

text: amount of text Du Bois provides the reader with three incarnations of the thought. Some of the difference may be the result of the original serialization of the work, as parts of "The Souls of Black Folk" were originally serialized, many in "The Atlantic Monthly". The first reference draws the reader in with a direct reference, while the second goes so far as to identify all of the areas in the world where Du Bois believed the color-line was "the problem of the twentieth century". All imply, whether directly or passively, that the color-line extends outside the bounds of the

title: Non-breaking space

text: of whitespace, it differs in contextual behavior. Text-processing software typically assumes that an automatic line break may be inserted anywhere a space character occurs; a non-breaking space prevents this from happening (provided the software recognizes the character). For example, if the text "100 km" will not quite fit at the end of a line, the software may insert a line break between "100" and "km". An editor who finds this behaviour undesirable may choose to use a non-breaking space between "100" and "km". This guarantees that the text "100 km" will not be broken: if it does not fit at

title: Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures

text: designations (A, B, C, D) will be determined by the following 5-step tie-breaking system. If there is a tie for both wild card and division title spots, then the first designations will match teams competing for their division title. If at any given step some, but not all, teams remain tied, then those teams that are still tied revert to Step 1. Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures Because inclusion in the Major League Baseball postseason is based upon the teams' regular-season records, procedures exist to break ties between teams. One-game tiebreakers are played between teams tied for a division championship

text: Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures Because inclusion in the Major League Baseball postseason is based upon the teams' regular-season records, procedures exist to break ties between teams. One-game tiebreakers are played between teams tied for a division championship or a league's second wildcard berth. These games are to be played the day after the season is scheduled to end. Home-field advantage is determined using the rules listed below ("Breaking Ties Without Playoff Games"). From the implementation of the wildcard in 1994 to the end of the 2011 season, a different rule was in place. Two teams tied for a division

title: Baseball color line

text: efforts in professional baseball. On July 14, 1887, the high-minor International League voted to ban the signing of new contracts with black players. By a 6-to-4 vote, the league’s entirely white teams voted in favor and those with at least one black player voted in the negative. The Binghamton, N.Y., team, which had just released its two black players, voted with the majority. Right after the vote, the sports weekly Sporting Life stated, “Several representatives declared that many of the best players in the league are anxious to leave on account of the colored element, and the board finally directed

text: categories of line breaking rules and processing methods are determined by Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 4051, and it is called . Line breaking rules for Chinese language have been described in the reference of Office Open XML, Ecma standard. There are rules about certain characters that are not allowed to start or end a line, such as below. Line breaking rules of Japanese language are determined by JIS X 4051, Japanese Industrial Standard. It describes word wrap rules and processing rules for Japanese language documents. These rules are called Kinsoku Shori (, literally "prohibition rules processing"). Regarding prohibited characters,

title: Color Line (ferry operator)

text: fully incorporated into the Color Line fleet in 2001. During the 2000s Color Line begun investing heavily in new tonnage, with , , and supplanting much of the older tonnage between 2004 and 2008. In April 2008 the company announced the closure of the Oslo—Hirtshals service from 6 May 2008 onwards. In January 2017, Color Line announced that it had signed a letter of intent with the Ulstein Verft shipyard to build a new ferry with a hybrid drivetrain for the Sandefjord–Strömstad route, with delivery expected in 2019. The keel way layed in April 2018 in Poland and the ship

title: Let the Truth Be Known

text: and mixed by Mudrock, who has work with bands such as Avenged Sevenfold and Godsmack. The album features guest appearances by Andrew Freeman of Lynch Mob, Jeff Pilson of Dokken and Dio, Frédéric Leclercq of DragonForce, Patrick Johansson of Yngwie Malmsteen, Bobby Jarzombek of Riot and Halford, session drummer Mike Hansen and Morgan Rose of Sevendust. On October 26, 2009 a video was released for album track called 'Skeleton Key'. Let the Truth Be Known Let the Truth Be Known is the debut album by hard rock supergroup Souls of We released on May 27, 2008 via the group's official

text: 2012 season, the non-division winner with the best record in the league faces possible elimination on the first day of the postseason. As a result, the tie-breaking rules were changed so that two teams tied for a division championship must play a tie- breaking game even if both teams have already qualified for the postseason. The team losing the tie-breaking game will now qualify for a wildcard berth only if its regular-season record is among the league's two best records for non-division-winners. If that team is tied for the second wild-card spot, a second tie-breaking game would then be played.

title: Baseball color line

text: no demonstrable influence on changing the course of events apart from his team’s exhibition-game schedule.” The year 1887 was also the high point of achievement of blacks in the high minor leagues, and each National League team that year except for Chicago played exhibition games against teams with black players, including against Newark and other International League teams. Some of Anson’s notoriety stems from a 1907 book on early blacks in baseball by black minor league player and later black semi-professional team manager Sol White, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006. White claimed that, “Were it

title: The Color Run

text: featured baseball legends and MLB mascots, and singer Michael Franti performed at The Color Run's new yoga event, Soul Pose. In 2016 The Color Run partnered with Sparkling Fruit2O for races in Canada where participants were given samples of the carbonated waters and teas at the finish line. The Color Run also partnered with Epson in 2016, where they provided an Epson EcoTank tent for post-race photo ops and new technology to check out. In addition to these companies, The Color Run also partnered with Sally Hansen Canada where they did a giveaway for some beauty products as well as

text: Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures (1995–2011) Because inclusion in the Major League Baseball postseason is based upon the teams' regular-season records, procedures exist to break ties between teams. This page described tie-breaking procedures in effect from 1995 through 2011. For current procedures, see Major League Baseball tie-breaking procedures. One game tie-breakers are played between teams tied for a division championship or wildcard berth on the day after the season was scheduled to end. Two teams that are tied for a division championship play a tie breaker if such a game would eliminate the loser from the playoffs completely. This was

title: Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin

text: the first-timers, welcome to Breaking Benjamin." Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin, released on August 16, 2011 by Hollywood Records. The album features every single released by the band from 2002's "Saturate" to 2009's "Dear Agony", with the exception of the 2010 digital single version of "Blow Me Away"; instead featuring the remix of that track featuring vocals of Sydnee Duran of Valora. A two-disc deluxe version was released alongside it, featuring remastered versions of B-sides, covers, acoustic performances, live

title: Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award

text: choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in July and reflect performance from the June previous. Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award The Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Baseball Player ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, typically most significantly in the in progress

text: Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award The Best Major League Baseball Player ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Best Baseball Player ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1993 to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year, typically most significantly in the in progress during the holding of the ESPY Awards ceremony. Between 1993 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and retired sportspersons, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst

title: Color Line (ferry operator)

text: was launched in November 2018. Color Line (ferry operator) Color Line AS is the largest cruiseferry line operating on routes to and from Norway. The company is also one of the leading operators in Europe. Color Line provides transportation for people and cargo, hotel accommodation, shopping, restaurants and entertainment. The company currently employs 3500 people in four countries. Color Line's main office is in Oslo, but the company also has Norwegian offices in Kristiansand, Sandefjord and Larvik, in addition to international offices in Kiel, Hirtshals and Strömstad. Color Line has roots in the ferry business that go back more than

title: Color Line (ferry operator)

text: Color Line (ferry operator) Color Line AS is the largest cruiseferry line operating on routes to and from Norway. The company is also one of the leading operators in Europe. Color Line provides transportation for people and cargo, hotel accommodation, shopping, restaurants and entertainment. The company currently employs 3500 people in four countries. Color Line's main office is in Oslo, but the company also has Norwegian offices in Kristiansand, Sandefjord and Larvik, in addition to international offices in Kiel, Hirtshals and Strömstad. Color Line has roots in the ferry business that go back more than 100 years. The company was

title: Baseball color line

text: and thus integrating the Phillies, on various grounds. The authors of a controversial article in the 1998 issue of SABR's "The National Pastime" argued that Veeck invented the story of buying the Phillies, claiming Philadelphia's black press made no mention of a prospective sale to Veeck. Subsequently, the article was strongly challenged by the late historian Jules Tygiel, who refuted it point-by-point in an article in the 2006 issue of SABR's "The Baseball Research Journal", and in an appendix, entitled "Did Bill Veeck Lie About His Plan to Purchase the ’43 Phillies?", published in Paul Dickson's biography, "Bill Veeck: Baseball's

title: Tulip breaking virus

text: Tulip breaking virus Tulip breaking virus is one of five plant viruses of the family "Potyviridae" that cause color-breaking of tulip flowers. These viruses infect plants in only two genera of the family Liliaceae: tulips ("Tulipa") and lilies ("Lilium"). Also known as the tulip break virus, lily streak virus, tulip mosaic virus, lily mosaic virus, or simply TBV, tulip breaking virus is most famous for its dramatic effects on the color of the tulip perianth, an effect highly sought after during the 17th-century Dutch "tulip mania." Tulip breaking virus is a potyvirus — a member of the group whose type

title: 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

text: with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions. 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament The 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL from May 24 through May 28.

title: Color Line (ferry operator)

text: during the summer of 1996. Initially the operations were in collaboration with SeaContainers, but were run without them from 1997 onwards. In October of the same year Color Line took over the operations of Larvik Line, their competitor in the Norway—Denmark traffic. In September 1998 Color Line acquired both the Color Hotel Skagen and Scandi Line, which operated two ferries on the short routes connecting Norway and Sweden. In the end of 1998 the Norway–United Kingdom operations were sold to Fjord Line. For the 1999 summer season the (former) Scandi Line ships received new Color Scandi Line liveries. They were

title: Derrick May (baseball)

text: Sports Hall of Fame inductee and a 2015 Delaware Afro-American Hall of Fame inductee. Derrick May is the son of the late major league outfielder Dave May. His brother, David May, Jr., is a Major League scout for the Toronto Blue Jays. May was a hitting coach/hitting coordinator in the St.Louis Cardinals Organization from 2005-2016 May started a baseball event and showcase company called Beast of the East Baseball which provides a platform for players to be viewed by college and professional scouts. http://probaseballinsider.com/cardinals-derrick-may-1/ Derrick May (baseball) Derrick Brant May (born July 14, 1968) is a former first round pick

title: Derrick May (baseball)

text: Derrick May (baseball) Derrick Brant May (born July 14, 1968) is a former first round pick (#9 pick in 1986) and former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1990–94), Milwaukee Brewers (1995), Houston Astros (1995–96), Philadelphia Phillies (1997), Montreal Expos (1998) and Baltimore Orioles (1999). He also played three seasons in Japan, from until , for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He was the assistant hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2016. May batted left-handed and threw right-handed. After signing to play football/baseball at Virginia Tech. May was drafted in the first round (#9)

title: Color line (racism)

text: Color line (racism) The term color line was originally used as a reference to the racial segregation that existed in the United States after the abolition of slavery. An article by Frederick Douglass titled "The Color Line" was published in the "North American Review" in 1881. The phrase gained fame after W. E. B. Du Bois’ repeated use of it in his book "The Souls of Black Folk". It is difficult to find an exact origin of the phrase "the color line". In 1881 Frederick Douglass published an article with that title in the "North American Review". At the First

title: Color–color diagram

text: an excess of infrared radiation is observed for the star. Even without circumstellar dust, regions undergoing star formation exhibit high infrared luminosities compared to stars on the main sequence. Each of these effects is distinct from the reddening of starlight which occurs as a result of scattering off of dust in the interstellar medium. Color–color diagrams allow for these effects to be isolated. As the color–color relationships of main sequence stars are well known, a theoretical main sequence can be plotted for reference, as is done with the solid black line in the example to the right. Interstellar dust scattering

title: Color photography

text: the essential subject. Sometimes, just light, line and form is enough, and it allows you to explore the sculptural qualities of that third dimension, that illusional dimension of depth. And it’s fun”. This aversion to color was due mainly to a fear of losing simplicity in his pictures. He worried that color gave the eye too much to take in. This worry was not uncommon. Photographer Ansel Adams, known best for his dramatic black-and-white landscapes, also felt that color could be distracting, and could therefore divert the artist's attention away from creating a photograph to his full potential, according to

title: Women in baseball

text: fans who came out to watch her and her team play. Lizzie Murphy's baseball career lasted from 1918 to 1935, and included one charity exhibition game in which she was part of a team of all-stars who played against the Boston Red Sox. While Murphy was perhaps the best-known woman playing for an all-male team in the 1920s, there was at least one other woman athlete whose abilities included playing baseball. Philadelphia's Betty Schenkel not only played baseball with the boys during high school, but she was said to be adept in other sports, including basketball, soccer, and cycling. During

text: Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin, released on August 16, 2011 by Hollywood Records. The album features every single released by the band from 2002's "Saturate" to 2009's "Dear Agony", with the exception of the 2010 digital single version of "Blow Me Away"; instead featuring the remix of that track featuring vocals of Sydnee Duran of Valora. A two-disc deluxe version was released alongside it, featuring remastered versions of B-sides, covers, acoustic performances, live recordings, and other rarities. "Shallow Bay"

title: The Color Run

text: mascots, along with Runicorn, mascot for The Color Run. Kat Perkins, the Minneapolis-based singer and top-five contestant on "The Voice", performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the race. In 2015 Major League Baseball and The Color Run partnered together during All-Star week in Cincinnati for "The Color Run MLB All-Star 5K, Presented by Nike". The event featured appearances by baseball legends, mascots and other special guests. In 2016 Major League Baseball and The Color Run partnered for the third year in a row during All-Star Week in San Diego for "The Color Run MLB All-Star 5k, Presented by Nike." The event

title: Cutting in line

text: Cutting in line Cutting in line, also known as line/queue jumping, butting, barging, budding, skipping, breaking, shorting, pushing in, or cutsies, is the act of entering a queue or line at any position other than the end. The act, which may be taboo in some instances, stands in stark contrast to the normal policy of first come, first served that governs most queue areas. A negative response from the rear of the line is expected when someone has cut in line up ahead. According to one study, a person cutting in line has a 54% chance that others in the

title: May Who?

text: which May is being referred to. The film was supposedly going to be released five months earlier but the 10-minute inclusion of animation in the film caused the delay. It was finally released on October 1, 2015, less than a month after GTH's release of "Freelance" film. "May Who?" is the movie comeback of director Chayanop Boonprakob after the success of his first feature-film "SuckSeed" in 2011. If "SuckSeed" was inspired by Boonprakob's love for music, "May Who?" was inspired by his passion for comics and animation. In fact, the story line of the film was based on Boonprakob's teenage

title: Color line (racism)

text: "Africa", and "the islands of the sea". Du Bois’ thought in "Of the Dawn of Freedom" implied a universal exclusivity, of "color" as the greatest problem of the 20th century. The general use of the term the "color-line" however, is usually in reference to the United States, a possibility Du Bois did not acknowledge in his initial essays. As well as in literary theory, the phrase circulates in the modern vernacular. For example, "Newsweek" published a piece by Anna Quindlen entitled "The Problem of the Color Line," about the continuing plague of racial discrimination in the United States. The phrase

title: Color line (racism)

text: his mindset to include discrimination beyond that of simply black versus white. <--!(already in refs)* Du Bois, W. E. B., "The Souls of Black Folk". 1903. New York: New American Library, 1969. Color line (racism) The term color line was originally used as a reference to the racial segregation that existed in the United States after the abolition of slavery. An article by Frederick Douglass titled "The Color Line" was published in the "North American Review" in 1881. The phrase gained fame after W. E. B. Du Bois’ repeated use of it in his book "The Souls of Black Folk".

title: Color Line Stadion

text: Norwegian Players' Association among away-team captains, Color Line Stadion was ranked eleventh amongst league stadiums, with a score of 2.87 on a scale from one to five. Color Line Stadion Color Line Stadion is an association football stadium in Ålesund, Norway, and the home of Norwegian Premier League side Aalesunds FK. It was inaugurated in April 2005 and cost NOK 160 million to build. It is referred to as Aalesund Stadion by UEFA. It was the first top-level stadium in Norway to feature artificial turf, which was at the time a highly debated issue. When Aalesund opened the stadium, businessman

title: Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award

text: Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award The Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award has been presented since 2001 to the amateur or professional sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have, in a single play, game, or season, completed the best record-breaking (and -setting) performance, irrespective of the nature of the record broken. Between 2001 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised

title: Baseball color line

text: black player to play for the Red Sox. In the early to mid 1960s, the team added other players of color to their roster including Joe Foy, José Tartabull, George Scott, George Smith, John Wyatt, Elston Howard and Reggie Smith. The 1967 Red Sox went on to win the "Impossible Dream" pennant but lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in that year's World Series. Tom Yawkey died in 1976, and his widow Jean Yawkey eventually sold the team to Haywood Sullivan and Edward "Buddy" LeRoux. As chief executive, Haywood Sullivan found himself in another racial wrangle that

text: Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award The Best Record-Breaking Performance ESPY Award has been presented since 2001 to the amateur or professional sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have, in a single play, game, or season, completed the best record-breaking (and -setting) performance, irrespective of the nature of the record broken. Between 2001 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively "experts"; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been undertaken exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices nominated by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

title: Baseball in the Netherlands

text: Salt Lake City played in the Dutch league under the name Seagulls. They only lost two games (vs. Blue White from Amsterdam 7-1, and vs. HHC from Haarlem 6-2). After the German invasion in May 1940, baseball went through a difficult period. As the war continued, baseball materials became scarce. Starting in 1943, baseballs were made of rubber-like substance with a cork center. The balls, which were made by the tire company Vredenstein, could absorb little more than a couple of hits, before breaking apart. Some pitchers would cut out a small piece in order to throw a curveball, because

title: History of baseball in the United States

text: signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had prevented talented African American players from entering the white-only major leagues. Although the transformation was not instantaneous, baseball has since become fully integrated. In 1948, the Negro Leagues faced financial difficulties that effectively ended their existence. Pitchers dominated the game in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1973, the designated hitter (DH) rule was adopted by the American League, while in the National League pitchers still bat for themselves to this day. The DH rule now constitutes the primary difference between the two leagues. During the late

title: The Color of Fame

text: The Color of Fame The Color of Fame () is a 2008 Venezuelan drama film about a Marilyn Monroe poser and a transsexual who believes to be her reincarnation. The film was Venezuela's official submission for the 81st Annual Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Magaly (Elaiza Gil) enters a television contest looking for a Marilyn Monroe lookalike for a $25,000 prize. Her husband, Arturo (Alberto Arifa), believes is the best way to get through the financial crisis they are facing. As the challenge goes by, Magaly partners with Hector (Miguel Ferrari) who believes to be the Monroe's reincarnation

title: May It Be

text: alantië" translates as "Darkness has fallen." Each line repeats twice in the song, with the remaining song lyrics written in English. They are intermingled with the Quenya lyrics, as in the second stanza; ""Mornië utúlië", believe and you will find your way; "Mornië alantië", a promise lives within you now." Enya also performed another song '"Aníron" for "The Lord of the Rings", which is sung in another of Tolkien's Elvish languages, Sindarin. "May It Be" received universal acclaim from music critics. It was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to Randy Newman's "If I

title: May It Be

text: May It Be "May It Be" is a song by Irish recording artist Enya. It was composed by Enya and Roma Ryan for Peter Jackson's 2001 film "". The song entered the German Singles Chart at number one in 2002 and was performed by Enya at the 74th Academy Awards. "May It Be" was acclaimed from music critics and received nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media. Director Peter Jackson approached Enya (under the suggestion of Howard Shore), asking if she

title: Branch Barrett Rickey

text: Branch Barrett Rickey Branch Barrett Rickey (born November 1, 1945) is the 17th and current President of the Pacific Coast League (PCL), a Triple-A baseball league competing in Minor League Baseball (MiLB). He previously served as the President of the American Association from 1991 to 1997 before the league disbanded in conjunction with the 1998 Major League Baseball expansion and Triple-A realignment. Rickey is the grandson of Branch Rickey, who is best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier and for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system. His father, Branch Rickey, Jr., served as farm

title: Ship breaking

text: Ship breaking Ship breaking or ship demolition is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships for either a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap. It may also be known as ship dismantling, ship cracking, or ship recycling. Modern ships have a lifespan of 25 to 30 years before corrosion, metal fatigue and a lack of parts render them uneconomical to run. Ship breaking allows the materials from the ship, especially steel, to be recycled and made into new products. This lowers the demand for

title: Women in baseball

text: still touring and playing baseball in the early 1900s; by 1907–1908, their team also included several male players, but the majority of the team continued to be female. Although female teams like the Bloomers were always considered a novelty, by the early 1920s, there were several female players who were attracting attention at the amateur and semi-pro level and were considered talented enough to play for all-male teams. Perhaps the best known young woman playing baseball in the early 1920s was Rhode Island's Lizzie Murphy. A first baseman, she played for the Providence (RI) Independents, and was praised by newspaper

title: Upstream Color

text: Upstream Color Upstream Color is a 2013 American experimental science fiction film written, directed, produced, edited, composed, designed, cast by and starring Shane Carruth. The film is the second feature directed by Carruth, best known for his 2004 debut "Primer". "Upstream Color" stars Amy Seimetz, Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, and Thiago Martins. "Upstream Color" is about two people whose behaviors are affected by a complex parasite—without knowing it—that has a three-stage life cycle in which it passes from humans to pigs to orchids. The film starts with a man (mentioned in the credits as the "Thief") who appears to be harvesting

title: Let the Truth Be Known

text: Let the Truth Be Known Let the Truth Be Known is the debut album by hard rock supergroup Souls of We released on May 27, 2008 via the group's official website with the first 1000 copies, with blues musician Robert Johnson inspired album artwork, signed by members London LeGrand and George Lynch. The album was later released on November 4 of the same year, through Shrapnel Records, under the moniker "George Lynch's Souls of We" with new album artwork, a rearranged track listing as well the additional track "Nork 13". The album was self-produced in various studios around Los Angeles

title: Breaking ball

text: Breaking ball In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight as it approaches the batter; it will have sideways or downward motion on it, sometimes both (see slider). A breaking ball is not a specific pitch by that name, but is any pitch that "breaks", such as a curveball, slider, or slurve. A pitcher who primarily uses breaking ball pitches is often referred to as a junkballer. A breaking ball is more difficult than a straight pitch for a catcher to receive as breaking pitches sometimes hit the ground (whether intentionally, or not) before making

title: The Baseball Bunch

text: a full-size color poster of "The Bunch", and "The Baseball Bunch" "Fun Book", which included color photos and biographies of Bench, Lasorda and the kids, puzzles, sheet music and lyrics for the show's theme song, and a comic strip known as ""The Baseball Bunchies"". In his March 1984 review of the series, "The Miami Herald" Head Sports Writer, Bob Rubin praised the show, writing ""<nowiki>'</nowiki>The Baseball Bunch<nowiki>'</nowiki>" is a humorous, marvelously creative blend of entertainment and instruction. With the glut of dreck that passes for children's programming on the weekends, it's a breath of fresh air. And you don't have

title: Color line (racism)

text: and physique and belief and status and was a matter of cultural patterns, perverted teaching and human hate and prejudice, which reached all sorts of people and caused endless evil to all men." These quotations are of note because they reflect an expansion of Du Bois’ original definition of the color-line to include discrimination beyond that of color discrimination, Du Bois also pared down his definition to acknowledge that the "problem of the color-line" as he initially imagined it existed in the United States and did not manifest itself identically across the world. Though discrimination existed everywhere, Du Bois expanded

text: there are some conventions called "House Rules", which are characteristic rules of their publishers. Furthermore, there are many publishers whose rules contradict other publishers' ones. For that reason, there are lots of conventions which are not supported by Western DTP software tools, and that is the main cause of the growing demand of computerized phototypesetting systems. (Note: The above rule only applies to small (chiisai) kana. Full size kana can start a line.) Note: Kinsoku Shori does not apply to Japanese characters while one line contains not enough characters Line breaking rules for Korean language have been described in the

title: Baseball in Israel

text: to participate in the ground breaking ceremony for the first ever dedicated baseball field in Israel. The field is expected to take approximately 2-3 months to design, and be available for use by the end of 2017. Baseball in Israel In Israel, baseball is a sport that is not extremely popular, although many initiatives are in place to help develop and grow the sport in Israel. There are approximately 1,000 baseball players in Israel in 16 cities across the country. Volunteer coaches and donors are instrumental to the growth and development of the sport as baseball resources are very limited

title: Color line (racism)

text: real and complete understanding of the Negro problem. In the first place, the problem of slavery, emancipation and caste in the United States was no longer in my mind a separate and unique thing as I had so long conceived it. It was not even solely a matter of color and physical and racial characteristics, which was particularly a hard thing for me to learn, since for a lifetime the color line had been a real and efficient cause of misery. He goes on to write: "No, the race problem in which I was interested cut across lines of color

title: White line disease

text: White line disease White line disease (also known as seedy toe) is a fungal infection of the horse's hoof. As the name suggests, it attacks the white line, which connects the sole to the hoof wall. It is sometimes mistaken for hoof wall separation disease, but is not to be confused because it is not genetic nor as severe. White line disease changes the typical light color of the white line to a black or dark gray color. It may also give off a foul odor. Lameness is often not present unless the disease is advanced. The disease may locate

title: Chiral symmetry breaking

text: of the bulk of the proton's mass is quantum chromodynamics binding energy, which arises out of QCD chiral symmetry breaking. The spontaneous symmetry breaking may be described in analogy to magnetization. A vacuum condensate of bilinear expressions involving the quarks in the QCD vacuum is known as the fermion condensate. It can be calculated as formed through nonperturbative action of QCD gluons, with "v" ≈ −(250 MeV). This cannot be preserved under an isolated "L" or "R" rotation. The pion decay constant, ≈ 93 MeV, may be viewed as a measure of the strength of the chiral symmetry breaking. For

title: The Soul of Baseball

text: of numerous opportunities because of the color of his skin." "A moving elegy for both the Negro Leagues and one of the game's biggest personalities." The book won the 2007 Casey Award, an annual award given by "Spitball Magazine" to the literary world's best baseball book. The Soul of Baseball The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O'Neil's America is a 2007 book written by Joe Posnanski about Buck O'Neil, an American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues during the 1940s and 1950s. O'Neil's contributions to the game of baseball and his love for the sport garnered

title: Be Best

text: Be Best Be Best is a public awareness campaign promoted by United States First Lady Melania Trump, focusing on well-being for youth, and advocating against cyberbullying and drug (particularly opioid) use. Melania Trump made the initiative as a way to address online behavior and the opioid crisis, and came up with the name "Be Best". Her husband Donald Trump reportedly tried to persuade her to change topics so she could avoid dealing with his own Twitter habits, but Mrs. Trump said she was willing to face any criticism. She formally introduced the campaign on May 7, 2018. Following her speech

title: Life in Color

text: and Afrojack. In November 2015, SFX Entertainment promoted Solano to CEO of ID&T North America and Made Event; in addition to his role as head of Life in Color, he will also oversee Electric Zoo and the North American editions of ID&T's festival brands, including Mysteryland and TomorrowWorld. Life in Color Life in Color is a United States-based EDM event company, best known for their ongoing "paint party" Life in Color concert tours. The company was founded by Sebastian Solano, Paul Campbell, Lukasz Tracz and Patryk Tracz as Committee Entertainment and the concert tour Dayglow in 2006. Billed by its

title: Breaking (martial arts)

text: since its shards may cause injury when broken. Breaking can often be seen in karate, taekwondo and pencak silat. Spetsnaz are also known for board and brick breaking, but not all styles of martial arts place equal emphasis on it or use it. In styles where striking and kicking are less important and there is an emphasis on grappling or weaponry, breaking is less prominent. Traditional Japanese martial art schools place little, if any, emphasis on board-breaking, although the art of breaking objects was known as "tameshiwari", while the similar practice of Tameshigiri or 'test cutting' is used in sword

title: Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000

text: Renoir's egalitarian films of the thirties, relating to each character in turn. " The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 () is a 1976 Swiss film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. The location of the shooting was Geneva. The film follows the lives of couples in the wake of the social and political tumult of May 1968

title: The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line

text: The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line "The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line" was a monthly periodical in publication during the years 1907 to 1910. It was the primary communication outlet for the Niagara Movement, and was edited by African-American editor, scholar and author W. E. B. Du Bois. The magazine was written primarily by African Americans and addressed many African-American themes. After the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was formed, publication ceased as Du Bois turned his attention to the NAACP's magazine, "The Crisis", which he also edited. Prior to "The Horizon",

title: Breaking down the script

text: of the scene, and circled. If a scene lasts longer than eight 1/8s, it is converted to 1. So, a scene lasting twelve 1/8s is marked 1 4/8. To ease future production, an assistant director marks the elements found in each scene. This process repeats for each new scene. By the end, the producer will be able to see which scenes need which elements, and can begin to schedule accordingly. The film industry has a standard for color-coding: Breaking down the script The process of breaking down the script occurs after the producer reads through the screenplay once. The producer

title: Color–color diagram

text: effective temperature of the star can still be determined, as magnitude differences between each color will be unique for that temperature. As such, color-color diagrams can be used as a means of representing the stellar population, much like a Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, and stars of different spectral classes will inhabit different parts of the diagram. This feature leads to applications within various wavelength bands. In the stellar locus, stars tend to align in a more or less straight feature. If stars were perfect black bodies, the stellar locus would be a pure straight line indeed. The divergences with the straight line

title: Baseball color line

text: his plans, he and National League president Ford Frick scuttled it in favor of another bid by William D. Cox. In his autobiography, "Veeck, as in Wreck", in which he discussed his abortive attempt to buy the Phillies, Veeck also stated that he wanted to hire black players for the simple reason that in his opinion the best black athletes "can run faster and jump higher" than the best white athletes. Veeck realized that there was no actual rule against integration; it was just an unwritten policy, a "Gentlemen's Agreement." Veeck stated that Landis and Frick prevented him from buying

title: Color Line (ferry operator)

text: established in 1990 when two Norwegian shipping companies, Jahre Line and Norway Line merged. Jahre Line had operated ferries between Oslo and Kiel since 1961, while Norway Line had operated ferries from Norway to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands since 1986. During 1990 Color Line also took over the Fred. Olsen Lines cruiseferry operations, thereby expanding the traffic area of the new company to Norway–Denmark routes. During the first half of the 1990s Color Line enlargened their tonnage by lengthening their existing ships by acquisition of larger second-hand ships. The company began operating fast ferries between Norway and Denmark

text: of baseball led the team owners to appoint Federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis to be the first Commissioner of Baseball. His first act as commissioner was to ban the "Black Sox" from professional baseball for life. The White Sox, meanwhile would not return to the World Series until 1959 and it was not until their next appearance in 2005 they won the World Series. Until July 5, 1947, baseball had two histories. One fills libraries, while baseball historians are only just beginning to chronicle the other fully. African Americans have played baseball as long as white Americans. Players of color,

text: operate as a major league. The resulting bidding war for players led to widespread contract-breaking and legal disputes. One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who in 1901 went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics. Barred by a court injunction from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania the next year, Lajoie was traded to the Cleveland team, where he played and managed for many years. The war between the American and National caused shock waves throughout the baseball world. At a meeting in 1901, the other baseball

title: Scott May (baseball)

text: at the Major League level with the team in 1991. May attended high school in Almond, Wisconsin and played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. , or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) <br> Scott May (baseball) Scott Francis May (born November 11, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. May was originally drafted in the sixth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1987, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Javier Ortiz. He played at the Major League level with the Rangers in 1988.

title: Scott May (baseball)

text: Scott May (baseball) Scott Francis May (born November 11, 1961) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. May was originally drafted in the sixth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 1987, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for Javier Ortiz. He played at the Major League level with the Rangers in 1988. The following year, he was traded along with minor league player Mike Wilson to the Milwaukee Brewers for La Vel Freeman and minor league player Todd Simmons. Later in his career, he signed with the Chicago Cubs and played

text: Du Bois published a comparable magazine, " Moon Illustrated Weekly", which lasted for one year in 1906. "The Horizon" was a digest of news from other sources, but also included original works by Du Bois and other authors. The magazine typically consisted of three sections: "The In-Look" was a summary of important news from African-American press sources; "The Out-Look" was a digest of the periodical press, and "The Over-Look" contained opinion pieces, essays, and other original works by Du Bois and his associates. The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line "The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line" was

title: Baseball

text: may remove a starting position player—especially one whose turn at bat is not likely to come up again—for a more skillful fielder. The tactical decision that precedes almost every play in a baseball game involves pitch selection. By gripping and then releasing the baseball in a certain manner, and by throwing it at a certain speed, pitchers can cause the baseball to break to either side, or downward, as it approaches the batter. Among the resulting wide variety of pitches that may be thrown, the four basic types are the fastball, the changeup (or off-speed pitch), and two breaking balls—the

title: The Color of Fame

text: in a "third world transsexual man". She begins to lose her identity and follows the same downfall of the late actress. The Color of Fame The Color of Fame () is a 2008 Venezuelan drama film about a Marilyn Monroe poser and a transsexual who believes to be her reincarnation. The film was Venezuela's official submission for the 81st Annual Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Magaly (Elaiza Gil) enters a television contest looking for a Marilyn Monroe lookalike for a $25,000 prize. Her husband, Arturo (Alberto Arifa), believes is the best way to get through the financial crisis

title: Color wheel

text: color mixture. Combining two colored lights from different parts of the spectrum may produce a third color that appears like a light from another part of the spectrum, even though dissimilar wavelengths are involved. This type of color matching is known as metameric matching. Thus a combination of green and red light might produce a color close to yellow in apparent hue. The newly formed color lies between the two original colors on the color circle, but they are usually represented as being joined by a straight line on the circle, the location of the new color closer to the