Essays Tagged: "bats"

The life of Babe Ruth

n average in 163 games pitched. Not many career .342 hitters that averaged a home run every 11.8 at bats can say that.George Ruth, Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on February 6, 1895, son of Geor ...

(6 pages) 127 1 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Minor League Baseball: Boom or Bust to Communities?

rity of spirit which the majors no longer possess. "It is baseball in itssimplest form-- just ball, bats, gloves, and lifelong dreams. The parks are generally small,the players, hardworking young men ...

(11 pages) 151 0 4.4 Aug/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

"The Season Opener" this is a creative writing that uses the five senses to express the first game of the softball season.

tle was like no other for us nine girls. The fierce competition that lay ahead would be fought with bats, balls, and gloves unlike others that were fought with spears, swords, and guns. While we waite ...

(3 pages) 60 1 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

A fiction story about a night with Norman Bates.

the cemetery.I went over to see what was in the crypt and all of a sudden a bunch of black cats and bats came out of the crypt and frightened me so much my skeleton jumped out of my body. I turned to ...

(1 pages) 21 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A Report on Bats.

A Report on BatsINTRODUCTIONThere is an abundant amount of animal species in theworld. They all have adapted and ... cs of mammals while also possessing theskill of a bird in flight.There are more than 800 species of bats in theworld. They are of many different sizes, shapes, andlifestyles. They live all over the wo ... sizes, shapes, andlifestyles. They live all over the world and have drawn thecuriosity of millions. Bats also have the unique feature ofecholocation that it uses to catch insects. Though othermammals, ...

(6 pages) 44 1 3.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Prayer before birth analysis

asking God to protect him from various dangerous animals that could harm him such as blood sucking bats and land rats. The poet uses vivid language through the child's fears through words such as hea ...

(2 pages) 16528 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Brief History of Jazz

varying instruments, techniques and performers, it strokes the listener with cool, gentle hands, or bats them with hard, swift paws, whirls them away to a world conducted by the soul. The main idea of ...

(6 pages) 112 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Rabies

th rabies. Although many mammals can carry this virus, it is most prevalent in dogs, skunks, foxes, bats, raccoons, and cats. The virus usually lives in the nerve cells and glands of the host or carri ...

(3 pages) 39 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A Great Discovery

vade into an alien land and not having sight. Suddenly, a flock of winged-creatures - most probably bats - swept across the apex of the cave, producing screeching shrieks that rang through the whole c ...

(3 pages) 37 1 3.6 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Collect Sports Paper

rabilia store in Any State, U.S.A. CS sells sports trading cards and autographed photos, baseballs, bats, footballs, jerseys and other sports equipment and clothing. Paul Smith is the owner. Mary and ...

(5 pages) 53 0 4.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Self Reponse to Prayer Before Birth Louis Macneice

port them or to talk to them. Everyone fears something in their life, and for the author, they were bats, stoats and ghouls.'Prayer before birth' is not only the title but a summarizing phrase for the ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.5 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Short Story: Solitude

the desert, searching for a link to the world, and slept for many hours in the dark cave, with the bats and insects. A monster a beast is what he had become, eating grubs and plants to stay alive, lo ...

(2 pages) 22 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Sports Moment

sixth inning of El Duque. I thought the game was over, because the way the Yankees was swinging the bats, and with Curt Schilling on the mound, I thought there was no chance. So as the game rolled alo ...

(1 pages) 1106 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Untitled

a game of tag), is like blaming the sport of baseball, for people that fight or injure people with bats. It's like accusing football for encouraging people to fight. Of course though, football is nev ...

(2 pages) 1036 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Untitled

a game of tag), is like blaming the sport of baseball, for people that fight or injure people with bats. It's like accusing football for encouraging people to fight. Of course though, football is nev ...

(2 pages) 974 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Baseball in the civil war

Bats, Balls, and Bullets: Baseball and the Civil War Civil War Times Illustrated: May 1998 p ...

(1 pages) 1723 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Dracula

g. Much symbolism is used to add to the intense dramatic tone of the story, with the use of wolves, bats, fire, and heavy fog every time Dracula is near. One particular scene of the novel that reveals ...

(1 pages) 12 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The infrequency of flight from an evolutionary perspective

ll be disregarded. Only three general groups of organisms compose the population capable of flight; bats, most birds, and insects . Insects are the only invertebrate capable of true flight. The number ... in which flying organism were introduced (Dudley 2000). The first being insects and the last being bats. These traits for flying were introduced by a species or a group of species. These organisms we ...

(5 pages) 14 0 4.3 Jan/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

Tomlinson, 3) Goya mockingly expresses his fears by perhaps portraying the society as the demonized bats, owls and the craze eyed finx that linger and swarm behind him. Although it may seem clear to s ... passive attack, seated at what the various tools indicate this to be the work table of an ingraver. Bats and owls attack him and to his right a lynx waits for his move. In first glance it all seems ve ...

(9 pages) 5043 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Camp

packed my suitcase eight times the night before. I was ready. My mom and I got into the car and the bats in my stomach started flying around. I couldn’t stop fidgeting! I was too excited! When my ...

(20 pages) 1480 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing