The Ticket Out Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw MICHAEL SOKOLOVE SIMON & SCHUSTER NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY The Ticket Out Darryl Strawberry and the Boys of Crenshaw Front Cover.
Author: Michael Sokolove
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781439129043
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 320
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The year was 1979 and the fifteen teenagers on the Crenshaw High Cougars were the most talented team in the history of high school baseball. They were pure ballplayers, sluggers and sweet fielders who played with unbridled joy and breathtaking skill. The national press converged on Crenshaw. So many scouts gravitated to their games that they took up most of the seats in the bleachers. Even the Crenshaw ballfield was a sight to behold -- groomed by the players themselves, picked clean of every pebble, it was the finest diamond in all of inner-city Los Angeles. On the outfield fences, the gates to the outside stayed locked against the danger and distraction of the streets. Baseball, for these boys, was hope itself. They had grown up with the notion that it could somehow set things right -- a vague, unexpressed, but persistent hope that even if life was rigged, baseball might be fair. And for a while it seemed they were right. Incredibly, most of of this team -- even several of the boys who sat on the bench -- were drafted into professional baseball. Two of them, Darryl Strawberry and Chris Brown, would reunite as teammates on a National League All-Star roster. But Michael Sokolove's The Ticket Out is more a story of promise denied than of dreams fulfilled. Because in Sokolove's brilliantly reported poignant and powerful tale, the lives of these gifted athletes intersect with the realities of being poor, urban, and black in America. What happened to these young men is a harsh reminder of the ways inspiration turns to frustration when the bats and balls are stowed and the crowd's applause dies down. Just as Friday Night Lights portrayed the impact of high school sports on the life of a Texas community, and There Are No Children Here examined the viselike grip of poverty on minority youngsters, The Ticket Out presents an unforgettable tale of families grasping for opportunities, of athletes praying for one chance to make it big, of all of us hoping that the will to succeed can triumph over the demons haunting our city streets.
Release on 1893 | by Kansas. Legislature. House of Representatives
We quote from Mr. Bailey's testimony , as follows : “ Thomas took the tickets out of the box , Brooks read them , and I strung them . The first thing that attracted my attention , he was taking the tickets out of the box long before it ...
Author: Kansas. Legislature. House of Representatives
Boy issued the tickets out in my presence . Question . Whose name was on the tickets for Congress that were distributed by you and Boy ? -Answer . Andrew Sloan's . Cross - examined : Cross - question . Do you know that Boy had no ...
-A . The tickets were taken out of the box hy myself , and either Lyle or Lacey , I forget now which of them , helped me to pick out the tickets ; two of us assorted them over , until we got ten that were alike , and then handed them to ...
It began one day , Tommy liked this , but foresaw a danwith a series of morning calls from ger : the ticket might be taken from ... In growing blow - out night , and that were Shovel's alarm she watched his face , and at last ticket .
Tommy's being the one who dropped the ticket out Tommy gave Elspeth a look that meant " I'm sure of the window ? there's something queer about her . " Shovel did object for a time , but after a wrangle There was also something queer ...
Hebert took out the tickets and es . amined them , and we held then up and looked at them ; and Mr. Craig , he was another Republican , stood right on the other side of him ; and Mr. J. D. Hebert , he was a Democratio supervisor ...
tell him to vote the democratic ticket . They told him if he didn't do So Q. Did they put democratic tickets in his hands -A . Yes , sir ; but in case they had republican tickets in their hands they would snatch them out of their hands ...
One voter would come forward, take a Republican ticket, show it to the clerk, have his name recorded, and go to the polling window, holding the ticket out from his body so . that it could be seen that he did not change it.
Release on 1877 | by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections
-A . After they got through counting the tickets out Mr. Young then called to me to give him a republican ticket . 1 told him I hadn't any . Mr. Reese handed him a republican ticket .
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections
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“Yeah, I guess. I mean, I talked to your niece Holly today. She interviewed me about the library. I, uh, Eva told me I should do 'random acts of kindness,' so I pulled this speeding ticket out of Holly's bag. It was sticking out anyway.
Author: Cynthia Harrison
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 9781509210763
Category: Fiction
Page: 184
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All Holly wants for Christmas is to prove to her parents that her pricey college education was worth it. When she lands a reporting job in tiny Blue Lake, where the chill winds blow off Lake Huron all winter long, and a guest dies at a dinner party, she isn't sure she can meet that goal. Holly has a second writing gig as a true crime reporter in mind, but there's only one problem: the new love interest keeping her warm is determined she should not write about the one thing her heart desires. Bob has one goal: to get his life back on track after a train wreck of a relationship with a fragile first love named Lily. Oh, it would also be nice to feel excited about work again. Not to mention Christmas. Holly’s new in town and she stirs something cheerfully seasonal in him, but when he realizes she’s willing to take down Lily for her own purposes, he decides a holiday romance is the last thing he needs.
Q. When you were taking tickets out of the bands of Republicans and putting straight ones in their bands , what , do you suppose , did be think of that ? —A . Did I testify that I took any out ? Q. You gave them otber tickets .
Both the soldier's wife extra sum on the tickets out of his own not overand her shivering companion attract a good deal of flowing purse . notice , for they bear in aspect and dress a vast con “ Are you getting comfortable , Josceline ?
Release on 2016-11-19 | by Jo Ann Schneider Farris
It took a while, but finally I did link up with Larisa and Alex who were in line for tickets out front. I had walked a great distance around Pacific Coliseum before I found them. They had just exited the main doors and gone to the ...
Author: Jo Ann Schneider Farris
Publisher: Lulu Press, Inc
ISBN: 9781312754782
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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Travel on a wonderful journey with skating author, figure skating competitor, skating coach, and skating parent, Jo Ann Schneider Farris. Learn everything and anything about skating as you travel through Jo Ann's skating life. In addition to reading Jo Ann's story, purchasers of the digital edition of MY SKATING LIFE can also enjoy embedded links, articles, photos, and videos that will take the reader on more wonderful skating adventures. The photos in the digital edition are in color and can be enlarged and enjoyed. Happy Skating!
The Vectra was parked outside the Red Bull public house and the two police officers were busy examining a car that they had stopped, one was writing a ticket out and the other one was inspecting the tread depth of the tyres.
... for appellee . convince the court that their testimony is not only untrue , but given , in conjunction with that of Daniel J. Linnehan , to carry out a FENNER , J. This suit was brought by conspiracy to steal the lottery ticket sued ...
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ISBN: UCAL:B3503587
Category: Law reports, digests, etc
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Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi, the Appellate Courts of Alabama and, Sept. 1928/Jan. 1929-Jan./Mar. 1941, the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana.
This is known by the numbers 107 and 92 , which are on the ticket , 107 being Wheeling and 92 being Fairmount . ... by removing “ Benwood ” and pasting on " Baltimore , " thus making a $ 10 ticket out of a twentyfive cent one .
One movie theater manager figured out a way around the theater's automatic ticket dispenser. ... made sure that at these times there was no one checking patrons' tickets outside the theaters. When a sale was made, the ticket dispenser ...
Author: Joseph T. Wells
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9781119351931
Category: Business & Economics
Page: 432
View: 960
Delve into the mind of a fraudster to beat them at their own game Corporate Fraud Handbook details the many forms of fraud to help you identify red flags and prevent fraud before it occurs. Written by the founder and chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), this book provides indispensable guidance for auditors, examiners, managers, and criminal investigators: from asset misappropriation, to corruption, to financial statement fraud, the most common schemes are dissected to show you where to look and what to look for. This new fifth edition includes the all-new statistics from the ACFE 2016 Report to the Nations on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, providing a current look at the impact of and trends in fraud. Real-world case studies submitted to the ACFE by actual fraud examiners show how different scenarios play out in practice, to help you build an effective anti-fraud program within your own organization. This systematic examination into the mind of a fraudster is backed by practical guidance for before, during, and after fraud has been committed; you'll learn how to stop various schemes in their tracks, where to find evidence, and how to quantify financial losses after the fact. Fraud continues to be a serious problem for businesses and government agencies, and can manifest in myriad ways. This book walks you through detection, prevention, and aftermath to help you shore up your defenses and effectively manage fraud risk. Understand the most common fraud schemes and identify red flags Learn from illustrative case studies submitted by anti-fraud professionals Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations Develop and implement effective anti-fraud measures at multiple levels Fraud can be committed by anyone at any level—employees, managers, owners, and executives—and no organization is immune. Anti-fraud regulations are continually evolving, but the magnitude of fraud's impact has yet to be fully realized. Corporate Fraud Handbook provides exceptional coverage of schemes and effective defense to help you keep your organization secure.
21 Hughes ' Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Railway Tickets , & c . the bottom of the compartment . When the knob or button is pressed in the bottom end of the lever acts upon the slide and forces the lowest ticket out of the ...