Jacob Szczap’s Sport Report
Phoenix ~ In a few short weeks, baseball will be back, bringing excitement all over the United States to fans young and old. It means that afternoons at the ballpark, and tailgating parties in your favorite team’s parking lot will be back. In a few weeks you will be forcing yourself to stay awake (even though you know you have work or school the next day) in a nail biting game taken into yet another inning. You will find yourself at
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Phoenix ~ The Milwaukee Brewers will end Spring Training in a couple weeks and head west to San Diego to play the Padres on Opening Day on March 29th. And with many free agents still on the market, including star pitcher Jake Arrieta, many Brewers fans are wondering if the Brew Crew will make any additions to the team before Opening Day. Today when Brewers General Manager David Stearns appeared on a radio show on 105.7 “The Fan” he repeatedly said
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Phoenix ~ In 2016 Jonathan Villar was ripping his way through a breakout season, en route to hitting .285 with 19 homeruns, and a National League high- 62 stolen bases- in a breakout season. After his surprising season, Villar made a big gamble on himself around this time a year ago by signing a greater contract than offered, in which he would get more money if he repeated his a 2016-caliber season in upcoming years. After the season ended, Villar was
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Rosemont, I.L. ~ The Wisconsin Badgers are coming off back-to-back Big 10 victories for the first time this season, and they look to continue their winning streak tonight when they play the Northwestern Wildcats at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont. After a 73-63 comeback victory in OT at home against Minnesota earlier this week, and a shocking win last Friday against the then # 5 Purdue Boilermakers, Wisconsin’s young bunch must be feeling good about themselves. On Monday, the Badgers trailed
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WISCONSIN 57 PURDUE 53 Madison, W.I. ~ The Wisconsin Badgers Men’s Basketball Program needed this win. For the players and especially the fan base. In a dismal season for the team, the Badgers have their momentum back after a shocking 57-53 victory over the sixth-ranked Purdue Boilermakers in a very special night in which beloved former Wisconsin star, Frank Kaminsky was honored. However, new Badgers star Ethan Happ stole a bit of the spotlight on Kaminsky’s big night; he had his
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Champagne, I.L. ~ The Wisconsin Badgers continuously beat the Illinois Fighting Illini, even in one of the most disappointing seasons in recent memory. Two of the Badgers three Big 10 wins have come against Illinois and have swept them for the sixth straight season. Ethan Happ, a junior center, scored 27 points to go along with 8 assists and Wisconsin beat the Illini 78-69. Riding, a five game losing streak, the Badgers came to the State Farm Center in Champagne Illinois
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This is a Cause and Effect essay I had to write for school. I thought it would be nice to put this on jacobszczap.com also… This season, the Green Bay Packers suffered through their first losing season since 2008, mostly in part to losing possibly the best player in the NFL due to a collarbone injury in a Week 6 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. The injury forced inexperienced backup Brett Hundley into action. Hundley won a few games
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Milwaukee, W.I. ~ After the trade for Miami Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich and the acquisition of Kansas City Royals centerfielder Lorenzo Cain, don’t think that the Milwaukee Brewers are finished this off-season. Despite multiple reports that star pitcher Yu Darvish wants to stay with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he finished his 2017 season, there are still several rumors concerning Darvish joining the Brewers. According to Fanrag Sport’s Robert Murray the Brewers are still very much in the mix of things.
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Milwaukee, W.I. ~ The Milwaukee Brewers have been considering moving their star outfielder Ryan Braun to first base ranging back to 2014 when nagging thumb and calf injury were sidelining him for 2-4 weeks at a time. But they’ve never really gotten a great chance at doing that ; whether because the rest of the outfield wasn’t as stacked as it is now or that the first base position has been pretty much taken care of since 2015. But now the
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Milwaukee, W.I. ~ No more rebuilding stuff for the Milwaukee Brewers, the Brew Crew are here to compete. The Milwaukee Brewers have made a trade with the Miami Marlins for Christian Yelich. Yelich was traded for 4 Milwaukee prospects including the highly touted out-fielder As the Brewers officially end their rebuilding process, the Marlins are just starting one down in Miami. This has been the fourth Marlins star that has been traded under new CEO Derek Jeter to take away some
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