Essays on Baseball

“The House that Ruth Built” has seen many history-making moments in its 85 years in the Bronx: twenty-six World Series titles, four Major League Baseball All-Star games, two papal visits by John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Now that the Bronx Bombers have ended their …

Although this small town Is loved by many, Tolland has really gone down and a lot f the town’s leaders want to sell Dilatation land to developers who say they will turn the run down community into new homes, stores, and bigger and better things. …

Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara was born on January 16 1980. He was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised there also. He was raised by his grandmother. At a young age he wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a great baseball …

It was the first game I have ever been to in my life. The game was the Baltimore Orioles VS Boston Redsox. I was of course rooting for my team the Redsox. When we got to the city of Baltimore, the only thing I could …

April 15, 1946 was an important event in not only baseball history but also in the history of America. Thousands of baseball fans crowded into Ebbits Field to see one man, the first black ever to play in Major League Baseball, and one man who …

Alan Klein’s Sugarball is both a historical overview and cultural study of how citizens of the Dominican Republic not only enjoy baseball but use it as a means of cultural self-expression and, more importantly, resistance to American domination of their small country.  Though not openly …

There are several theoretical perspectives of looking at sports from the sociology of sports view including conflict, functionalist, interactions, and feminist. The most useful though, in looking at the sociology of sports is the functionalist view. Functionalist regard sports as an almost religious institution that …

Racism is a problem that has existed in our society for many years. The roots of racism date back to when slavery was considered normal, and even further back then that. Racism happens all the time, everyday and everywhere. It is a complex issue which …

Baseball is an international sport played by young and old, amateurs and professionals. After Team USA failed to win the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics, Barry Bloom wrote in March 2009, “And now it can’t be ignored: The U. S. is no longer the …

Growing up as a kid it is easy to say that it is almost every little boys dream to one day become a professional baseball player. They wake up and go out to play in there practices and games trying to be like one of …

On the research topic of major league baseball our goal is to research the dependence of salary, wins, and how many attend the games on an average. The issue is do salaries and overall team revenue based on wins or individual talent. Through research this …

Ever since baseball has been a recognized sport there has always been the argument of whether it’s better to have sheer talent or heart and desire. Two of baseball’s best players perfectly illustrate this conflict. Hanley Ramirez is what some baseball enthusiasts would call, a …

Jackie is historically recognized for his most significant impact on American society of breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947. After his initial introduction to the Major Leagues with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie became the target of white race criticism all around …

Compare and Contrast Baseball and softball are similar in many ways but at the same time they are very different. To begin with, they are both played on a ball field, known to most baseball or softball players as the ballpark. The ball field for …

Many in the community are not aware that the class of Sociology of Sport is offered in the school. Many who do recognize that the class is being offered in the school may also question the value and academic merit of such a course. What …

It has been a proven fact that hitting a baseball is one of the toughest things to accomplish in sports. In the major leagues if you fail 7 out of 10 times you are still considered to be an incredibly good hitter. That statistic shows …

Jackie Robinson Jackie Robinson is one of the many innovative heroes, who have shaped the last century. Jackie Robinson grew up in a time, where segregation affected all African Americans. African Americans like many other races, were segregated from white people in every way, they …

The History of Softball PHEC 202 Table of Contents 1. History of Softball 2. How to play Softball 3. Equipment needed to play a game. 4. Diagram of a Softball field 5. Bibliography Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Softball is …

Any discussion of the history of New York City without a history of the New York Yankees would be like describing Pavarotti without mentioning his voice. And any discussion of the Yankees without including Yankee Stadium would be farcical. And when you get right down …

In today’s society women are not allowed to play baseball with men due to patriarchal myths and misconceptions that have been around since the emergence of baseball in America. All women should be able to play baseball with men and there is no legitimate reason …

Implementing change or transformations is one of the primary challenges that organizations need to face at times, as directed not only by its ultimate goal to succeed but also by the necessity to cope with an ever-changing environment. However, central to organizational transformation is the …

Luck has had little to do with Mark Prior’s success as a ballplayer. It was his dedication and talent that landed Prior in the major leagues and perhaps a lack of luck that attributed to the right- handed pitcher being sidelined during the peak of his career. …

Is it baseball or softball? It is the smell of the grass, the swirling of the dust, and the crack of the bat that all signal the start of America’s favorite pastime, baseball. Even With the popularity of baseball, girls’ fast-pitch softball has competitively nipped …

Appendix Data Set Howell and Huessy (1985) reported on a study of 386 children who had, and had not, exhibited symptoms of attention deficit disorder (ADD)—previously known as hyperkinesis or minimal brain dysfunction—during childhood. In 1965 teachers of all second-grade school children in a number …

Why Sports!! Why wouldn’t you play a sport? Everyone has something that they like that they are good at. Whether you are good at skating on ice, throwing balls, hitting balls, running, etc. , there are many different sports to learn about and play including …

The current softball stadium accommodates roughly 100 fans with 8 foot tall fence surrounding the playing field. This field would be difficult to sell tickets for because of the lack of fencing around the entire facility. To market this field you could sell sponsorship spots …

The salary gap between genders has been a predominant issue in the sports arena. Women are continually paid less than their male counterparts, but men experience pay differentials between each other in some sports. In male dominated sports, such as hockey, baseball, and basketball, there …

Time and again, Negro League players shared how restaurants refused to serve them and hotels refused to rent them rooms, even when they were the sole Black members of their high school and college sports teams. African-American athletes had to make do with the fare …

Stephen Sewell MLB Advanced Media Case 1. Major League Baseball has been an industry leader in the digital space for athletic entertainment, thanks to the launch of Baseball Advanced Media (BAM) in 2009. Once the organization took off and grew, it began branching out and …

Since I could remember baseball along with softball were the sports my family really enjoyed. After I learned how to walk, my dad made sure grasping a glove as well as catching a ball would become second nature. Growing up with two older brothers that …