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Baseball Spring Training and Desegregation

In five pages baseball is examined within the context of desegregation in teams, playing, and spring training. Five sources are c...

Achievements of Baseball Legend Ted Williams

baseballs "magic numbers" (InfoPlease.com, nd; Baseball Almanac, nd). He was the last player to bat .400. He was also selected for...

Great Baseball Batting Legend Ted Williams

And while there were times when he disdained the fans and the media and let them know it, he showed devotion to his chosen career,...

The Patriot Act

vital to national security (Pike 1). The 9/11 Commission even pinpointed several failure of communication that occurred within th...

Performance Enhancing Drugs and Their Alteration of the Baseball Playing Field

April 8, 1974, everyone knew what they were doing on that memorable moment. By the 1990s, however, it appeared that baseball "had...

Post 1900 History of the New York Yankees

the first time on April 22, 1903, losing to Washington (The Official Site of the New York Yankees, 2007). However, with a never s...

Urban Baseball Stadium, Sporting Events, and Risk Management

relatively short season running from June to September rather than the April to October season of higher division minor league bas...

Great Time Coming The Life Of Jackie Robinson From Baseball To Birmingham by David Falkner

and situations that occurred throughout the athletes years. The efforts Robinson made as a role model for other African-American ...

Professional Sports and Collective Bargaining

aimed at preventing a lockout or restrictive system if a collective bargaining agreement could not be reached. It would appear th...

Steroid Testing in the Major League

has a bill in place that would require all sporting organizations wishing to play in the state require drug testing (2002). Such...

The Legend and Impact of Babe Ruth

From the time Ruth made it to baseball, the story became purely an American tale . . . some John Steinbeck, a bit of William Faulk...

Dilemma of Anheuser Busch and Budweiser

In five pages this case study discusses Anheuser Busch's efforts at privatization of Budvar, a Czechoslovackian brewery and the at...

Gambling in Sports and the Pete Rose Betting on Baseball Case

In five pages this paper discusses gambling by athletes in professional sports in this consideration of the case involving former ...

MLB and Umpires Association

In eight pages this report examines the discord between Major League Baseball and its umpires in a discussion of collective bargai...

Overview of Sports' Shoulder Injuries and Rehabilitation

In eleven pages this paper discusses research on sports related shoulder injuries and various rehabilitation approaches with the i...

Twenty First Century Baseball and Economics

In seven pages this report discusses the business of baseball in this economic consideration. Twelve sources are listed in this a...

Professional Baseball Stadiums 'Old' New Construction Trends

In eight pages this paper considers construction and technology employed in the construction of new professional baseball stadiums...

Novel and Film Version of Bernard Malamud's The Natural

In five pages this paper examines the impact of morality as it is represented in a baseball player's rise and fall in the 1952 nov...

Intercollegiate Athletic Program Strategic Plan

In fifteen pages this paper discusses a grass roots strategic plan designed to promote other collegiate sports besides baseball, f...

Baseball Legend Babe Ruth

In a paper consisting of ten pages the Babe's legendary baseball career as well as his social impact are discussed. Eight sources...

Major League Baseball, Drug Testing, and Ethics

They also promised tough penalties for testing positive ranging from a ten-day suspension for a first positive testing and a possi...

Out-Of Market Sports Fans

MLB Advanced Media has tapped into todays ever-mobile society by making games available to approximately one-quarter of a million ...

MLB Hall of Fame and the Use of Drugs to Enhance Player Performance

The stringent voting criteria are based on "a players record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributi...

Grievance Procedures in Sports

assists community and charitable organizations; and it enhances and defends the NFL players image "on and off the field" (Our hist...

Steroids and Major League Baseball

in men. "Females who use steroids may have problems with their menstrual cycles because steroids can disrupt the maturation and re...

Researching Family History

a land in which the wealthy were very wealthy, the poor were exceedingly so. Michael seemed to believe he was in training t...

Superstition in Baseball

Athletes that are motivated with a particularly profound need to succeed seek to control events and situations by any means possib...

Success of the Boston Red Sox and the Contributions of Manager Theo Epstein

to encourage it meant that history was made twice - both in the comeback against the Yankees and in the victory in the World Serie...

Dance and Daily Life Movement

up his body from the legs, then the hips, shoulders, arms, wrist and finally the fingers as the ball is released from the pitchers...

Steroid Scandal in Major League Baseball and Congress

had used steroids and also claimed that as much as 50% pf the players used them (Schmaltz, 2002; 264). Another big name, Jose Cans...