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Business and Professional Athletes

of a game to be a business, and too much of a business to be a game" continues to provoke curiosity because the very nature of cor...

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,...

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...

Sports and Cheating

breaks the rules to gain an advantage, that is cheating. Cheating is important not only because a lot of money is involved, and th...

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...

Baseball Swing Anatomics

In a paper of ten pages, the writer looks at the anatomy of complex movements. A baseball swing is used as an example. Paper uses ...

Baseball and Performance-Enhancing Drug Use

This paper offers an overview of performance-enhancing drug use within the context of professional baseball. Six pages in length, ...

Professional Baseball and Collective Bargaining

In ten pages collective bargaining is considered in terms of definition, as it is represented in professional baseball, and future...

Major League Baseball and Influence of African Americans

In a paper consisting of twenty pages the racial integration that has come through professional baseball is explored in the contri...

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...

Superstition in Baseball

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

Excel Baseball Case Study

Min $300,000 Range $6,200,000 San Francisco San Fransico Max $15,000,000 Min $300,000 Range $14,700,000 NY Mets NY Mets M...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Road to the Streak by Ripken

5 pages and 5 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the major themes and significant life events in Carl Ripken, Jr.'s...

Encapsulated Story of Babe Ruth

In five pages this paper critiques an article that appeared in U.S. News and World Report in 1994 on Babe Ruth in terms of the inf...

MLB Games and Spectator Violence

In five pages this paper examines Major League Baseball games in a consideration of violence by spectators and discusses whether...

Hometown Matching of a Minor League Baseball Team

Braves, and Ogden Raptors. The League has decided to capitalize on two positive aspects it has enjoyed since 1996; increased reve...

Baseball and Game Promotional Activities

key chains launched into the stands during the seventh inning stretch. On the other hand, the children of both types love every b...

1919 Scandal of the Chicago Black Sox

early years, when there was less regulation, there was an uncounted number of gamblers and certainly, gamblers were always looking...

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 ...

Proposing Increasing a Minor League Baseball Team's Revenue Streams

as well. If pricing is too high, there will be more unsold seats. Another part of pricing is whether or not there should be tier p...

Sports and Steroids

to articulate and enforce some type of punitive steroid policy. The current penalties for positive use are as follows: Offense/...

'Tikkun Olam' and Commitment of Jewish Athletes

World War II after the Japanese bombed military installations in Pearl Harbor. He volunteered for active duty in the Marine Corps...

Baseball Stadium Planning

of the contract to equal the additional hours of half days on Saturday during spring and summer. Assessment of Alternatives ...