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Baseball Player and Coach Bob Gibson

In six pages the temperamental baseball player turned respected St. Louis Cardinals coach Bob Gibson is discussed. There are five...

Human Relationships and Baseball

more millions than they already receive (Kaplan, 2002). A comment from Kaplan sums up how many fans feel about baseball players: "...

Baseball's Great Experiment by Tygel Reviewed

In five pages Major League baseball player Jackie Robinson's lasting legacy is examined within the context of Tygel's book....

Determining Monopsony in the Salaries of NonContracted and Contracted Baseball Players

In three pages Andrew and Victor Brajer's research into this topic as detailed in 1994's 'Baseball Stars and Baseball Cards: A Ne...

Steroid Abuse in Major League Baseball

2007, p. 128). After all, if 23 New York Mets players have either taken in the past or are currently taking performance-enhancing...

Faith, Good Sportsmanship, and Goodwill Promoted by Jewish Athletes

a high school player, Mother would go over to the box... and drop some coins in the box... I asked what she was doing and she said...

Baseball History: The 1919 White Sox Fix

begin to see that different stakeholders involved had different concerns. The owners were divided. They realized that money would ...

'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...

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...

A Sports Statistics' Overview

In eight pages sports statistics as they relate to baseball are examined with an explanation of various formulas and their meaning...

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...

William Gibson's Johnny Mnemonic

be one of the social issues that Ross recognizes, but the ways in which corporations function in modern society are inherent to th...

Are Baseball Players Paid Too Much?

effective use of athletic product endorsement and development of brand image can make or break a product in todays complex economy...

Effects of Negro League Baseball

Frank Thompson in Long Island, who organized a group of Argyle Hotel waiters in the 1880s and ultimately merged with a Philadelphi...

Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ

as director. This Catholic perspective is also quite evident in the fact that Mary, the mother of Jesus, is the most prevalent c...

Artists: Truman Capote and Bob Marley

led him to exile in England (Bentley); Capote found himself ostracized by society (Smith). Marley had been a musician all his li...

Mel Gibson's Hamlet

In two pages this essay reviews the Gibson film adaptation and the writer includes a personal reaction....

Baseball Coaching and Psychology

In seven pages this paper subdivided into 5 sections considers the importance of psychology in becoming an effective baseball coac...

COACH INC. AND ANALYSIS

Movado, Jimlar and Marchon also boosted the companys profits. Same-store sales continued doing well. In terms of the luxur...

Baseball and Softball

from their coach)" (Dummies.com). In softball this does not exist in any particular level of the game because the pitcher always t...

A 'Smash Thy Neighbor' Rebuttal

are bound to occur, even when players wear all their protective equipment. The only way to prevent this would be to change the rul...

Children, Stress Fractures, and Tennis

will break. Repetitive stress fractures occur from the same principle. In other words, it is not the movement, per se, that causes...

Player Injury Liability and Sports Law

eliminated. (Neish, 1996) In legal jargon, this is termed the "doctrine of foreseeability." (p. 4) The law asks four basic quest...

Football and Human Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the role of human relationships in the sport of football in terms of psychological effects upon...

Baseball Players, Training Programs, and Balance of Energy Systems

participation in all sporting activities, and therefore this fitness level could be said to be common to all. However, the way in ...

The Baseball 'Business' from a Sociological Perspective

makes more money for the team, so while a player may command a million dollar salary, the team owners profit much more than he doe...

Lasting Legacy of Baseball's Jackie Robinson

In eleven pages Brooklyn Dodgers' baseball player Jackie Robinson, who successfully broke through the sport's color barrier in 194...

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...

Baseball's Color Barrier and Jackie Robinson

Astonishingly, he stole 40 bases and scored 113 runs (Olsen, 1974). From the beginning, Jackie Robinson proved himself not only ...

Baseball and the Impact of TV

In six pages this paper discusses how television coverage had a profound impact upon professional baseball in an evaluation of pro...