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Superstition in Baseball

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

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...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

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...

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...

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....

Book and Film Adaptations of the Life of Jackie Robinson

This paper consisting of five pages compares the text Baseball's Great Experiment Jackie Robinson and His Legacy with the film Bi...

Pete Rose Gambling Case and Sports Management

for reinstatement to baseball. The paradox is that he wont do whats requires for him to be reinstated in the good graces of the ba...

The Marketing of Baseball

Baseball is the focus of attention in this twenty-four page report that is chock full of information. Issues addressed include the...

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...

The Origins of Baseball Terminology

are the batter being on deck or in the hold. The ocean is not the only place that baseball owes its colorful vocabulary to. Appar...

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...

Women's Baseball Leagues in Historical Context

Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848 for example (Roberts, 2005). The womens movement had begun and baseball was an...

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...

Wage Disputes, Collective Bargaining and the 1994 MLB Strike

This is because the assumption that wages are paid out of a fixed amount of capital has long been discredited (pp. 63). Bard and K...

MLB's New Steroid Policy Testing and its Moral Justification

athletes are not satisfied with their own natural level of performance, coupled with the increasing demands made by coaches, owner...

Soccer and Baseball in Latin America

consist of up to 27 players!" (Hutchison, 2006). In light of the fact that similar games were played, in ancient times, all around...

Economics and Baseball's Reserve Clause

At first, players had no objections to the clause-on the contrary, because a team reserved only its "five best players," being put...

Critical Review of Jules Tygiel’s Baseball’s Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy

and celebrities alike. Tygiel takes great pains not to overwhelm readers with too many facts and figures. He is well aware that ...

1994's Major League Baseball's Strike

been lessened, the resentment might have been contained, and an equitable agreement might have been reached without the negation o...

Baseball's Desegregation

In eight pages this paper examines the 1940s' desegregation of baseball with topics such as human rights and economic consideratio...

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...

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 ...

Antitrust Issues and Internet Explorer of Microsoft

In five pages this paper examines the Department of Justice's antitrust case against Microsoft and issues regarding the Internet E...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...