...time hitting reader in the baseball history. He hit twice during game, which was the Miami Marlins against San Diego Padres, and he broke Pete Rose’s all time hitting record. However, his hitting record will come with an asterisk because its record will count both his Japanese baseball career and his Major League Baseball (MLB) career. Suzuki came to MLB in 2001, recorded 2,976 hits in his MLB career. Before he came to the United States, he recorded 1,278 hits when he was a professional baseball player in Japan. When Suzuki’s record became closer and closer to Rose’s record, the Japanese media heated about the news. Then, Rose had opportunity to talk about comparison between his record and Suzuki’s...
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...Rights Movement due to his actions. Robinson at first, was passive when it came to Civil Rights, but as time passed he became more determined and was able to stand tall in the face of adversity. Compared to what he easily could have done, he went over and beyond his role. Jackie Robinson was the perfect advocate to usher in a new era of change, not only on the baseball field but also on the frontline of the Civil Rights movement. The most successful advocates for change are...
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...“A cloud hangs over baseball. It's a cloud called drugs and it's permeated our game” (Ueberroth). This idea of a cloud hanging over baseball and how drugs are permeated the game is how PEDs have spread through the MLB and ruined the league. The prospects see these great major leaguers using these drugs and look up to them, therefore start to take drugs. Teenagers these days are looking up to their favorite major league players, yet most of them are using performance enhancing drugs. If we find out that one of our favorite players are using these, we should really focus on the negative outcome of their actions. Lord of the Flies is a great example of what MLB players will do to conceal their drug usage. For example, Jack tried so hard to stay...
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...There are social inequalities within US baseball. For example, there are issues regarding players’ salaries and how much a player makes versus how much a player should make. With race, white players have always outnumbered players of color and a change is nowhere in sight. Major League Baseball has a strong stance against discrimination based on sexual orientation. They are also extremely inclusive of players who are immigrants to the United States. Although baseball tends to be a middle or upper class world, today’s players reign from 25 different countries and about one-quarter of all big leaguers are citizens of countries besides the US. One social inequality in particular is significantly outstanding compared to any other; it is the fact...
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...regarding questions/concerns about wooden vs. metal bats, I have gathered information that will allow us to provide several different responses that will satisfy the questions that the writers have for us. With all of the letters being sorted into 5 different categories, I was able to write an adequate response for each of those 5 categories to send out in a bulk method. Why has the NCAA not banned the use of metal bats? : * First and foremost make sure to apologize for their unfortunate experience and assure them that changes have been made to protect the safety of the players involved. * Explain in detail the efforts made by the BBCOR to ensure the approval of only certain bats that meet its requirements. * Ensure the writer that each and every bat that is available for use in the league that it will be stamped with a NCAA certification mark. * http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/BBCOR%20Protocol-Effective%201.1.14.pdf Outside research and lack of change/action taken by the NCAA to change regulations: * Start out by acknowledging their effort to write a letter to us and tell them that we are always looking for ways to better the safety efforts and standards for the players. * The writer’s information may be outdated, because the BBCOR regulations of 2014 have made a significant change in the “trampoline effect” and are much safer than they were in prior years. * Each and every bat must be approved and the facts can be checked at our website...
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...Q1) The ‘Black Sox’ Baseball scandal happened when the White Sox baseball team lost to the Cincinnati Reds in 1919. There was an air of suspicion surrounding the match; many believed that the game was set-up. Months after the game, it was confirmed that 8 of the White Sox players (Arnold "Chick" Gandil, Eddie Cicotte, Oscar "Happy" Felsch, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, Fred McMullin, George "Buck" Weaver, Charles "Swede" Risberg and Claude "Lefty" Williams) were paid to throw the game. They were later trailed for conspiracy and banned from playing baseball for life. Q2) It was discovered that the 8 ‘Black Sox’ baseball players were bribed to throw the game a couple of months after the World Series. Many spectators and news writers were both intrigued...
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...Does Steroids Provide An Unfair Advantage In Baseball or Does It Even The Playing Field? Baseball has been an American pastime for centuries and will be for centuries to come. Adults have been taking their children to baseball games since the Major Leagues first came about in the late 1800s. From the Philadelphia Phillies' great Astrodome to their current Citizens Bank Park or the Atlanta Braves' Fulton County Stadium to their more modern Turner Field baseball has been loved in America. Although the game is as old as it is, baseball has not changed even though the players continue to get better and better. Many fans first take is the use of steroids in baseball. But did steroids really help Barry Bonds become home run king? Because Hank Aaron had the record generations before and he reportedly never injected steroids. Every year it seems like a new player gets brought into the league that is going to be faster, stronger, and an overall better player; except the ones that have the records broken that is. Although steroids are supposed to make athletes bigger, faster, and stronger,; are steroids really making athlete's statistics better or simply bridging the gap between decent athletes and great ones? There are many aspects in hitting a baseball that coaches teach athletes at a young age. Seeing the ball well, swinging with your hips and not just your arms, being disciplined and not swinging at a ball out of the strike zone, these are all examples of what it takes to be a good...
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...similarities in softball and baseball By: Jennifer Wallace Baseball and softball are similar in many ways but at the same time 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 both consist of four bases that form a diamond. Both are played by boys and girls of all ages. While softball and baseball are similar they differ in the size of the ball, the way the ball is pitched, and the length between the bases. A standard baseball for all ages of players is about 9 inches (22.86 cm) in circumference and weighs about 5 ounces (141.75 g). Softballs can vary depending on the age group and the type of softball being played, with standard fast pitch softballs being about 12 inches (30.48 g) in circumference and weighing about 6.5 ounces (184.27 g). A standard slow pitch softball is about 11 inches (27.94 cm) in circumference and weighs about 6 ounces (170.1 g). In addition, many softball organizations use a bright yellow ball, but baseball organizations almost always use white balls. Some people might say that the reason a softball is bigger is because girls need the ball to be bigger so they can hit it, but that is not the case, there are a couple reasons why a softball is bigger than a baseball: First, is because the softball field is smaller and does not have grass in the infield to slow the ball down. If softball players used baseballs, then the game would...
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...Arshpreet Singh Pete Rose Pete Rose one of the best baseball players in the history of baseball. He was born on April 14, 1941, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Upon graduation from Western Hills High School, Rose signed a contract with the Cincinnati Reds. In 1963, he made his major league debut. Even though he gambled on baseball games, Professional baseball player Pete Rose is one of the most remarkable players in the history and a 17-time All Star for his hustling style. Firstly, some interesting facts about Pete Rose. In 1963 he was voted for the National League Rookie of the season. In fact, in 1975 he was the most priceless player. In high school, he played baseball and football. Rose betted on baseball games which was illegal. He was in...
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...Michael Brown WLSP101 October 3, 2013 Baseball in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic or “Republica Dominicana” is located in Central American and takes up two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, which also includes Haiti. As of 2012, the population of the country is 10,088,598 with a growth rate of 1.31%. The capital of this Spanish speaking country is Santo Domingo, which has a population of over 2 million people. The Dominican Republic is a representative democracy and the current president is Danilo Medina. Because of the countries rising unemployment rate and plummeting economy, many young children and teens look to baseball as a way to make it out of there and support their families. Baseball first started in the Dominican Republic after the Cubans migrated there during the “Ten Year War” and brought baseball with them. The first teams in the country were formed by 1895. After the sport circulated in the country for about 30 years, teams in the Dominican Republic were now playing other Caribbean teams as well as teams from North America. Many greats, including Satchel Paige from the Negro Leagues traveled to the country to play against the best they had to offer. In 1956, Ozzie Virgil signed with the New York Giants, becoming the first Dominican player in the Major Leagues of the United States. Virigl quickly opened the eyes of other teams to the talent that was available in the Dominican. Currently, there are six teams in the Dominican league, which...
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...Robinson as a hero, and he has been idolized as a role model to the African American baseball community. It is an unarguable fact that he was the first to tear down the color barriers within professional baseball. The topic of Robinson’s role in integration has long been a point of discussion amongst baseball historians. Researchers have accumulated thousands of accredited documents and interviews with friends and team mates such as short stop, Pee Wee Reese, and team owner, Branch Rickey. However, few journalists have asked why Robinson was selected and what was Branch Rickey’s motivation? While Robinson was the first Negro player to break into the ranks of professional baseball, it can be argued that he was not the first to attempt the undertaking. In actuality, Jackie possibly was not even the first player the Brooklyn Dodgers’ organization considered for the job. The Warner Brothers film, 42, The Jackie Robinson Story (2013), highlights the accomplishments of Jackie and rightfully so, as he was an amazing man. The story actually starts prior to 1947 and ends years later in 1959, three years after his retirement in 1956. Early in his career at Ohio Wesleyan University, where Branch Rickey played and coached baseball, an incident occurred with one of his young black players, Charlie Thomas, which would forever change Rickey’s life, the future of integration of major league baseball, and would have an impact on the civil rights movement. Jackie Robinson’s amazing accomplishments...
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...complex and unusual also comes with activity of this nature, and this is the ability to forget the destitution and difficulty of everyday life and the capability to be on a level playing field with many people that believe the same way, no matter what socio-economic class they represent. One sport in particular has transcended all other games, has continually been a psychological shelter from pain and hardships of life, and also a cultural rocket breaking through the social barriers in the American society. That sport is simply the most beloved American game of all, baseball. The purpose of this essay is to critically explore a myriad of aspects of life that have been changed due to sports, all the while concentrating on baseball as the main focal point. Further, this work will continually pose the question of how it is conceivable that a single and simple sport could greatly impact a country the way baseball has the United States. At the time of the first foreign inhabitants of North America, life was more difficult than someone of the twenty-first century could have imagined. The hardships were endured by every colonist nearly twenty-four hours a day, with little to relieve their minds of the complexities of early American life. Nonetheless, there was at least one aspect of life that offered them the ability to escape the perennial cruelties of life, and that was sports. Throughout the colonies, no matter north or south,...
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...Baseball Magic - In the article "Baseball Magic" by George Gmelch, it talks about how players and their rituals they perform before a game. The whole idea is to show how two different cultures, American Baseball and the Trobriand Islanders both have the same idea same idea. That idea being that if you change,your way of doing something it ultimately ruin you. Keeping things the same will keep your luck the same. The article talks about rituals, how Dennis Grossini, a Detroit Tiger pitcher, would do everything the same on game day. Dennis would wake up at the same time, eat lunch at the same time, in fact he would eat the same lunch. All this was to win the game, he think that if he lives every day the same way he did the day he won. That the outcome will always be the same. Some may think that this is just stupid, but in reality it may work. By touching your hat or shirt, it relines your hand to where it was when you threw the strike. A ritual for me that in high school before we went on stage to do a play we would all have to jump up and hit the sign above the backstage door. The article also talks about taboo, to where players cannot say a certain word or it will break the luck of another player. The one mentioned in the book is when people say "no-hitter" around the pitcher, it there for makes him throw horrible from then on. In theater people say "break a leg" instead of good luck. Taboo for me is every time I slam on breaks or almost get in a wreck. I say the words...
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...In the short paragraph from Ehrlich’s first book, she compared rodeos and baseball to let the reader see the difference between the two American sports. In the beginning of the passage she shared the cultural backgrounds between the two sports and talked about how both of the sports came to be along with how they were integrated into the American culture. She also explained how baseball over powered rodeos a little more because it was a sport that everyone could enjoy and not just certain parts of America. Rodeos were regional because in the passage she tells how rodeos are mainly in the western parts of America because in the passage she states, “…it's derived from and stands for the western way of life and the western spirit.” but baseball was seen as something that people enjoy everywhere rather than in one part of the country like rodeos. Ehrlich wrote the story because she wanted the reader to better understand rodeos because she said that, “After 124 years, rodeo is still misunderstood.” She just wanted the reader to have a better understanding of...
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...America and Baseball: If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Sean R. Golob Western Governors University If You Want to Know America, Then you better Know Baseball Baseball hits a home run when it comes to comparing it to the American identity. Both baseball and the American identity have three aspects that are exactly the same; both are very diverse, both are rather competitive, and both are driven by business and money. America is a diverse country, according to US Census Bureau (2013) quickfacts reference page, “Caucasians alone total 77.7%, Hispanic and Latino alone 17.1%, and African American alone 13.2%”. However, America has races from every inhabitable continent; we have a large number of Asians, mass amounts of Europeans, and growing amounts of Latinos and African ethnicities. These aspects all put together combine to make a huge part of the definition of American identity. Along with diversity, another aspect that is used in the definition of American identity is business and corporations. Corporate America is one of the largest and wealthiest forms of business in the world. Wall Street deals with billions of dollars daily, corporations throughout the country grow in size and significance. Lastly, competition is the last big part of the definition because of the international trade, emphasize on sports and athletics, and between other rivalries between other countries. The same is with baseball in America;...
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