...Sabrmetrics Sabrmetrics Bill Stewart English Composition – ENG115 April 14, 2010 It has been said many times over that numbers do not lie but they also do not tell the entire story. Baseball is a game that has always been based in numbers and statistics. Now current baseball people, historians, authors, general managers use a new math termed "sabrmetrics" to determine the worth of a player, monetarily and statistically. No longer are statistics viewed as simple as numbers on the back of a bubble gum card. These mathematical equations are being used in business for general purposes, as well as human resources purposes and is now taught in collegiate universities. (Costa 2001) Sabrmetrics is a new way to look at people, players, statistics and to try to predict the futures. The name is taken from the combination of the acronym SABR (Society of American Baseball Research) and "metrics" meaning "measurement". (Albert 1994) Most business leaders are using 20th century metrics to create 21st century success. Business leaders were taught to "manage what we can measure" and, generally, what's most easily measurable are the more tangible aspects of life. In business, this translates to metrics like profitability and cash flow. Like baseball, businesses rely on numbers. (Bradbury 2007) Sabrmetrics can help a company in developing the right performance measures and monitoring tools for different scenarios and then allocate resources optimally to bolster...
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...Abstract This research explores the challenge of rating fan satisfaction based on the affects of walk up music used during triple-A minor league baseball games. Minor league baseball has always been associated with family entertainment, and game enhancements, such as walk-up music for players, have been utilized to increase overall fan satisfaction. Walk-up music is a short clip of music that is played as a player approaches the batter’s box or the pitcher’s mound. 30 triple-A minor league teams were contacted and were questioned about their policies regarding their use of walk-up music during games. Using qualitative collection methods, this research primarily focuses on the reasoning behind front office decisions to allow players to select their own walk-up music that will utilized during home games. Information gained through a survey that was conducted during the interviews of 30 triple-A minor league baseball teams will add useful insight to future investigations that are focused on the affects of walk-up music at the minor league baseball level as well other levels of competition. Though trying to rule out extraneous variables that may affect fan satisfaction will be difficult, the investigators believe that the information gained will be beneficial to future researchers, and will hopefully be a foundation to more extensive research on the affects of music in correlation to fan satisfaction. Introduction One of the most important advances in consumer research is...
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...Minor League Baseball Wages Minor League Baseball seeks solution to poverty level wages 4/25/15 April 25, 2015 Mr. Michael Slagle ABC Corporation 2105 E Coliseum Blvd Hillsdale, IL 45642 Dear Mr. Slagle, Hello and thank you for giving me the opportunity to conduct this study on quick fixes in professional baseball. The study was conducted through a variety of online sources, as well as an interview with a current professional baseball player. This report shed a lot of light on this current issue as various ex-minor league baseball players are waiting to go to court with major league baseball representatives. They are representing all minor leaguer in fight for fair rights and wages. I’m submitting this to you, because minor league baseball players are being paid poverty-level wages for spending nearly 60 hours a week at the field. Their benefits compared to the major leagues makes seem like they’re two separate professions. I’m going to discuss how this lawsuit is just a quick fix for the bigger issue at hand. I will discuss in this report a long-term solution for minor leaguers and their rights. I appreciate the opportunity to conduct this research and am look forward to sharing my information with you. Evan VanSumeren II Executive Summary The findings in this research was designed to identify the short-term solution and to propose a long-term solution. The problem is minor league baseball players are...
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...and it will prove to other people in this world that having a bucket list can actually work. My three goals are to be scouted from college baseball scouts, have a nice home with six rooms and three bathrooms, and to be remembered for playing the sport that I love which is baseball. One of the accomplishments that I hope to achieve in my life is to be scouted by a college coach. Getting to play on a college team is very hard to achieve. There is an abundant amount of competition around looking for a chance to get scouted. I hope to maintain high averaged grades, keep healthy and not risk injuries, and lastly to motivate myself to become a better athlete. Getting into baseball in college is a huge step further into my future. It will help get everything in my life to stay on track. Also it will help me as a person to become a mature young adult. Which in the long run will greatly impact my life in a positive way....
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...mention how baseball has changed my life. The sport has been more to me than just winning and losing, it has changed the person I am and it has shaped me for the future and has taught me many life lessons. Baseball has been a part of my life since I was very little and I have always loved playing the game. One of the ways that baseball has shaped me into the person I am today is by giving me the determination to strive to be better. In baseball you can always make minor improvement and it has taught me to be able to adapt to new things, because in baseball the difference between winning and losing can be one strike and if you are not able to change throughout the game and adapt to new hitters and new situation you’re not going to be able to get your team a win. Another thing that it has taught me is teamwork skills,...
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...Dear future self, I want am looking forward to playing high school baseball. I am also looking forward to being able to drive myself to places. I am not looking forward to having to pay taxes. In my education, I want to be better at studying for test. In my essay I will be explaining, how I want to make my baseball career better, how I am looking forward to driving, and how I am not looking forward to paying taxes. First, I will be explaining how I can make my baseball career more successful. To make my baseball career more successful I need to practice harder on my own time. I need to work out more my own time. I need to work on my hitting more, in the cages and on my own time. These are just a few ways that can help my baseball career more...
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...Baseball Players and Using Performance Enhancing Drugs In the recent years the use of steroids in professional sports has become widespread, and major league baseball is more than any other. This paper will discuss using performance enhancing drugs will not get players into the Hall of Fame. Players use performance enhancing drugs to gain a competitive advantage over other teams and players. The definition of cheating is violating rules or restrictions to gain an advantage. It’s plain and simple and is a form of cheating. Major league players who got in the hall of fame in the past used their pure natural talent. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize outstanding natural talent in the sport of Baseball. Look at our beloved long time baseball legends, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and many more. How would they feel to see professional baseball players cheat their way in and make it easy on themselves? Baseball meant so much to them and to see future players disrespect our baseball legends and allow them to go to Cooperstown, would be awful to past and present players. Baseball fans know players want to give it all and ultimately make it to the World Series and achieve other outstanding goals, but taking illegal drugs is taking it too far. This leads into the major league baseball punishments for using performance enhancing drugs. The major league baseball has punishments for players who use steroids and performance enhancing drugs. First...
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...Baseball’s so called “Steroid Era,” it was necessary for congress to step in and take control of the situation. Before congress did their investigation, Major League Baseball did not have strict enough rules to punish players who tested positive with any kind of steroid. Also before congress took control of the situation, there was a variety of drugs that players could use during that time that Major League Baseball had not banned or were not considered a “performance enhancing drug”. Even though the so called “Steroid Era” brought fans back to the game of baseball after the lockout in 1994, it not only damaged the reputation of baseball but it also damaged the purity of the sport. Not only did it affect baseball’s reputation and purity of the game, it also affected the fans who dreamt of playing in Major League Baseball. Now we will focus the main reasons why congress took control of the steroid issue that surrounded Major League Baseball. First, Major League Baseball along with Congress noticed the issue of steroids due to Jose Canseco, an ex-major leaguer, who came clean about the steroid issue in his book titled Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant ’Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big. In this book, Canseco explained how he taught a variety of players how to inject steroids and how it would benefit them in the future. Throughout his book, Canseco provided details as to the players, who later broke many records; that he taught how to use steroids. For example, Canseco stated that...
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...What is Baseball Rampage? Baseball Rampage is a one stop shop for everything related to baseball. Baseball enthusiasts can visit the website of this premier online retailer of baseball equipment to see their complete lineup of gear such as baseball bats, baseball gloves, batting gloves, baseball helmets, clothing, shoes, protective equipment, pitching machines, umpire’s gear, and more. The store stocks over 10,000 products from a full line of popular brands namely Easton, Wilson, Louisville Slugger, Mizuno, Rawlings, Under Armor, and many more. Most of the bats sold by Baseball Rampage are covered by the manufacturer’s warranty and in addition also carry a 30-day guarantee offered by the store. How to use a Baseball Rampage coupon? You will...
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...Q A theme in the Wednesday Wars is it's hard to please two people/groups/ideas at the same time, which is shown when Holling decides whether or not to forgive Meryl Lee, when Holling is deciding what he should be when he grows up and when Danny gives his signed baseball back to Mickey Mantle. First, Holling confronts Meryl Lee for showing his dad's designs to her father, but Meryl Lee says she didn't know he was going to use the same designs. Holling needs to choose whether to take his dad’s side, or Meryl Lee's side.“‘ ...it’s hard to care about two things at the same time, like caring about the Montague family and caring about Juliet too.’”(Schmidt 152) Holling wrote this in his essay after everything went down with Meryl Lee. Holling wants to believe Meryl Lee, since he likes her, but Holling still wants to take his family's side because he knows how badly his dad wants the school design project....
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...This past summer, I was fortunate to be selected to an elite team of baseball players from Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho to compete in the Baseball Northwest Championship Tournament in Oregon. This would prove to be one of the most significant experiences of my life and would have a profound impact on me and for my future. My entire life has been devoted to excelling in the classroom and in athletics. My family has always been involved in sports. My father and grandfather have played, taught and coached at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. My grandpa played professionally for the Chicago White Sox Organization, then coached basketball and baseball at the collegiate level for over fifty years. In 1984, my father was drafted professionally and played five years for the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres Organizations. After completing his professional baseball career in America, he played for the Neptunis Yankees Major League team in Holland. Education has also been a priority for my family, as my grandfather has a Doctor’s Degree, and my father has a Master’s Degree plus 90 hours of additional graduate work. I hope to be able to follow in their footsteps and attain the same level of athletic and academic achievement. The opportunity to participate in the Baseball Northwest Tournament was a special honor, although one that I was very anxious about. Upon arriving with my family at the tournament site, I was excited and awed...
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...As of 2013, Danielle Eby organized the sports demographics in her article, “2013 Sports Fan Demographics”, Major League Baseball has the second oldest crowd associated with it, right behind the Professional Golfers Association. 50 percent of baseball fans are 55 or older, only about 24 percent are under the age of 34. Which is a much lower percentage than the National Hockey League, with 37 percent of their fans being less than 34 years old. Major League Soccer has almost double the amount of fan viewers under 34, with 40 percent of the demographic being fans of the MLS. The National Football League is one sport that was actually surprising, anticipating that it would have a majority of its fans being under the age of 34, it actually only has 29 percent of the population identifying as viewers, which is still 5 percent more than Major League Baseball. Finally, the sport with the most viewers under the age of 34 is the National Basketball Association. The NBA has about 45 percent of its fans below the age of 34 (Eby). What does this mean for the future of baseball?...
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...son, a husband, and a lovely father. A quarterback is the leader of the offense. The quarterback leads his team on the field to score and to win games. A quote that stands out to me that Brady said is, “To often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices, and we make the choice to accept people or situations or to not accept situations. (Tom Brady Quotes, n.d.) Tom Brady made choices in his life and background that would influence him to become the best. For example, Tom Brady was born on August 3, 1977 in Mateo, California. Tom Brady from his early years was a born athlete. His full name is Thomas Edward Patrick Jr. He had a background in baseball in football, but he would become big in football. Brady went to a private school named Junipero Serra High school with about 1000 students. He graduated from high school in 1955 and Brady passed the chance...
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...Patrick Daniel Noonan, the father of my family tends to have the most intriguing stories to tell from his childhood and time living first in Baltimore and then Northern Maine. His life stories are very important on how they shaped him as an individual, and how they taught him life lessons that he would need in the future. I choose him because he has had a lot of unique experiences with sports, farming and many more that were told to me during this interview. My dad was born in Baltimore, Maryland on November 18, 1985 where he lived with his parents and partially his grandparents. By the time he was five and had just started kindergarten, he moved to Littleton, Maine. He grew up on a farm, and found himself working picking potatoes and doing...
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...What is Tommy John Surgery? Ulnar Collateral Ligament (UCL) Reconstruction, better known as Tommy John Surgery, is a procedure performed on the ligament that connects the bone of the upper arm, the humerus, to a bone in the forearm, the ulna. The UCL is a critical ligament in the elbow, and allows athletes, particularly baseball players, to throw a baseball at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour (MPH). A baseball player named Tommy John, a pitcher who played from 1963 to 1989, was the first person to ever have UCL reconstruction surgery. Due to the fact that John was the first player to be operated on, the surgery bears his namesake. Who was Tommy John? Tommy John was a professional baseball player that pitched for 7 different teams during his 26-year career. John injured his left pitching elbow during a game on July 17, 1974. He threw a pitch, as he had done many times before, and felt a sharp pain in his elbow upon releasing the ball. John was removed from the game, and was evaluated by the Los Angeles Dodgers team doctor, Dr. Frank Jobe. Jobe informed Tommy John that if he did not have surgery, his career would be over. The surgery had never yet been performed before Tommy John was injured. After months of evaluation and deliberation, John agreed to the surgery. On September 25, 1974, Tommy John became the first man to receive the experimental surgery. How is the surgery performed? Dr. Jobe decided to take a tendon from somewhere else in the body, ideally the...
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