...7th, 2012, I went to a Detroit Tigers baseball game at Comerica Park with my parents and my two younger brothers, ages 15 and 12. It was the second game of the season for the Tigers, who were playing against the Boston Red Sox, and we were sitting in upper-level seats along the right field foul line. In the fifth inning, Detroit’s third baseman, Miguel Cabrera hit a pitch deep into left-center field that, at first, was ruled an automatic double because it looked as though the ball had rolled under the fence. Cabrera, however, kept running as though it was a homerun until one of his teammates told him that is was only a double. Looking for an explanation, the Tigers’ manager, Jim Leyland, jogged over to the umpire that had made the ruling on the play. After a somewhat lengthy conversation with Leyland, the umpire, C.B. Bucknor, had a brief meeting with the other three umpires, and then they all proceeded to go into the replay room behind home plate in order to review the play. About two minutes later, the umpires emerged from the room and ruled that the play was a homerun, giving Cabrera his second of the game. This was a perfect example of how unpredictable the game of baseball can be. I learned about instant replay in Major League Baseball when it was first used, late in the 2008 season. There had been a lot of discussion about it on local and national baseball telecasts, due to its highly-anticipated arrival in the sport. The baseball community was undecided as a whole on...
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...Instant Replay in Baseball As of now, the only use of instant replay in baseball is to decide whether what appears to be a homerun is indeed a homerun. However, recent talks have began to arise on the expansion of this so called tool. These talks began after a controversial call that occurred a couple months ago between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians. The Tigers pitcher, Armando Galarraga, had a perfect game going into the ninth until the first base umpire made a close call resulting in a hit. After a slow motion replay on T.V, it was clear that the umpire missed the call causing an uproar of critics, claiming baseball needs instant replay to save this from happening again. To prevent a once in a life time perfect game from being taken away due to a missed call. I disagree with this immediate request. Further use of instant replay in baseball would ruin the game America has enjoyed for a century. The main argument for instant replay is so that bad calls by umpires can be over turned. It would eliminate the need for raging manager arguments and ejections. It would make the league mistake free. I believe these mistakes are actually good for the game. Baseball fans enjoy watching the managers scream into the umpires' faces while vigorously throwing his arms up in the air. It adds a surge of energy through those in the crowd and those watching at home. It also gives his team motivation to play hard because they know that their coach has their back...
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...Television and Baseball. Baseball has been drastically changed by the introduction of television. A few major ways it has been changed by television are the reaction to blown calls by umpires, the competitive balance between teams, and the way that players play the game. These are just a few of the major changes to the game of baseball as a result of the introduction of television. Before the introduction of television in baseball, if an umpire blew a call, the only people who knew were the players on the field and the umpire himself. More often than not even the players and the umpire didn’t know for sure. A perfect example of a famous blown call is the Armando Galaaraga and Jim Joyce’s not so perfect game. On June 2, 2010 Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Armando Galaaraga had a perfect game going into the last out of the ninth inning against the Cleveland Indians until umpire Jim Joyce called what should have been the last Cleveland out safe at first.(Johnson) After networks showed the slow motion replay to the fans at home, we could clearly see that the batter was out by at least two steps. The blown call had fans up at some went so far as to call for Jim Joyce’s resignation among other things. Some even went so far as to vandalize his wiki page and start up a web site called firjimjoyce.com. All the while, the only person to be nonchalant about the whole thing was the one person who should be upset- Armando Galaaraga. In fact Armando and Joyce teamed up and co-wrote a book...
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...Baseball is America’s pastime for the last one hundred years. Baseball has brought joy and happiness to many people’s lives throughout the years. Baseball is theater to many people. It shows the struggle between two different teams playing their hearts out to win a championship; just like two countries going to war. Baseball has many star players and many great players that people have grown up with and idolized. Children play games in the local park pretending that they are Mark McGuire or Barry Bonds, hitting the game winning home run in the ninth inning with two outs to win the World Series. In my essay, I will be describing the ritual that I gravitate to. I will convey the six elements of theater while describing the ritual that I gravitate to: baseball. First, there are the baseball players. They are the actors in this particular genre of theater. They play nine different positions on the field on defense, while the opposing team only has one person on the field batting. If he reaches one of the bases, another person will also bat. The players play the biggest part at a baseball game. They produce all of the excitement that can drive the fans crazy. They do this by hitting homeruns, making spectacular catches, and striking out opposing batters. Second, we have the managers and umpires. They play the part of the director. The manager determines who gets to be on the field, what position they play, and what they should do while batting. The manager can take a player out...
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...Brennan Watkins Ingo Stoehr English 1301.16 26 October 2015 Was baseball America’s first sport to be played and enjoyed? America has many different sports and activities being played and enjoyed today. The variation of sports and activities can differ from football to baseball, water polo to regular polo, etc. Football and baseball have been around for many years, even centuries. They may be different sports, with different ways of being played, different rules, and a different history. But, which of the two American pastimes was the first to be played and enjoyed by Americans in the U.S.A? Everyone may have their own opinions and thoughts on which one was to be played and enjoyed first, but we must look at the facts to see exactly which one was played and enjoyed first. Baseball was evolved from the British game, rounders, and is also the cousin of cricket. Both involve a ball being thrown from a specific point, along with defense and offense alternating after a certain amount of “outs” from the offensive position. From those two sports baseball was evolved and created, in 1838, with its own specific set of rules and regulations. “The creator of baseball was Albert Doubleday, a Civil War hero for the Union.”(Scott Kendrick, pg.1). Shortly after the year the game was created the first set of rules were created, in 1845, by Alexander Joy Cartwright, commonly known as "the father of baseball."(Scott Kendrick, pg.1). The first professional team was formed in 1869, called the...
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...concluded stating that there is discrimination taking place by Major League Umpires in Major League Baseball (MLB). The study is named “Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives, and Evaluation” (Parsons, Sulaeman, Yates, Hamermesh, 2011). Four authors claim that after an extensive study of all Major League Umpires that it depended on the race of the umpire and pitcher as to whether strikes or balls were called. The claim also states that if an evaluation system consisting of computerized cameras called QuesTec was being used or if the attendance was poor at a ballpark, this would also affect strikes and balls called. After reading the complete study I would call these findings unsubstantiated accusations. To say that strikes and balls are called depending on the race of an umpire, if he is being evaluated or the race of the pitcher is crazy. Being a former umpire I can say with absolute certainty that this type of behavior does not take place. I will not go as far as to say that in certain situations that a strike zone will not change during a game. A managers or pitchers behavior towards an umpire my greatly affect the strike zone. I have personally umpired games with pitchers of different races and so have many of my ex-colleagues, who are made up of different races themselves. At no time did my ex-colleagues or I use racial discrimination. I know that I cannot speak for umpires in MLB, but I can say if an umpire in MLB did use racial discrimination they would be fined and suspended...
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...impact on many sports in the modern day. See the annual sports technology awards for the latest technology ideas in the world of sport. One criticism of the use of technology is that it can slow down the speed of the game, but on the other hand for many people it makes watching it more enjoyable to see the correct decisions being made. Assisting the Umpires / Referees Most professional sports in the United States have long used instant replay and other high-tech aids to help referees make the right call. Gridiron has used video replay systems to check referees' calls for many years. Basketball referees use replay systems to make sure players are shooting within the time allotted by the shot clock. In international cricket, the third umpire has been used, one sitting off the ground with access to TV replays of certain situations (such as disputed catches and boundaries) to advise the central umpires. The umpires out on the field are in communication via wireless technology with the other umpire. The third umpire is also asked to adjudicate on run out decisions, which he makes without consultation with the two central umpires. One sport that has resisted the use of high-tech assistance until very recently is soccer/football. Replays could be used to decide off-side decisions, whether a ball passes over the goal line, and clarify penalty decisions. Hawk-Eye Technology Hawk-eye is the name of a computer and camera system which traces a ball's trajectory. It is being used in...
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...English 1010 11 April 2015 The Effect Rain Has on Baseball There is no place in the world I would rather be than on a baseball field. Nothing is more exciting to me than when baseball season rolls around. With a new season of baseball comes a new season of weather, and with a new season of weather, comes rain. Rain can put a damper on baseball in many different ways. There is nothing more disheartening to a baseball player, coach, team, or even groundskeeper than rain. Peter Morris writes, “A groundskeeper always works with one eye to the heavens, knowing that rain could erase every trace of that day’s efforts and that flooding could obliterate the work of many weeks and months” (53). With this in mind, let us take a look at the effect rain has on Major League Baseball during baseball season. Rain has always had an effect on baseball, even as far back as 1845 when baseball began in the United States. Peter Morris writes that baseball teams, back then, were nearly bankrupt before they ever took the field. If rain set in, they were immediately plunged into debt (53). Team owners were profoundly aware of rain and would do anything feasible to steer clear of losing a game to rain. Peter Morris stated: The ever-present threat of flooding made club owners extremely reluctant to invest money in ballparks. So the burden fell on groundskeepers to create a ballpark that satisfied the demands of ballplayers, club owners, and spectators. At the same time, they were given...
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...What Is it How it started Repercussions Joyce apologized to Galarraga and cried after the game after realizing that he had made the wrong call. Galarraga understood and forgave the mistake. He told reporters that nobody's perfect. He was one of the many people who voiced their support for Joyce. Joyce even appeared with Galarraga before the media and apologized for the error. Both men were praised for their sportsmanship when handling the situation. Joyce indicated while being interviewed by reporters that his family had been targeted. Officials inside MLB would confirm if specific threats of harm were made. Bud Selig, MLB commissioner, did not change the call in this game, but did decide to look into expanding the use of instant replay...
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...My Baseball Hero's Journey: It all started with my first season of travel baseball and my entire team was playing up a year, none of us were competitive or give any effort but that's not what was wrong with it, we had lost every game yet we were still having fun playing the game we love, listing to country music, hitting and playing baseball with all of our friends. Then that's when I got my call to adventure, well I have to start with how travel baseball works, Saturday is seeding and Sunday is play till elimination, we had played this team the day before on Saturday and lost. The problem was they cheated their way there because they were supposed to be playing with 12U, not 10U but keep in mind we were nine at the time and they had also broken...
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...PALATINE BASEBALL ASSOCIATION 2012 RULES FOR ALL LEAGUES Unless specified in the following, the rules that govern play in Pony, Colt, and Palomino are modeled after the IHSA. The Board of Directors may adopt special rules for playoffs. STARTING/ENDING TIMES- 1. These times are for all fields used by PBA Leagues including PBA Travel teams and they must be followed as listed below | | |Monday - Friday |Saturday |Sunday | |Field |Game # |Start |End |Start |End |Start |End | |Community |1 |6:00 PM |8:15 PM |9:00 AM |11:45 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM | | |2 |8:30 PM |10:45 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | | |3 | | |3:00 PM |5:45 PM |6:00 PM |8:15 PM | | |2 |8:15 PM |10:20 PM |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | | |3 | | |3:00 PM |5:45 PM |6:00 PM |8:05 PM | | |2 | | |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM |5:45 PM | |2 | | |12:00 PM |2:45 PM |3:00 PM...
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...systems whose sole duty is to record all plays that can be replayed to ensure that calls were correctly made. In this paper I will analyze two forms of technology – one from a pure technology perspective and one from a medical perspective - that have both positive and negative aspects in tipping the scale of fairness. For most sports, the sole purpose of a video replay system is to determine the correctness of close calls or controversial plays. Because of the high costs of television cameras and other ancillary equipment, the video replay system is primarily used only at the professional level. In this section I will discuss the use of replay systems in the three major sports which are most widely followed in the United States: baseball, basketball and football. Each has its own unique interpretation of...
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...The argument above is valid because it is in proper modus ponens form. To better understand this argument, you first must understand who the steroid users are, and better understand what the Hall of Fame is. Steroids are a type of organic compound that enhances one’s athletic and physical performance. A steroid user is someone who regularly uses and/or is addicted to taking steroids. The Hall of Fame is baseball’s greatest fraternity. The Hall has the collections of baseball historic players. To enter the Hall of Fame, you must be on the ballot to enter. To be placed on the ballot, a player must have at least ten years of MLB experience and, if alive, be retired for five years. A deceased player may be placed on the ballot after six months of his passing....
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...known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat". Babe was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for three teams between the years of 1914–1935. The most important points of Babe’s life are his early childhood, his major league baseball career, and the legacy that Babe left behind. Ruth came from German-American parents, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. His parents owned a succession of saloons (bars) and sold lightning rods. Babe Ruth was one of seven children; however only two of the seven children survived infancy, Ruth and his sister, Marnie. At the age of seven, Ruth’s father signed custody of his son over to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage ran by catholic missionaries. Ruth would only get to see his family on special occasions and holidays, however his mother died from tuberculosis when Babe was a teenager. Brother Matthias Boutlier of the orphanage became Ruth’s father figure in life; teaching him how to read, write, and most importantly, introducing Ruth to the sport of baseball. Brother Matthias helped Ruth to work on his hitting, running, and pitching. In 1913, Ruth’s talent and abilities at baseball were noticed by scout, Joe Engel, who brought Ruth to the attention of Jack Dunn, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles (who at the time were a minor league baseball team). In 1914, Jack Dunn signed Ruth to the Baltimore Oriels for only $250 (less than $6000 in...
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... stop William Hoy from pursuing a regular lifestyle; in 1872, he entered the residential Ohio School for the Deaf, and went on to graduate in 1879 at the top of his class. Confiding to the norms of his town and era, Hoy opened a shoe shop in his town. In his downtime, he would play baseball outside of his shop with the local neighborhood children. While meaninglessly showcasing his talents outside of his shop, his skillset was recognized, earning him an invitation to play for a team in Kenton, Ohio,...
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