"Cub fans under age fifty may find it hard to fathom, but there was a time when the Cubs were not thought of as perennial doormats, " David Folk writes in his book, The Cubs Reader (Fulk 1). ... Spalding, president of the White Stockings, published a book in 1911 called America's National Game. ... Hulbert's so called "coup " took place in 1876, when he convinced other cities to join the National League. ... The team never had a place to firmly call home, as they played at five different locations during the 1800s. ... They found themselves with a third place and second place finish...

• Word Count: 3527
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Baseball's capital crime, gambling, calls for baseball's capital punishment: banishment. ... What the lawyer produced is known as the Dowd Report: "225 pages cataloging alleged baseball-related gambling, with an added 7 volumes of betting slips, some supposedly with Rose's fingerprints, numerous suspicious phone calls to bookmakers, and other data" (D7). ... James Reston Jr., author of the authoritative book on Rose called Collision at Home Plate, said that "between the handwriting and fingerprint evidence, the fact that Rose bet on baseball on at least two occasions is absolu...

• Word Count: 1714
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. ... As the negotiations open, Griffey plays for the a team called the Seattle Mariners. ... Woody Woodward was the team's General Manager before Gillick took over; he is metioned briefly in the article but retired at the end of the 1999 season, before the negotiations described in the case took place. ... You can also read a general evaluation of the player...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

The count was 3-2, the pitch was a hanging curve ball by pitcher David Price and in return, Jeter crushed a home run into the left-center stands. ... This, along with a few other great achievements, guarantees his place in the Hall of Fame. ... People may argue that Jeter can be called the greatest captain in history because of Lou Gherig being diagnosed with ALS, which forced him to retire at the age of 36. ... In Ian O'Conner's book, "The Captain, The Journey of Derek Jeter", Jeter said "Being the highest-paid player is not something I covet. ... Nowadays, it's ...

• Word Count: 2017
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He opened the door for his entire race to play professional sports and gain acceptance as more desegregation took place. ... " Here, Jackie realizes how difficult it would be for him to achieve his goal of breaking the color barrier while being called terrible racial slurs during his at-bats. Jackie Robinson was able to endure this harassment because of his values, which his daughter, Sharon writes about in her book, Jackie's Nine. ... He also became the first black player to homer in his first big league at-bat. ...

• Word Count: 2830
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School