It brought back so many memories. ... Each team was warming up on opposite sides of the field. ... I found out later that these were 2 of the best teams in the league this year. ... Maybe because the two teams were the top in the league. ... It brought back a lot of memories, most good. ...
Players earned their places on the team based solely on athletic prowess, not social standing. ... Baseball seemed to offer a model of what it meant to be an American, part of a team. ... During the 1920s baseball's prominent team, the Yankees, seemed to offer something for everyone. ... The 1930s and 1940s brought with them the particularly rough eras of the Great Depression and World War II. ... It was this familiarity that brought them hope and strength during the hard times. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
An ongoing problem in baseball (and some other popular sports) is that some teams are "richer" (in both money and talent) than other teams. ... So the league as a whole, and small-market team owners in particular, would like to keep salaries under control in order to maintain parity across teams. ... For the Seattle Mariners (Griffey's current team): Pat Gillick is the team's General Manager and the person primarily responsible for handling the negotiations to make a deal to trade Griffey to another team. Chuck Armstrong is the team's President, and Gillick's boss. ...
However, the team was still a symbol of pride for the citizens of Chicago. ... Under his leadership, the team won five pennants. ... Strangely, the team members had far fewer mustaches than nowadays. ... It's easy to say, the other teams poked fun at him. ... He led the team batting average again with a .316. ...
Can he make George rejoin the team to ensure a win against the Raiders? ... Likewise, Louie was also able to find a way to gather enough money to get the team uniforms. ... When Louie asks to be the general manager of Howie's baseball team, he is prepared. Louie has named the baseball team the Zodiacs because, " calling ourselves- I mean your team- the Zodiacs, will make them different," (Neugeboren 46-47) Thus demonstrating that Louie is organized and prepared. ... He brought his old Victrola and played the Star Spangled Banner. ...
Workers compete for higher paying position; groups of individuals form teams (firms) and compete against other teams for consumers' dollars. ... Competitive imbalance has to do with the fact that only a small amount of professional teams have the money and the talent to compete with other teams in their league (Markiewicz 1). ... Competitive imbalance is an economic problem because if a team only makes a small amount then that team can not afford to pay the big dollars that is required to sign star players and with out these players it is hard for teams to remain or become competitive. As...
Rose eventually admitted to betting on sports and was accused of betting on baseball (but not his own team). ... If you are looking for a reason why baseball should be compassionate with Rose, consider that no one has ever said he bet against his team or was trying to "throw" the game. ... He was colorful and brought people out to the ball park. ...
Baseball taught quick decision making skills, competitiveness, how to sacrifice for the team, as well as how to accept authority. ... Mary's Industrial School for Boys, but in 1914 left school to join a minor league baseball team, much to his father's dismay. ... The trade of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees was the best thing that ever happened to both the team and baseball as a whole. After the Black Sox Scandal fans never believed that there was hope for the rest of their culture or their society, but in 1920 the Yankees brought in a record amount of money, of $373,862, strictly...
People take pride in their home team. They have visions of grandeur that their team will make and win the "big dance", the World Series. ... Thirty-one cities across North America have the honor and privilege to claim host to a professional baseball team. The teams" invoke a sense of civic pride in the citizens of the community. ... Ruth's hitting attracted the attention of the team's management and fans. ...
When Rickey told Robinson why he had been brought to see him, Jackie's reaction was a combination of several emotions. ... On the team bus, Jackie had to sit in the back. ... One night, the entire Dodgers team was dragged out of their beds for an important team meeting because of a petition the players signed refusing to play with Jackie. ... The team looked at each other after the speech and agreed to try and accept Robinson as a teammate. The next day, Durocher once again said to the team, "I'm the manager of this team, and I say he plays. ...
The athletes and groups involved in early baseball growth were very diverse, but baseball itself brought them together and allowed them to have a common goal and interest. ... The National League explicitly appealed to more middle-class audiences by requiring its teams to charge fifty cents, ban the sale of alcohol, and refuse to play Sundays. ... The major league color barrier was breached in 1947 by the careful planning and daring of Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey and the courage, self-control, and baseball skill of Jackie Robinson, who Rickey invited to pioneer with his team...
I have had a third baseman on my team get his teeth knocked out and his nose broken by a hard hit ball, and this is from high school and little league players who have not developed as hitters yet. ... Pete "Old Gladiator" Browning was a player on the local Lousiville Eclipse baseball team. ... The rest of the Eclipse baseball team asked for bats to be made for themselves. ... CICL (Comparison 12) 1987-89 Aluminum 1990-00 Wood Percent Difference Runs/Game 12.3 9.3 -24.58% Hits/Game 18.0 16.3 - 9.22% HR/Game 1.5 0.6 -58.90% TB/Game 26.5 ...
American entertainment during World War II kept America running, and brought the country together at a time of world fighting. ... Even if the actual quality to the teams is lowered by the greater use of older players, this will not dampen the popularity of the sport" (1). ...
, Michael Hogan reminds fans that "nobody likes a cheater, unless the cheater plays for your team " (Hogan 1). ... And as fans, we openly root for this type of behavior as long as it can help our favorite team to victory. ...
Not only does the pitch cause a great deal of risk for the batter, but the batter pose a risk to all nine fielders on the opposing team. ... With the wide variety of injuries that can possibly take place at a baseball game, ballparks and leagues must do everything they can to keep their facilities and teams safe. ... After the 1998 season, the issue was brought to a head, and the NCAA adopted the BESR standard in order to help regulate the performance of aluminum and composite bats (Russell, 2012). ...
Jackie Robinson was born Jack Roosevelt Robinson on January 31, 1919. He was the youngest of five children. His father, Jerry abandoned the family and ran off to Florida. Jackie's mother Mallie was left to raise her five children alone. In the Spring of 1920 a year after Jerry left, Mallie moved ...
