Baseball Baseball has been providing us with fun and excitement for more than a hundred and fifty years. The first game resembling baseball as we know it today was played in Hoboken ,New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine beat the New York Knickerbok...

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Baseball Baseball has been providing us with fun and excitement for more than a hundred and fifty years. The first game resembling baseball as we know it today was played in Hoboken ,New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine beat the New York Knickerb...

Do you know the names of all the teams in Major League Baseball (MLB)? If you guessed the Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Orioles, Devil Rays, Royals, White Sox, Twins, Indians, Tigers, Mariners, Athletics, Angels, Rangers, Braves, Phillies, Marlins, Expos, Mets, Astros, Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates, Reds...

The physics of cheating in baseball is very complicated, and some say it is just superstitious. Throughout the year\'s baseball players worldwide have tried to find a way to cheat and make them hit the ball further. Some have tried hollowing out bats and replacing the wood with cork, rubber, or sawd...

Baseball is one of the oldest and most popular sports in the United States. It is known as America's "national pastime" because of its strong tradition. It is competitively played with a hard ball and bat between two teams of nine players each. Even though this sport was developed ...

Salaries in Baseball are skyrocketing every year. Why would a salary cap be needed? It would be needed to help keep ticket prices down, and help make for a more even level of competition for all teams. A salary cap is needed to keep baseball thriving in the future, to keep the game exciting and...

Baseball Through foreign eyes Our church told us that we would be helping someone in need that had no money and no place to go. I pictured someone local who was having a hard time, but when I saw him for the first time I was shocked. He was tall, had a dark shade of skin, black hair, and s...

The History of Baseball It is a game played everywhere, in parks, playgrounds, and prison yards, in back alleys and farmers fields, by small children and old men, raw amateurs and millionaire professionals. It is a leisurely game that demands blinding speed. It is the only game in which the defenc...

Baseball's Development Into America's National Pastime In an era when people worked extremely hard day in and day out, to only make a meager living, people searched for something more. Men would work endlessly long hours and seek anything to release their tension. They would long for a hobb...

My journey through www.ballparks.com, a virtual field trip, was something less than an amazing adventure for a girl that is not big on baseball much less baseball parks. Having been to only a few minor league ballparks and no major league parks, I quickly realized that I had no idea what I was view...

Baseball Baseball has been providing us with fun and excitement for more than a hundred and fifty years. The first game resembling baseball as we know it today was played in Hoboken ,New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine beat the New York Knickerbok...

Baseball Baseball has been providing us with fun and excitement for more than a hundred and fifty years. The first game resembling baseball as we know it today was played in Hoboken ,New Jersey, on June 19, 1846. The New York Nine beat the New York Knickerbok...

The Story of Baseball When the notion of baseball comes to mind, a feeling of nostalgia and tradition come to me. Many of my feelings and memories originate from my childhood, and me playing the game of baseball. I always loved to play as well as watch the game. Even thinking of it now, I c...

This paper will discuss the use of anabolic-androgenic steroids in Major League Baseball. It will discuss the drug advantages and disadvantages and its side effects. Anabolic steroids are produced by chemical methods from the male hormone testosterone. Using anabolic steroids helps the body retain ...

There is often disagreement about the origin of the baseball. For more than 90 years, people have believed in the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball. Baseball developed slowly, and changed with time, and that is why it is called America's national pastime. Some believe it was a popular...

In the United States and around the world, athletics are considered a staple of culture dating back to ancient Greece. The athletes participating in the competition are considered icons that represent their city, state, and even their entire nation. This admiration of athletics stems from our basic ...

Creatine in NCAA Baseball Mark McGwire uses it. Sammy Sosa uses it. The Atlanta Braves have tubs of it in their locker room. Then why does Scott Carnahan, Linfield College's varsity baseball coach and coach of the 1994 U.S.A. Olympic baseball team emphasize, "I will not participate i...

Not Knowing could be the Answer The summer of 2003 was the start of the Little League baseball tryouts. The coaches were trying to assemble the children, along with their parents in an organized manner. Coaches allowing the children to warm up first, started mass confusion involving the parent...

Generation X Teenagers today are considering themselves as Generation X because that is what society lable them as. This generation is lost in translation because we really have nothing to branch on ourselves on. The 30's 40's and 60's all have major history evens like The Great Depr...

Replay in Baseball? 05/26/2004 How would game change if there were replays in baseball? How would people react to this change? Throughout time it seems as though baseball has been the original sport that shaped America. America was still a very young country when baseball became ...

Who knew one baseball game can shape a person entire focus on their dreams and aspirations? I don't think many people realize that one simple event such as baseball game can have such an impact on a person's life. I remember my first baseball game; my dad took me to it when I was 7 or 8...

It's a Wonderful Life Picture a young child full of life and happiness. The love of his parents shows through his eyes, smile, and tears. Some people would like to think that those things about a child are exactly what make life wonderful. People who think that way have no idea how ...

Any good sport should be as much fun to watch as it is to play. I cannot drag myself to watch a baseball game. I love playing baseball or softball but four hours watching a pitcher shake off pitches to the catcher is unreal. Baseball is a boring spectacle of overpaid drug users manipulating their bo...

Did you know that the top paid teams in the league are always in first or second place? The New York Yankees, the top paid team, has won the most World Series of any baseball team. "[They] led the major leagues [in salary] with an average of nearly $4 million" (Blum 1). Furthermore, these teams are ...