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...

How does baseball, and especially its literature, propagate and foster American cultural myths? "If you build it, they will come." "Say it ain't so, Joe." These familiar phrases, from the films "Field of Dreams" and "Eight Men Out," respectiv...

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...

You've probably heard of the Chicago Black Sox scandal, but don't know what it's about. In the 1919 World Series eight players took money from gamblers to fix the Series so that the Cincinnati Reds would win. That act would start the controversy of baseball's now shaky reputation...

Money in Pro Sports Most people in America feel that pro athlete's salaries are too high. Current sports salaries are reaching astronomical figures. Players are signing 50 million-dollar contracts and up just because they happen to be pretty good at hitting a baseball. Just the other day ...

Baseball used to be pure Before the first pitch of the 1919 World Series, the crowd in Cincinnati eagerly anticipated the upcoming game. Most Chicago fans knew their team was going to win. And the Cincinnati fans knew their team was the underdog, but they routed for them anyway. As it turned ou...

Athletes Get Their Fair Share Are professional athletes overpaid? No. This answer may be difficult for an overworked employee who makes much less money than these athletes do to accept. Professor Peter von Allmen would tell you, "Here is a secret about pampered multimillionaires who whine and...

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The Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 World Series In 1919 the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds made their way to the World Series. The 1919 World Series is said to be the most famous scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series...

 Consider a student who passes a final exam under the influence of illegal drugs. The professor might be inclined to call the police, but there’s no reason why the student shouldn’t get the grade he earned. Then consider another student who cheats on the same exam. No crime has been commit...

Should Pete Rose be banned from baseball? Lets start with a little history. In 1989, Pete Rose was "banned from MLB for life" by baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti after an investigation suggested that Rose a player-manager for the Cincinnati Reds in the mid 1980s, placed bets on major...

The Boston Redsox, a major league baseball team, have not won a World Series title in 52 years. The cause of this long drought of losing seasons is debatable according to fans and sportswriters. The 2003 major league baseball season was the last attempt by the team to make it to the big game. The...

There are many incidents in American History where the people broke laws and felt that what they did was justified. Some of these people were never punished, but some others, who had to break the law to make money to survive, were punished. A perfect example of this is the Black Sox Scandal. The Bla...

Sandy Koufax defined and distinguished himself by what he did on the baseball field and what he refused to do. In 1965, at the pinnacle of his illustrious career and as the dominant sports figure of the day, Sandy Koufax refused to pitch the opening game of the World Series because it fell on Yom Ki...

George Herman \"Babe\" Ruth February 6 1895, a normal date to some but to those that know, its historical. It was a day a hero was born. George Herman \"Babe\" Ruth, born in the house of his maternal grandfather at 216 Emory street in Baltimore. It was there that Babe was raised in to this world...

At one point in my life I wanted to play baseball for a living. I think we all did at one time or another. Little league for me was about the closest I ever came to it though, unless you count the times when my father would take me to Joe Robbie Stadium to watch the Florida Marlins play. I once a...

The mantle of the best pitcher in baseball is a title that is exchanged between a number of pitchers through the course of generations. With the game ever-changing, pitchers are forced to adapt and the only way to pinpoint the elite is through private recollections of those who faced them. Players o...

In Dan Shaughnessys article, "Varitek: Captain Courageous" from the Boston Globe, Shaughnessy writes that Varitek is the quiet leader and is the reason why the Boston Red Sox are in a late season push for the American League East. Shaughnessy says, "You are the de facto captain of t...

The World Series: A Brief History of the October Classic In America's favorite pastime, the game of baseball, there is one major goal each year for every team in the league, and that is to win the World series. For nearly one hundred years, two teams each year have competed in a best of...

After winning the 1906 World Series, the Chicago White Sox were not able to maintain their position of number one. They remained in the middle of the American League until 1915 when a new manager, Clarence Rowland and a new star, Joe Jackson, joined the team. Joe Jackson was a star from South Caroli...

ENG 4AOJanuary 19, 2000Compare/Contrast EssayBaseball... a true American game and past time that has been part of our lives from the beginning. It has stood the test of time simply because of it's purity and infinite list of players that have ffostered the game to what it is today. Yet a single bl...

Babe RuthGeorge Herman Ruth Jr. was born on February 6, 1895 born to Kate and George Ruth. Originally his mom gave birth to eight children, but six died in infancy. Only him and his sister Mamie survived. As a young boy George didn't receive as much attention as a regular little boy would need. ...

Men vs. WomenThere have always been striking differences between men and women. Dave Barry's, Batting Clean-Up and Striking Out, is an effective process analysis which explains some of the differences between men and women. Dave Barry effectively illustrates how women are more sensitive to filth t...