Field of Dreams: baseball and religion "And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they had dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball....

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...

Now batting in the clean-up position at this year\'s baseball World Series is Mr. Creatine (Frankel 1). As the pitcher winds up, he knows in his heart that his new opponent, an amino acid supplement hiding in the muscle tissues of the batter, now threatens him. He delivers the pitch over the fat par...

AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of the extreme increases in salaries of major league baseball players. It looks at the effects of these increases on all areas of the game, from competitiveness, to fan appeal, to financial issues. It also looks at the different perspectives of all involved, i...

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...

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...

The Japanese have historically been adapters of ideas from other lands, and anyone familiar with Asian history knows that Japan's early culture was greatly influenced by the Chinese. Advanced civilization developed much earlier in China, of course, but once the Japanese began forming their own...

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL=S ANTITRUST EXEMPTION HISTORYIn the United States, professional sports are an American way of life and culture. These leagues started out as entertainment for all of its spectators, but progressed into Abig business@ which has allowed team owners to prosper tremendously. Initi...

America's Fallen PastimeHow Baseball Players Have Damaged a National InstitutionBaseball fans are easy to please. Give them a warm summer day, a cold drink, and their favorite team in the thick of the pennant race and they feel like kings. Watch them second guess the manager as he pulls the team's a...

Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati in 1941. He said that when he was growing up he rooted for the Cincinnati Reds just like every other kid in the area. In the summertime of most of his childhood years he played baseball constantly. He also played in high school, however he thinks ...

America's Pastime Boosts America's Cultural FadsWhat does one usually envision when they think of America? Stereotypically responses include apple pie, cheeseburgers, liberty, and baseball. All the previously mentioned things have a significant cultural place in America. For example, baseball has...

David Halberstam Summer of '49 Kyle Peoples U.S. History Period 5 Summer Of '49. By David Halberstam. (New York: Avon Books. 1989. Pp. XIV, 319.) David Halberstam was born April 10, 1934, in New York, New York. Du...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this report is to recommend that EuroCrown Communications change the name and mascot of the Cleveland Indians. Recently there has been intense media and public scrutiny concerning the Indian name and the chief Wahoo logo, which could have negative effects on EuroC...

Even the occasional fan has heard of Jackie Robinson. Because he was the first African American to play in the Major Leagues, he will forever be remembered for changing the face of baseball and ending segregation in professional sports. However, he was more than a baseball player. He played an i...

American Sports History (1865-Present) 1. Introduction 2. End of civil war 3. U.S. Sports at the Turn of the Century 4. The Twenties 5. Changes: The Late 20th Century 6. Bibliography 1.Introduction Being that my topic was sports history I found a lot of information, whether...

Jackie Robinson: His Contribution to SportsThere was once a time when Goliath white men roamed the earth. They had names similar to Boog, Harmon, and Moose (Richmond 184). They wandered throughout the empty countryside carrying wooden sticks, smacking harsh fastballs delivered by pitchers with names...