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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

Pete Rose "Banned for Life" How do you allow the all-time hit leader, games played leader, and a multiple most valuable player to be banned from baseball for life? Maybe if this person bet on the game for which he gave his all. This is what happened to Pete Rose. Although Rose set a...

Baseball has always been known as our nation's pastime, a simple sport that has captivated millions and given us memorable moments over the last century. Decades of youngsters have dreamt of one day playing center field for the home team, all the while playing ball with the local kids at the s...

His name is Theodore Samuel Williams, but to others he was known as "The Kid", "The Thumper", and "The Splendid Splinter". Ted Williams, he played for the Boston Red Sox, and was one of Baseball's greatest hitters and the last player to have a seasons average of ....

Baseball and Philosophy Thinking Outside the Batter's Box Baseball and Philosophy is a book that brings philosophy to the center stage or the pitching mound so to speak. Baseball and Philosophy is the sixth volume in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series. Other Books in the series includ...

How did the civil rights movement effect Jackie Robinson?Jackie Robinson may not have been the best baseball player in the history of baseball but he was surly the most important. Without Jackie courage we would not have other great baseball players like: Ken Griffey Jr., Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron, or...

Anabolic steroids. BALCO. THG. No I am not referring to an underground drug smuggling operation, these are the three most common terms in recent headlines about Major League Baseball and its' players. The encyclopedia Britannica defines anabolic steroids as; hormones that are given to elderly ...

PERSON OF MAGNITUDE The person that I chose for a person of magnitude is Jackie Robinson. Jackie was just not any old person that lived through the 1900s, and endured all the pain and hardship that time brought to the people. He kept strong and had a will to survive through the Great Depression ...

The movie "Major League" features some loveable, laughable characters that form the motley band of baseball players on the mythical Cleveland Indians. It may not have the class of "Field of Dreams," the charm of "A League of Their Own," the historical realism of "E...

To Contract or not To Contract, That is the Question The 2001 Major League Baseball Season is long gone. Barry Bonds shattered Roger Maris' old home run record of 61, and strutted right past Mark McGwire's recent home run record of 70, by hitting 73 home runs just this past season. But...

Cheating the Game and Themselves In 1996, Major League Baseball star, Ken Caminiti, emerged as the standout third baseman for the San Diego Padres. In a single season of one hundred forty six games, Caminiti put up career high numbers of one hundred seventy eight hits, forty homeruns and...

Research/Background The Major League Baseball All-Star Game made its debut in 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Although it is seen as an exhibition game, over the years it has become an honor for players participating and a fan favorite to watch. Since the strike in 1994, television ratings have...