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...

Another winter of "big-money free agents" is shifting the balance of power in both leagues somewhat, but there continues to be one constant in the free agency game; the domination of the large market franchises upon the game of baseball. This winter Mike Mussina, top pitcher on the free-agent marke...

Sports Business & EntertainmentTom GannawayRestructuring BaseballAs the seasons progress in major league baseball, the economic structure of baseball is suffering from numerous problems, which are currently allowing for the competitive balance to be less than ideal. Baseball is faced with problems a...

Sports Business & EntertainmentTom GannawayJanuary 22, 2001Restructuring BaseballAs the seasons progress in major league baseball, the economic structure of baseball is suffering from numerous problems, which are currently allowing for the competitive balance to be less than ideal. Baseball is faced...

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...

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...

1 English 11 February 8, 2000 Joe DiMaggio: An American Hero Throughout the nineteenth century, many great athletes were a part of the American pastime we call baseball. Although each athlete was unique and special, perhaps none could compare to Joe DiMaggio. Joe's talents on ...

Babe Ruth considered by many of the greatest if not the greatest baseball players of all time, and yet Babe was one of the most infamous players of all time. Babe Ruth conquered many feats on and off the field. Babe also led a life of free will and ill judgment. George Herman Ruth Jr. born Febr...

When Jackie Robinson ran out ontoBrooklyn's Ebbets Field to play his first gamein the major leagues, many Americans wereshocked. The grandson of a slave, Jackiewas the first African American to play for amajor league baseball team in the TwentiethCentury.Last year, Jackie Robinson again capturedthe ...

Mickey Charles Mantle was a professional baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees for 18 years. Even though he had a lot of physical problems during his lifetime, Mickey had a terrific career playing major league baseball.On October 21, 1931, in Spavinaw, Oklahoma, a baby by the name of...

Started in 1901, the Boston Red Sox have had a rich tradition in America's pastime. With notable players such as Babe Ruth, Tris Speaker, and Ted Williams, to current stars like Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra the Red Sox have made baseball what it is today. I will discuss many things in ...

One of the biggest problems I have with our society today is in sports. Don't get me wrong, I love sports. I love to watch the competition and seeing these men doing seemingly superhuman feats. The problem I have with sports is the over-commercialization and over-hyping of athletes by their a...

Joe DiMaggio was one of the Greatest hitters and center fielders in all of baseball history. DiMaggio, otherwise known as the "Yankee Clipper", was famous for his gracefulness both at the plate and out on the field. Joe used an unusually wide batting stance to achieve his record breaking...

There are two professional baseball franchises that are known to be cursed. People that live in these cities believe they are true and not just tales, because of the misery for generations of fans pointing to one agonizing, disappointing loss after another, and that history is not on there side. ...

Some people would say that the way professional sports were played in the 50s and 60s seemed exactly the same. In some cases, that statement is true. The same changes occurred, such as the expansion and development of the professional leagues, the increasing popularity of television broadcasts and...

In the modernizing world of sports, big time owners are looking for money any way possible. Owners, plain and simply want to spend less and make more. The conventional way of that is pay players less, win more games, sell more tickets and merchandise, etc. However, owners now have tried a different ...