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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America\'s National Pastime is the once deeply pure and widely beloved, and now often cynically regarded and business oriented business of baseball. Once a sport and a game, it is now very clearly dominated by a corporate identity, with enormous wage figures and heavy advertising stakes rendering ba...

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...

Major League Baseball is viewed by most Americans as a source of entertainment. Millions of people turn out during a regular season to see there favorite teams and players play a good game of baseball. However, few see the other side of this form of entertainment. Baseball is as much of a busin...

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...

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 ...

As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying "Southern Bank of Commerce Mets." I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, "Do y'all know why I am here...

Is Americas Pastime on Dope? Are steroids a problem in Major League Baseball? Since the early 1980's MLB has wanted to test players for steroids. MLB and the players have not reached an agreement in the player's contract for MLB to have the right to test fo...

Not that long ago sports used to be clean. I don't know if you can say that about today's game. Players from all different sports like: Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantel, Willie Mays, Bob Cousy, Pete Maravich, Bart Starr, and Walter Payton were all clean. They were pr...

As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying "Southern Bank of Commerce Mets." I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, "Do y'all know why I am here...

As I open my door and put my Ray Ban sunglasses on, I see a group of young boys standing on the field. The boys are dressed in white pants with blue stripes and orange shirts saying "Southern Bank of Commerce Mets." I stood in front of those young ballplayers and said, "Do y'all know why I am here...

Breaking The Color LineIn segregated America, black baseball was forced to show their talents behind a color line. They were all victims of an unwritten law that no black man was allowed into the major leagues. These black athletes were absent from the sports pages and were shunned from American s...

Eyeless If someone would have taken me outside and told me to look at the night sky and tell them what I was thinking, two weeks ago I would have probably said some idiotic remark like, “Cool.” If they asked me what I thought about space, I probably would have coldly answered, &#...

When Salaries Get to High to See When people think of high salaries they turn to the world of professional sports, because that is where athletes are paid outrageous amounts to do the things they love. Although some would argue that the athletes deserve these wages, I fell that not all professi...

The Underlying Qualities of Sports Any competitive sport takes practice and experience to play. Although some people are born with the coordination that gives them a little head start, all who attempt to pursue a sport must devote ample time to it. The introduction to a sport starts as a child g...

Steroids Steroids have been becoming more popular over the years despite all of the warnings and side effects. Professional sports players definitely don't help the whole thing, I mean they are kids role models. Steroids have a wide range of usages, from medicine, to help people, to illegal a...

How Does Your Child Act? First of all I think that in the back of every parents mind are questions concerning their child's future. Like will it be a doctor, a lawyer, or the next president of the United States. But with these questions there are also more questions that are not di...

Forensic Anthropology Final Exam DUE THURSDAY MAY 23rd between 8-10AM in room 3305J Three case scenarios are provided below. In each, you must answer a series of questions about each case (questions are in bold). Try to make your answers as detailed and specific as possible. Use your lecture ...

Teen Violence Teen Violence has become an appalling problem in the US today. Statistics show that teen homicides have gone up 300% in the last 30 years. Suicide rate for 15 to 19 years olds has tripled to 10 per 100,000 in the past 30 years. Firearm death rate for 15 to 19 years olds has gon...

A Dreamland It Would Be My grandmother once told me that a person who "has character" is a person who not only thinks well of others, but of themselves as well. She also told me that such a person is not afraid to stand up for their beliefs. I still hold these qualities of character ...

Are Athletes Role Models? Lately, a topic of great controversy has been whether or not athletes should be looked upon as role models by their fans. Does an athletes' responsibilities pertain solely to his performance on the field of play or does it also extend to his personal life as we...

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...

Regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, or personal interest, everyone at one point in their life had somebody that they looked up to, or modeled their life around. It could have been a parent, teacher, priest, or perhaps someone famous. Many young kids today look up to celebrities, which include actor...