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...

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-a...

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 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...

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...

When Jackie Robinson ran out onto Brooklyn's Ebbets Field to play his first game in the major leagues, many Americans were shocked. The grandson of a slave, Jackie was the first African American to play for a major league baseball team in the Twentieth Century. Last year, Jackie Robinson again ca...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The dog days of summer are behind us, and now come the chilly nights in New York, Seattle, St. Louis, and the other side of New York. The playoffs are among us and already are living up to the excitment of October baseball. After starting off with eight teams, scattered through out the countr...

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...

The 1919 World Series resulted in the most famous scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox (later nicknamed the Black Sox) were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. The eight players involved in this scandal included pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Clau...

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 ...

Red Summer 1919 The Red Scare is about the period in the history of the United States immediately following WWI. The dates are approximately from the Armistice in November of 1918 to the collapse of hyperinflation in 1920. Within these two dates the country witnessed--not so much in rapid success...