Today in America, from elementary schools to high schools from colleges to professional league sports, we have given a mascot name to each. Nothing is meant by the mascot's name except to show pride and support for the team or school that you are behind and what qualities the people believe t...

One year, a basketball team set out on what they thought would be another successful season. They had trained hard during the off-season and were prepared to face whatever came their way. They started the season on a rough note with a mediocre showing at a thanksgiving tournament. Then, one ...

Mark Harris' 1956 novel Bang the Drum Slowly is a novel about the redemptive power of baseball, much like the movie "Field of Dreams" or "The Natural." The novel depicts a year in the career of the New York Mammoths, a now-nonexistent baseball team, and the relationship bet...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Philip Roth's novel The Great American Novel is actually a novel within a novel. The narrator of the story, Word Smith, purports to tell us about the greatest cover-up in baseball history – and perhaps the history of the United States of America, as well. Smith narrates the story of th...

At one point in my life I wanted to play baseball for a living. I think we all did at one time or another. Little league for me was about the closest I ever came to it though, unless you count the times when my father would take me to Joe Robbie Stadium to watch the Florida Marlins play. I once a...

With the phenomenal success of the Cleveland Indians in past seasons, the controversy over the "Chief Wahoo" logo has once again come to the surface. Juan Reyna, chairperson of the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance, has already met with Indians owner, Richard Jacobson, on the mater ...

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...

Hank Aaron "Hank" Henry Aaron is an African-American from Mobile, Alabama. He was born in a part of the town called "Down by the Bay," a poor black area of the town. Soon after he was born he moved to a part of the town called "Toulminville" where he lived most of his childhood years (Henry Aa...

Leadership Examples Log Wednesday, August 23, 2000-The head football coach, Joe Hollis, shortened practice today because he said that the team was tired and needed some extra rest to make sure our legs are fresh for our first game on September 2, against North Carolina State. I think th...

Discrimination in Sports We've all heard the story! A poor kid grows up in the tough part of town. Life's rough, but the kid has a dream. "One day", the kid says, "I'm going to get out of here. I going to be the best football or basketball, baseball or hockey playe...

Abolish the Designated Hitter Do you prefer a bases loaded double that clears the bases and involves an exciting play at home plate or a boring three-run homerun where the baserunners trot around the bases while the defense stands around with dazed looks about them? Would you prefer stolen bases,...

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...

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...

This book is called Painting the Black. It is about a senior boy name Ryan who likes to play baseball. In this book, he will face many problems ahead of his life during senior year in high school. He will encounter problems that might effect his baseball year and friendship too. He is very ...

BIG LEAGUES In a part of Brooklyn lived the parents of a young man by the name of Austin. Although some parts of Brooklyn are very up scale Mr. and Mrs. Cadwell wanted what all parents want for their children and that is to grow up in the best area possible being they say we are a product of o...

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...

Yankees are Better When taking both into consideration it is obvious that the New York Yankees is a superior baseball team compared to the New York Mets. For instance, one factor that makes the Yankees better is their managerial personal. With the likes of manager Joe Torre, bench coach Don Zimm...

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...

The Days of the Sandlot Sandlot a vacant lot especially used for unorganized sports. It was a place during my childhood years where I could go and not have a worry on my mind, except being with my best friends and playing some sandlot ball. A place where the memories of endless f...

Professional Sports Due to the greediness of sports figures, professional athletes are not punished in the same manner as other professionals are. It is like they are in a completely different group that uses an entirely different set of morals. Te...

In 1910 Branch Rickey then the coach of the team Ohio Wesleyan went to south bend for a game. To go to the game the team had to stay at a hotel. The hotel management would not assign a room to a African American man named charley. The coach then threatened to take the whole team to another hotel...