Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Imagine playing football without shoulder pads, playing baseball without a glove, or playing hockey without a stick. Not only would that add extreme difficulty to the sport, but you would most likely have a lot more bruises and broken bones without these items. Thankfully, Rawlings invented all of these products on their way to becoming one of the premier brands in the sporting goods industry In 1887, George H. Rawlings and his brother Alfred started a retail sporting goods store in St. Louis,…

World War II on baseball had many different effects as it impacted not only baseball at the current time, but the future of baseball as well. Players with the likings of Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg, and many more traded in the bat and ball for a pair of boots and a rifle. While the names previously listed were said to not have been put on the front lines, they still joined the forces and went to fight for this country when they could have been playing the game that…

time. Ted Williams went into the war on pace to break Babe Ruth 's home run record, the most sought out record in baseball. But because he missed 5 years due to his service he was unable to concur this feat. Bob Feller would have easily eclipsed the 300 win mark, but he was unable to win enough games. Although statistics may have seemed irrelevant at the time, statistics in baseball mean a lot. They are how you put your name in the history books. Some players did not serve in the military,…

"If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose" (Derek Jeter). One of the best baseball players that have ever played the game, said that quote to his fellow teammates and competitors to show them that he wanted to win. Derek Jeter, also known as “The Captain” or “Mr. November” is arguably one of the greatest players baseball has ever seen. He played 20 seasons with the New York Yankees and won 5 World Series rings. The way he carried…

of Major League Baseball. In 1947, baseball was separated by skin color just like most places in the U.S. during this time. The whites played in the MLB while the blacks had their own league, the Negro League. This was how baseball was played until a man by the name of Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers team. If Robinson could become good enough to play in the MLB for the Dodgers, he would be the “major leagues’ first African-American player in 50 years” (Barber 1) to play in an…

Twenty years ago baseball was graced with an abundance of talented African American players. Players who broke records, won championships, and captured the audience of America. Now the same amount of black talent in this sport is hard to find. There aren’t as many black stars as there once were. Yet, baseball can renew the interest of the sport among the African American community, and all signs appear as if they are at least trying to do so. Back in the 90’s baseball had star players on many…

Major iconic players caught the attention of the game of baseball all over the world. Japan caught onto the sport fairly quickly. In the the film Mr. Baseball, audiences get to see the similarities and differences in the game of baseball between America and Japan. The themes of culture and globalization reappear to bring forward the idea of major league players to be traded but also among countries. Not many were involved with Japan during the late 19th century. Baseball integration into Japan…

Beginning in the sandlot to a stadium seating over 30,000 fans, baseball has given from children to seniors all a common claim; we call it our nation’s past time. Baseball and America have grown up together. Baseball has evolved over the years from its fields, to it’s numbers and its players. We know professional baseball today as a sport where everybody is accepted and welcomed, but it was not always like this. During this time most of America practiced racial segregation, although the…

sports team. Baseball is “America’s favorite pastime”, and living in Texas gives you two options when choosing who to root for, the Texas Rangers or the Houston Astros. If you’re from the Dallas area you are probably a big fan of the Rangers. The Texas Rangers are the best team in the American League West Division, making them one of the best teams in all of major league baseball this season. So many people are fans of the Rangers because they are unique and not like any other team in baseball. …

TITLE Baseball, the game that we know as America’s national past time, is a game that started out as a recreational activity between friends and neighbors and grew into the professional sports league we know today as Major League Baseball. It is believed that the game of baseball was created out of two British games that that were played by the early colonists, Cricket and Rounders (Fischer 5). Cricket was a game played with a flat bat, ball and two wickets. The game was played on a…