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    Ernie Banks Let’s play two” is a phrase which was coined by Cubs infielder Ernie Banks. He was born on January 31st, 1931 in Dallas, Texas. He played in the MLB for 18 seasons and in 1977: his first time on the ballot, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He died 38 years later on January 23rd, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. During his 18 year stint with the Cubs, Ernie was able to create a lasting impact. His impact was created by breaking the color barrier, and turning the Cubs into a force in…

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    Minor League, Minor Pay In an age where professional athletes make more than accomplished doctors and surgeons, it is surprising to find that minor league players make below minimum wage. Minor league baseball players should be paid more than what they are being paid today because it takes away from their time with family and provides with no opportunity alternative source of income. Minor league baseball players deserve to be paid more because they do not have time to have other jobs.…

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    in the World Series against the New York Giants. Ruth hurt his elbow and was told by doctors not to play. He ignored them and came off the bench as a designated hitter. Even though he had the best season of his career, the Yankees would lose to the Giants. In 1922, The Yankees would play the New York Giants again and would lose the World Series. Even though the Yankees had one of the best teams in the MLB, they could not get past their archrivals, the Giants. Even though the Yankees lost, Ruth…

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    purchasing the rights for every team and it is impossible to broadcast all games on basic cable due to channel limitations. It is far more likely that broadcasters would be interested primarily in teams with a strong brand like the Yankees, Red Sox and Giants while only being interested in broadcasting a small subset of Orioles and Nationals games and therefore that MASN, the Orioles or the Nationals would earn minimal extra revenues from other markets. The Orioles would likely be a superior…

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    Robinson & Daisy’s Struggles Jackie Robinson’s struggle is that he didn’t have all the rights as his teammates. He couldn’t play the same without getting threatened. For example. The fans would boo him and throw items at him. The word everything that happened to him is racism. His own teammates would threaten to kill him, they would even sign a petition to not play. Daisy Junor’s struggle was she had to play every night and trained every morning. She also had to act like a…

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    Does someone know a guy who growing up was poor and did not have many opportunities, to becoming to many people the best first baseman to ever play the game? Albert Pujols grew up with his grandma America most of the time and they had to rely on government funds to make it along. Albert Pujols lived in a small house with dirt floors and hardly did Albert ever have shoes. But Albert Pujols always loved baseball and at times he would even play with a stick as a bat, a lemon as a ball, and a milk…

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    The Orioles are well known for their complete and utter disinterest in using their international signing bonus pool to sign prospects from Central and South America. Baseball America claims that the Orioles spent the least of all teams in 2013 (http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2013-international-spending-by-team/) and second lowest in 2014 (http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2014-international-spending-team/). Orioles’ fans are concerned by this because about one-sixth of…

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    Rickey was fired and replaced with Walter O’Malley who was less tolerant of his behavior. By late 1951 Robinson’s glory years were winding down and in December of 1956, because of a bad relationship with him, O’Malley sold Jackie to the San Francisco Giants. In the January 1957 issue of Look Magazine, Jackie announced his retirement stating that his body has passed his prime and he can no longer perform. He finished his major league career with an overall average of .311 and a record nineteen…

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    Moneyball The 2011 motion picture Moneyball is based upon the Oakland Athletics 2002 baseball season. The movie opens with a quote by Mickey Mantle, “It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life” (as cited in De Luca, Horovitz, Pitt, & Miller, 2011). His words set the tone for movie as it focuses on the management side of baseball and the relationships of those involved with building a team. Faced with the lowest budget in the industry, Billy…

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    and quality of pitchers, but people fail to recognize these and use PEDs as a scapegoat. Also, in the 2009 Hall of Fame, two members of the inducting class, Ferguson Jenkins and Paul Molitor were busted for using cocaine in the 1980s. They are only but a few of what is sure to be many players who have been caught using illegal drugs that are now inducted into the hall of fame. If players who were caught with these drugs are still eligible, why shouldn’t players who admitted to using PEDs be able…

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