Houston Astros

first time in 21 years that the Boise hawks will turn a profit. Agone is the new ownership group, it is a sports management organization firm based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Agone owns 5 other minor league teams as well as minority ownership of the Houston Astros. The management and ownership of the Boise Hawks are right now in the process of final approval for a location in downtown Boise. Final approval for the new stadium will come down to state and city Government and a few independent…

Is it science or cheating? That has been the big question for a lot of football fans for the previous four months. It only takes one word for football fans to either roll their eyes or start an argument. What is this I am talking about? Deflategate. What is Deflategate? Deflategate is an American football controversy. A team is suspected of cheating by lowering the air pressure of the football, making it easier to grip. According to Gregory DiLisi et al, “Athletes and physicists have since…

The murder of Bryant Tennelle, an eighteen-year old African American shot to death on Los Angles street by a seventeen-year old African American. He shot him to apparently send a message. Tennelle was not a gang member, though he was wearing a Houston Astros Baseball cap that was associated murder, especially as led by detective John Skaggs. Interwoven throughout is an account of the human tragedy of homicide: the agony suffered by survivors. Police officers refused to do anything about this…

Becoming a baseball player seems easy growing up. Parents sign you up, you go to practice, play your games, the season ends and you wait for next season. Yes, it is that easy, up until you actually have to compete for a spot on your team. When actually there is way more to it than that. Baseball also has many positive aspects to it, both mentally and physically to the human body. I want to do this paper over how to become a professional baseball player because that has been my dream since I was…

Picture a world where the U.S. had only 45 states, where women could not vote, where the television and the radio did not exist. It is hard to imagine such a place, but it did exist. It existed 108 years ago when the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series (Cooper). Since then fans have looked near and far for an explanation as to why their beloved team could not win the World Championship. The most common and widely accepted cause for the Cubs’ failure is the Curse of the Billy Goat.…

Parenting is arguably the toughest job. In his film, Boyhood, Richard Linklater uses a variety of parental tropes including the deadbeat parent, the angry drunk, the strict conservative, and the consistent parent. Mason Sr., the deadbeat, abandons the mother of his children for many years before coming back to be in their lives. Bill Welbrock, Olivia’s first husband, is the rich college professor who turns out to be an alcoholic who takes his anger out on his family. Jim, Olivia’s second husband…

A Feather in a Salary Cap Why should the President of the United States make less than a Major League Baseball rookie? Professional athletes acquire a whole heap of money, and there are some people who believe that star players make way too much money. For example, many superstars in baseball, basketball, and football enjoy multi-year contracts that are worth more than $100 million. Because of these unreasonably high salaries, many people think salary caps are a good thing for the players. On…

Imagine traveling to an unknown realm and exploring infinite areas, with the help of space explo-ration the possibilities are endless, a period full of discovery and technological advancements, space exploration starting from 1961 to present day has had a major impact on the human race. Whether be success on the first spacewalk and landing on the moon, or to the untimely destruc-tion of the challenger launch, space exploration has contributed to the history our society has to-day. Though the…

part of the Southern League before they then moved to North Carolina. They first started playing at Fleming Stadium in Wilson, NC before moving to Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. When they were the Columbus Mudcats they were affiliates of the Houston Astros. That all changed once they moved to North Carolina and became the Carolina Mudcats then the Pittsburgh Pirates became they affiliates. They are currently affiliates with the Atlanta Braves and are in the Carolina League. Their players…