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    Dodger Stadium History

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    become one of the best-known baseball parks in the nation due to it being the third oldest ball. It is home to the Major League Baseball team The Los Angeles Dodgers, who once played in Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodger Stadium only stands where it does because of the many homes lost in the late 1940s in what is called Chavez Ravine. Dodger stadium has become a historical landmark in Southern…

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    The crack of a bat. Uproar from the crowd. Fans cheering as their favorite player makes the shot that irrefutably leads the team to victory. These are the sounds you will likely hear in any stadium or field as you watch the players coalesce and exhibit the athleticism that they have spent their entire lives honing. In today’s society, sports have become an indispensable element in aspects that make our nation unparalleled - uniting and defining us by transcending nationalities, backgrounds, and…

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    History” took place and astonished many people who looked up to some of the world’s most popular athletes. The Chicago White Sox players took money, or a bribe, to play poorly and lose the world series. The aforementioned players were banned from baseball forever, for their conduct, but weren’t convicted of gambling in a federal court (Barnes 285). This ignominy resembles the corruption in the real world, referring to the gangsters and mafias, at the time of the scandal. The shock from the…

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    1. Answer: When Iron Mill Corporation offered to sell City Company 2000 to 5000 tons of fifty-pound iron rails on June 8, City Company did not accept it. Instead, City Company made a counter offer by entering an order for 1,200 tons of fifty-pound iron rails referring to Iron Corporation’s offer of June 8 on June 16. This meant that City Company rejected the original offer. Furthermore, Iron Mill Corporation rejected City Company’s counter offer which meant that City Company could no longer…

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    required to be incredibly fit” (Hammer). This means that players are required not to do any drugs, at all points. As a matter of fact, drug abuse occurs in all sports and at most levels of competition such as High School sports, College sports, and Major League sports. Claudia Reardon says, “Athletic life may lead to drug abuse for a number of reasons, including for performance-enhancement, to self-treat otherwise untreated, mental illness, and to deal with stress” (Reardon). Athletes are role…

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    Eating, is one of the main symbols in order to survive. By discussing symbolism and eating as a whole, it will be easier to better understand America. Symbol usage relies on learning, memory, and emotion. However, when we symbolically eat, our brain doesn’t process the symbols, it processes eating to satisfy hunger. This is because, the symbols we give things is not what’s important to humans, it’s what they represent. Humans are commonly symbolically interacting through eating. For example, the…

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    Maksel describes Feng’s challenges by writing a nonfiction book called “The Father Of Chinese Aviation”. All these characters overcame life-changing events and challenges and while doing so changed their country. Jackie Robinson integrated Major League Baseball as being the first black…

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    drafted onto the a,b,c,d leagues and those are lower than semi pro but you still make decent money. The…

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    faced turning points. Jackie Robinson, Melba Patillo Beals, and Feng Ru faced life-changing experiences that changed their lives and their countries. Jackie Robinson’s life changed when he became the first African American to play in the major leagues during a time of segregation in America. These life-changing events challenged him because he had to face racially…

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    Salary Cap: A Case Study

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    Imagine being apart of a professional baseball team; although you are apart of a big league ball club, unfortunately you are located in small market city. Due to being located in a city with a low population, television providers such as Fox or NBC will not offer to pay your club the same amount as they pay a major market team. The idea is simple, smaller population equals less money. This is a fair and understanding point if it simply relates to the profit for the owners and shareholders of…

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