Israel Baseball League

One of the biggest scandals in sports history was in 2000 when the Paralympic Spanish basketball team competed posing as intellectually deficient players when in fact they were not, to fraud the Paralympics. From up until 1996, athletes who had learning disabilities were not able to participate in the Paralympics. There were campaigns in place that encouraged the committee to include these individuals, and eventually it gained massive recognition and led to the inclusion of these athletes.…

“The lack of money is the root of all evil”- Mark Twain. Salary caps should not be put on MLB contracts. This became a problem actually just this past year. The reason being the MLB thinks that the 200 million dollar contracts are too much. The MLB doesn’t think 5 to 1o million dollars less will affect the athlete’s lifestyle. The MLB should not input salary caps on contracts. The main reason being the athletes wouldn’t try as hard. Another being the sport itself would become less interesting.…

was Whitey Herzog and the Royals was Dick Howser (baseball-almanac.com). “Whitey was a great manager. Probably the best at the…

Seven players from the White Sox were banned from organized baseball for fixing the series. Gambling had been a presence in baseball long before the Black Sox scandal, and the major league team owners had done little to limit its influence. Rumors of a fix circulated before, during, and after the 1919 series, but the White Sox owner, Charles Comiskey, chose not to investigate them. Prompted by concerns of several journalists and baseball executives, a grand jury investigated allegations over a…

Number 8 Is Retired Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra, the baseball Hall of Fame catcher, died Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 90. He was known by many people because of his memorable sayings. One being “90 percent of the game is half-mental.” He also has another one referring to a once popular restaurant, he says, “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” But, some of the “Yogi-isms” continue to ring true like, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” What should be remembered is that Yogi…

my science project I will be investigating the pop of two baseball bats: wooden and aluminum. The “pop” is how fast the ball comes of the bat. This project will help me better understand which bat is better. One thing we have to find is where the sweet spots are in each bat. In this case it would be wood and aluminum. The reason why I choose this project is because I love baseball. I said to myself “why don’t I make a project about baseball, because I thought it would be fun and an interesting…

Steroid Use in Sports Steroids in sports in the last 10 years have gotten out of control. They have tried to monitor them but it hasn’t worked out. Steroid testing should be monitored more in all sports because it gives players who use steroids an unfair advantage and creates health issues. One of the biggest issues about steroids is how the drugs give players an unfair advantage. The use of PED’s or performance enhancing drugs is a huge issue. (Issitt) Richard Pound stated, “Remember that…

Major League Profits Do you deserve to receive the money that you are responsible for earning? The majority (if not all) people would answer “yes.” This concept applies to the athletes inside the professional sports world. Just as a major business man would earn a high salary for a big company, these men and women do the same. With everything else put aside, the sports industry is essentially a business, and businesses and its workers perform to make money. These athletes are great sources of…

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Yankees are one of two Major League clubs based in New York City; the other is the New York Mets. The club began play in the AL in the 1901 season as the Baltimore Orioles (not to be confused with the modern Baltimore Orioles.) Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchased the…

Prior to the years of 1947, the color barrier in the game of major league baseball remained the same. White. Around that year, a movement began in attempt to integrate the sport. The president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey, looked for a player that had honor, integrity, athletic skills and discipline. Emphasis on how a player was picked with the self-control to not fight back when times were unfair. That player picked was a Black American named Jackie Robinson. Having a strong…