Major League Baseball All-Century Team

Throughout history there has been numerous accounts of cultures being oppressed by another. There is one that stands out above all: oppression of African-Americans. However, we do not refer to this era as oppression but rather segregation. Segregation is defined as “a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group,” in this case from Caucasians (“The Definition of Segregation”). From the day the first slaves arrived in America until 1964 when President…

During the first 45 years of Major League Baseball, any person who desired to know the events of a game had to be present at the ballpark or at the location at which the game was being played. Fortunately, for the game of baseball and for the American people, in 1921, radio stations began broadcasting baseball games to the American people who could not be at the ballpark, whether it was a financial matter, if the venue was sold out, or if the people were simply unable to make it in time to see…

was an all-American basketball player at the University of Maryland. In 1986 he won the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year Award, and he was the second overall pick in that year’s NBA draft. Less than 48 hours after the draft, Bias died of a cocaine overdose. He was 22 years old” (Drugs and athletes,13).Another example of someone losing their live because of drugs is former cy young pitcher Steve Howe, “During the next decade, Howe was in and out of rehab as often as he changed teams.…

Chewing tobacco should be banned from professional baseball because it is an unhealthy addiction and leaves a negative impact on America’s youth. Chewing tobacco has been a part of the game for too long and has been causing problems since the beginning. It has been used throughout the game by players and managers alike; this widespread use has been a negative influence to the younger generation in America. Seeing their heroes (professional athletes), chewing, has caused kids to follow in their…

of the greatest baseball players of all time, influenced many by his actions on and off the diamond. Hank Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama on February 5, 1934. He was the the third of eight children in his family and the child of Herbert and Estella Aaron. Hank grew up fascinated about the sport of baseball. Any amount of free time Hank had he was playing some type of baseball. He grew up playing with only a stick and bottle caps. Herbert would occasionally make him baseballs out of nylon…

Over the years, statistical analysis has changed the face of almost every major sporting event during the twenty first century. This is especially true for America’s pastime, professional baseball. Since the beginning, scouts and other club executives bought and sold players based on a variety of attributes such as looks, physique, personality, and whether or not he is a multi tool ball player or not. Sabermetrics shattered this way of managing players and changed the behind the scene action…

When asked about legalization, Bud Selig, the former commissioner of Major League Baseball, posed a weak rebuttal by citing Arnold Rothstein as a reason against legalization. Selig’s ideology is flawed in several ways. First of all, sports gambling has always been illegal in America, for all intents and purposes. Therefore, when Selig mentioned Rothstein it was a poor example because sports betting wasn’t legal when he fixed the World Series. Furthermore, it was easier to pull off such a caper…

across America. Jackie got his first taste of professional baseball when the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Branch Rickey, decided to sign him to the Royals, a farm team of the Dodgers. Rickey had the intention of integrating American ball, so he sought out Robinson because he know that he would be…

Baseball is an all American sport that takes its pride in its patriotism. At one time American baseball was the number one sport to watch and follow in the United States. It was just as popular as American Football is today. It was considered a gentlemen’s game that held a high reputation for gamesmanship and sportsmanship. Baseball had a very powerful influence on society. During the 1940’s, baseball was majority played by white Americans. Thanks to Jackie Robinson, today baseball is one…

The power to choose has empowered humans for many centuries. Democracy, a crucial component to the foundation of America, is based on the power of choice. Choice is no longer an unproven idea, in the 21st century it is how we run our lives. To preserve this power of choice, the professional sports leagues of the National Basketball Association and the National Football League have adopted a policy of free agency. However, several aspects of NBA and NFL free agency are different, which means one…