Major League Baseball Players Association

Baseball is a game of extreme statistics, especially in the MLB. Sabermetrics is becoming a very popular cultural term for average Americans. After the release of Moneyball a film that showed the importance of statistical analysis in baseball, the culture was hooked on Sabermetrics. This project will analyze earned run average (ERA) and some of the variables that play a pertinent role in determining a great ERA. ERA is the most popular metric used to decide whether a pitcher is deemed great,…

I met another bump. I was at softball practice, on 3rd base, ready to score, as I got my foot stuck in the dirt and behind me. I didn’t think anything of it and continued practicing, but later that night when my ankle swelled up to the size of a baseball, kind of made me think it was broke. The next day I was taken to the doctors, and the day after that I had surgery. I was at the age where I needed to be playing because it would affect me the most lately in the years. Luckily I never hit any…

aspects. Sometimes we forget that these players are people beyond their jerseys and uniforms. Recently, the sporting world took notice of two superstars that fell on hard times and the recovery they embarked on. For the Yankee faithful, we learned of the struggles CC Sabathia has been dealing with. Certainly, we all would loved to have CC this postseason, but that didn’t matter compared to what he was dealing with off the field. Beyond an incredible player, CC is an incredible human that took…

been based around baseball. I started playing tee ball and did not stop until my sophomore year in high school. My sophomore year I was cut from the baseball team because the coaches did not think I was good enough. I was lost, those coaches took away my love. Everything grim that occurs in life can be overcame by attitude and perseverance. My sophomore year in high school my baseball coach was fired and a more experienced coach took his place. Everyone interested in baseball attended meeting…

The Game of Baseball The game of baseball is played around the world. Baseball is played with two teams of nine players on each team. Baseball is played with a glove bat and ball. You may not need a lot of equipment to play baseball, but you do need a lot of knowledge for the game if you want to win. The nine players are placed throughout the field with a first basemen, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, pitcher, and a catcher. These players make up the infielders. The outfield has…

African Americans were at the bottom of the social class. During the Civil Rights Movement there were many important figures that help lead to desegregation, and two of them were Jackie Robinson and Wilma Rudolph. On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson made baseball history and became part of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Wilma Rudolph also was an important figure to American history. She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in one single Olympic game in 1960. Although Jackie Robinson and…

Our team had just finished the second game of the day in Cooperstown NY. We had already lost a game and we had to win the next game to move on. I was pitching this next game. I was prepared and then went to warm up. “10 minutes to game time!” the umpire yelled. We were the visitors team which meant we hit first. Everybody on my team was ready to play when the game finally started. The top of our line up went up to bat. We scored two runs in the first inning and then it was time for me to start…

as to whether the umpire ought to apply the rules as they are written, or if they should apply them in the way that they feel is correct. Specifically, it uses an example of the umpires changing a rule regarding the strike zone and the majority of baseball fans agree with the result. This however, is an incomplete and inaccurate description because it does not consider the implicit dangers…

He asked if I wanted to try I was never really good at these but I guessed and I won them. I was so happy he gave me two tickets and I asked my dad and he said ya. I was expecting to see baseball players a bunch of people with hats and a lot of food. I was also expecting to get a baseball from one of the players. I would want to bring warm clothes incase that night I get cold. I would also want to bring a bag of cloughs for the next day incase we stay the night at a hotel after the game. But…

The summer going into my junior year, I tried out for the summer baseball team. However, although I had never anticipated there would be a problem with my talent levels, considering I had played freshman and sophomore year, I did not make the roster. I was devastated. In the eight years of my baseball career, this was by far the lowest of lows. When faced with adversity and defeat many people decide to give up and quit. Thankfully, this was not my mindset. The devastation caused me to push and…