Minor league baseball

The year of the draft has an impact on the players’ performance, due to overall player quality in a draft, (for instance, a player might be picked #2 in a strong draft, but #1 in a weak draft) league performance averages, (some years the average WS/48 is higher than other years) and other factors, such as lockouts. Since the performance of each player is dependent on the year, pairing the players based on year drafted minimizes the effect of…

Melba Pattillo Beals. Jackie Robinson. Feng Ru. These are the people who have permanently etched their legacy on to their countries, facing life-changing experiences that required pure bravery and strength. Have you, like these historic figures, ever faced any challenges in achieving your dreams? Their own moments are recorded in Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals, I Never Had It Made by Jackie Robinson, and “The Father of Chinese Aviation” written by Rebecca Maksel, emphasizing Feng Ru as…

October 17, 1989 was a calm day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two neighboring cities, San Francisco and Oakland were buzzing with excitement because each city’s major league baseball team, the San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics was competing in the World Series. It was a Bay Area rivalry for the biggest prize in baseball and the crowds were headed to San Francisco to prepare for a 5:30pm first pitch at Candlestick Park. Then, at around 5:03pm not long before the scheduled first pitch,…

the United States as a minority can be extremely challenging and discouraging at times, but Jackie Robinson set a hopeful example to many people that the color barrier could be broken as the first African American to play for the Dodgers in a major league sport. Throughout my life I have been faced with odds that have not been in my favor, and with casual racism, but I have prevailed in a similar smaller scale. I attend a small high school of five hundred thirty seven students, and eighty…

All About Alex Morgan! You might think that Alex Morgan known as “Baby Horse” is just an incredible famous soccer player but there is way more amazing and interesting things you should know about Alex Morgan. Alex Morgan was born July 2, 1989 at Diamond Bar California.As a kid Alex Morgan lived with her family, sister named Jeri Morgan,brother named Servando Morgan, a mother named Pamela S. Morgan and a father named Michele T. Morgan.Who all supported her a lot in soccer and school. Alex…

The 1920’s was known as the Golden Age of American sports. Bigger and better stadiums were built. “The most famous athlete in the United States in the 1920s was baseball star George Herman “Babe” Ruth, the right fielder for the New York Yankees”(Sumner, J). The 1920’s influenced the way sports are today. The way the 1920s influenced was by having game changing players like Babe Ruth, by becoming more organized and professional, and lastly is by becoming more popular. Babe Ruth was the most…

Introduction Money rules in Major League Baseball. The more money a team has, the more likely they are to do better during their season. That is why teams such as the Dodgers, Yankees, and Giants don’t have much difficulty building a strong team. With such a high salary cap, they have the ability to sign the best players. With better players, that leads to better development as well as an easier way to attract better free agents. Due to that, very rarely do teams with low salary caps like the…

What would happen if Major League Baseball held a league-wide draft where every player in each organization became available and each General Manager could choose a total of five players to steal from other teams; but if two GMs selected the same player, he would remain with his current team and GMs were not allowed to communicate with each other? Earlier this year, SB Nation conducted this game theory simulation by having 30 of their writers act as the GMs for each team. The most intriguing…

who guided the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series victory in 86 years. Epstein then chose to take on another colossal challenge by agreeing to become the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs, who have been on a 108 -year quest to win the World Series. When Epstein was named the new President of Baseball Operations, Cubs fans would stop him on the streets of Chicago delving into conversations such as: “My dad is 87 years old and has been waiting all his life to see the…

his journey from a kid in New York dreaming about baseball to becoming a successful and winning General Manager and coach. There were many conflicts from society that faced Dayton Moore because no one believed that Kansas City baseball would ever accomplish anything. We was told things…