Pittsburgh Pirates

A cool, cloudy, but dry night rolled over the Friendly Confines in north end of Chicago. Two rabid packs of fans starved, and now frothing at the mouth as the sweet taste of his or her team to finally taking the title back home becomes more of a reality every night. With either outcome a drought will be ended, and a flood of emotion will consume the nation of fans. Battling it out in Game 5 of the 2016 World Series the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. After losing, a close and emotional…

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Stadium in Wilson, NC before moving to Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. When they were the Columbus Mudcats they were affiliates of the Houston Astros. That all changed once they moved to North Carolina and became the Carolina Mudcats then the Pittsburgh Pirates became they affiliates. They are currently affiliates with the Atlanta Braves and are in the Carolina League. Their players report to the manager over them. This sports agency is considered a professional sport. The Carolina Mudcats…

To help achieve a better understanding of how comparable professional athletes are in their respective sports, looking at the top 100 earners in each sport will help. The MLB dominates other sports in average salary for the top 100 earners with 16.4 million dollars. Although the MLB has the highest average salary for the top 100 earners in the sport, they are being undervalued. “On average, teams are undervaluing players by 357,836.64” (Pearce). Since athletes in baseball seem to make the most…

Performance Enhancing Drugs. One of the most popular topics in all of sports, particularly baseball. It’s been around the game for the past few decades, and possibly even before that. When you think of Performance Enhancing Drugs, or PED’s for short, you think of a drug that are considered illegal, narcotic, or even dangerous, depending on how much you use. This stuff is no joke. These drugs are also considered an abusive substance, meaning you can do more harm to other people, other than…

The Great Depression was the worst economic downfall in America that affected many Americans throughout the nation. Millions of Americans were unemployed and as a result it challenged and put a strain in many American families. Not only did the Great Depression put an economic strain to society but it also caused social and psychological demands onto families. With families falling apart and no light in sight, it seemed as though there weren’t anything that could bring “hope” in the many…

The way I figured it, I was even with baseball and baseball with me. The game had done much for me, and I had done much for it. Jackie Robinson has done a lot for baseball of all leagues. Jackie Robinson has changed Major League Baseball for the better. Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia. He was raised with four other siblings in Pasadena, California by his mother and uncle. His Father left the family when Jackie was a baby. Jackie had to help his mother out by delivering…

There are few things that are more disappointing for athletes and fans than witnessing their favorite sports team losing a game that was decided by a bad call. Implementing the use of instant replay would allow for an increased accuracy and make sure that missed calls are corrected. Even a good official could find him or herself out of position and be unable to see how a particular play unfolds, or they could simply just miss a call. Instant replay could be the answer that can help fix the…

Within the United States culture there are many different opportunities for entertainment. A few entertainment purposes, there are books, all kinds of racing, movies, shopping, and then there are sports. Americans focus on several different types of sports from college, professional, and high school athletics. Professional athletics usually get more attention and earn more money than the other types of sports. Since these athletes get paid so much it should be certain that they would not miss a…

In 1920, the first radio broadcast went out from KDKA in Pittsburgh. A man named Frank Conrad, an engineer, broadcasted music from his home radio, having the “original” radio station (Benson 1). By 1922, around 600 radio stations had started all over America and the radio craze had begun. Within a 7-year time span…