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A lot of people who follow sports know about the Negro Leagues in baseball. Jackie Robinson played there before breaking baseball’s color barrier in the 1940s. But most people don’t know about the Black Fives. Beginning in 1904, this was the basketball league for only African-Americans. A man named Claude Johnson decided to dedicate an exhibit to the Black Fives. “There are ‘dozens and dozens’ of all-black teams that played basketball before 1950 — and that their legacy reflects the changing…

Baseball is a popular sports in different parts of the world, but when it comes to betting for baseball, one discovers a different story. It seems that betting in baseball is not as popular, and it usually takes a backseat to common sports betting like auto racing, football, tennis and basketball. The level of popularity of baseball betting may not eclipse that of football or basketball, but there’s no denying the fact that betting in this sport can also become an exciting and enriching…

Who will win the series? Who will be the World Champions between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox? Everyone is stuck on the upcoming event, World Series baseball. There will on only be one team that will go home as World Champions, but who will it be? Chicago White Sox is known to be great hitters, infielders, pitchers, a smarter team overall. White Sox expected to take the W Who has a greater chance in winning the World Championship? White Sox are more likely to win. Based on…

FLORENCE— Do you smell it? That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells... smelly. As you surely know, that smell is the legendary Samuel “Stinky” Smith, who found his way to our school and didn’t even need to compete for a place in our hearts. Some may have always wondered where this true hero came from, which is reasonable because a man like this doesn’t come very often in life. Fortunately, through working with him in recent work with the Florence Chronicle, we have…

Why Baseball is a Classic Pastime. Obviously, baseball is a classic pastime in America. But, i am going to tell you why it is. It has a little backstory that virtually no one knows about. Between the K.G.B. and the mind control hotdogs and brainwash soda, it's pretty crazy. So, one day, the U.S.S.R. Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности agents were bored and they had there beating sticks, grenades, and they had there s.w.a.t gloves, so they decided to hit grenades and catch them with their…

Joe Maddon Some people heard of the Cubs winning the World Series but didn’t know much about them, how they made it to the Word Series point, and who taught them. Joe Maddon is the whole reason the Cubs won. He is a special manager with a special talent, finding new ways.(Joe Maddon-Overview, 2016) He lets his team play freely and is not a “crackdown” type of manager. Joe Maddon created a World Series winning baseball team, applied his past knowledge to spur his team to conquer their flaws, and…

Moneyball is a modern film about the Oakland Athletics. Billy Beane, the general manager, was upset because his team lost to the New York Yankees in a 2001 postseason game. The Oakland Athletics were losing three of their star players and Beane was concerned for the 2002 season. Beane was excited for his prospect, a Yale graduate, but then ended up hiring an inexperienced assistant general manager. The transition of assistant general manager is not smooth. Oakland scouts do not like Brand’s…

What do writers John Updike and Robert Penn Warren have in common. Well among other things to each other in a poem about baseball. John Updike who has written other sports related literature wrote the poem Tao in Yankee stadium bleachers and Robert Penn Warren wrote the poem He Was Formidable. Both of these poems appear in the book “Hummers, Knuckles, and Slow Curves, Contemporary Baseball Poems” [University of Illinois Press; Urbana and Chicago, 1991.] an anthology. For people who thought…

Flat Track Racing This paper is going to be on Flat Track Racing. This paper will inform you on what you need to Flat Track Race, when Flat Track Racing got started, and how it got started. The track is made up of compacted dirt, once it has been compacted water goes on to makes it slick which makes sliding around the turns easier. There are many different places to race but the most popular is Dayton because it is the biggest place to race. Things needed to race are helmet, gloves, riding…

The Role of Statistics. A game of numbers, the Moneyball effect is considered start of professional baseball statistics. Statistics play the main role in baseball. It’s made a huge change in the way baseball runs and how players are evaluated and could be rated to be drafted. Every team uses statistics and it is not an even playing field. There are high salary cap teams and there are low salary cap teams. When statistic first became a huge role in baseball because low salary cap teams…