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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,…

Often, we sports fans love to talk about the big plays, trades and all that makes our love of the game complete. Unfortunately, we can’t always discuss these 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…

Hank Greenburg was definitely a major influence on not only baseball but also society. He stood for so much and was very prideful of being a Jew. Back in the late 1990’s it was very rare to see different ethnicities and races participate in the game of baseball. This was not by choice but because they were prohibited from playing the game of baseball. Segregation as huge back then and Hank Greenberg stayed true to who he was and never gave into societies views of him being a Jew playing baseball…

Michael Lewis's article, The No-Stats All-Star discusses how a defensive basketball player has terrible stats but whatever team he's on does significantly better and the opponent notably worse. To begin with basketball player Shane Battier is considered a "marginal" basketball player by some but always seems to be the reason whatever team he's on is winning, yet he's often discredited for it. To continue, Daryl Morey was hired by the rockets head coach (Shane Battier's team) to rethink the…

The 20th century in the United States of America was an era of massive evolution. Through the decades, history was made; new discoveries, new society, and racial breakthroughs have shaped America. Baseball was originally believed to have been invented by Abner Doubleday of New York in 1839. Later it was discovered that the game was not invented by Doubleday but by Alexander Cartwright. Abner Doubleday had nothing to do with the creation of the sport. Abner Graves, who shared the information…

Agreeing to disagree Randy Cohen wrote The Good, The Bad & the Difference, which has articles that were written and published in the New Your Times Magazine, explaining the moral rights and wrongs of everyday situation. One of the articles that a boy wrote about from Houston, Texas, is on page 199 and is called, Take Me Out To The Cheap Seats. Cohen’s responses are understandable and are ethical; however, this particular article needs the ethics and the morals challenged. In brief summary, the…

Jackie Robinson HOME RUN! From Jackie Robinson! Jackie Robinson changed society, when he joined a major league baseball team. Jackie Robinson had a positive impact on our society. Jackie Robinson didn't impact society in one day, so in this research paper you will see the journey he took that change society. Who was Jackie Robinson? Was he rookie of the year in 1947, most valuable player in 1949, batting champion of 1949 or the first African-American to play on major league baseball. Turns…

Billy still spouts the same baseball dogma: he tells Volcker that his team’s success is a random fluke, nothing more. But although Billy doesn’t believe his own presentation, he doesn’t know what, precisely, accounts for his team’s success in recent seasons. Ch7- Starts with Yankees and the A’s at the beginning of the 2002 season. We also see another side of Paul. Paul, unlike Billy isn’t temperamental or emotional about baseball. He’s intelligent but he comes from a sports background, which…

Racial history of pro baseball The baseball world that the young Jackie Robinson knew consisted of a whites-only system of the eight-team National and American leagues, as well as hundreds of Minor league teams. Blacks played in the "Negro Leagues," which developed after 1900 as an alternative to the segregated white game. Following the notorious Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 World Series, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis incorporated more of a power-hitting game, which became the dominant…

Bernie Williams Retirement Speech The Pitcher throws the ball… Batter swings…. and the ball is gone! Those are the words that every little kid in Puerto Rico dreams to hear when they grow up. Bernie Williams was fortunate to achieve that dream and play professional baseball for the New York Yankees. I chose to do Bernie Williams because he is one of the players I looked up to growing up playing baseball. He is also a huge role model for all Puerto Ricans and is loved by the whole island.…