The Clique series

barrier to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers. A talented and versatile player, Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year award his first season and helped the Dodgers to the National League championship – the first of his six trips to the World Series. In 1949 Robinson won the league MVP award, and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Despite his skill, Robinson faced a barrage of insults and threats because of his race. The courage and grace with which Robinson handled…

“Leaders are being Affiliative when they focus on the emotional needs of employees even over work goals, and are masters at building relationships” (Goleman, p65). Joe Torre exemplified this masterfully when during the 1999 World Series “he ably tended to his players’ psyches, as they endured the emotional pressure from the pennant race” (Chris, 2015). By opening up to his players about personal issues, such as his own battle with prostate cancer and his feelings about his brother…

Sabermetrics is regularly characterized as the target investigation of baseball by methods for insights. The term was made by Bill James as reverence to the Society of American Baseball Research—SABR. Yet, sabermetrics didn't pick up standard consideration until Michael Lewis' book Moneyball was distributed in 2003. Lewis chronicled the endeavors of Oakland Athletics General Manager Billy Beane, who has utilized measurable examination to direct the Athletics to five playoff appearances over the…

The baseball world is a great, pompous sports world, and that makes you want to know about the richest baseball players in the world. This article covers that in this list of the top 10 richest of them, and you’re going to love it! Number Ten: Randy Johnson As of 2012, Randy was worth about $115 million. He makes much of his income through endorsements of some of the most popular brands. Number Nine: Tom Glavine This left-handed guy has been the thrill of many of his fans for so long, and he…

It was the bottom of the ninth, and the Yankees are currently up to bat. There are men on second and third base, yet only one out in the inning. One of our best pitches on the Cardinals roster this year, which was 1930. Jesse Haines was closing the game today. We were currently winning by one run, the score is 3-2 and all we have to do is hold them and the game is ours. Nevertheless, with our luck, Babe Ruth steps up to the plate. He is not a force to be looked down on, with his .359…

The Arms Race Everybody needs arms, and no one is available. That’s the theme this year’s trade deadline. It certainly is a seller’s market. With the expanded wild card spot, everybody thinks they have a chance. Then there are the teams that have had that cold long look in the mirror and have rationalized with themselves that lets pack it in and build for the future. The problem with this scenario is that the teams that are in this spot already as sellers are there for a reason. The…

Across a confused world locked in different times, a war breaks out to control the African oil rigs.On the western corner of the world lies the Western Alliance and on the east lies the Shinobi Alliance. A man by the name of The Trespasser had trained for most of his life to confronting the Sage who has changed the world with no reasons known whatsoever.The Trespasser, a man who had his entire family killed when the Western Alliance invaded East Vietnam in a deadly nuclear strike.He begins his…

“All I can tell them is pick a good one and sock it. I get back to the dugout and they ask me, what it was I hit and I tell them, I don't know except it looked good.” That was a famous quote by Babe Ruth, or his former name George Herman Ruth Jr., he was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 6, 1895. (“Babe Ruth Biography”). George started his fame at only nineteen, he was a starting pitcher and was playing for the Red Sox. Babe Ruth also batted and threw left handed. The positions he played…

FanDuel and Draftkings both have been behemoths in the sports world, especially in the past couple of years due to a recent advertising surge. They are both fantasy companies who offer daily online fantasy sports for money. The companies offer leagues which anyone can join for a fee as little as $1 and the person whose lineup has the most points gets to take all the money from everyone else in the league. FanDuel and Draftkings make money by taking a small percentage of the winnings, for…

Woodrum, Brandon 09/02/16 Microeconomics Module 3 Labor Market Question - 1 What economic principle justifies the high salaries of some professional athletes? Suppose the manager of a baseball team wants to hire a new pitcher for $4 million per year. Under what circumstances would it make sense for the team to do so? -The manager of a baseball team can hire a new pitcher for $4 million per year only if the team is doing well and earning so much that can afford the salary of new pitcher or…