Ty Cobb

Religion in philanthropy and faith-based organizations have been frequently discussed in academic literature and research. Through this literature review, I will discuss the research on both. All major religions emphasize generosity to those in need. In Christianity, believers are called to love their neighbors (Seelarbokus, 2016). In Islam, there are the concepts of the zakat and sadaqua to care for those in need (Lambarra & Riener, 2015). Judaism stresses the importance of tithing to…

Parents Caring for a Child with a Mental Disorder Parents caring for a child with a mental disorder can experience the phenomenon of psychological stress (Dyson, 1997; Manning, Wainwright, & Bennett, 2011; McStay & Trembath, 2014; Paynter, Riley, Beamish, Davies, & Milford, 2013; Wolf, Noh, Fisman, & Speechly, 1989). A mental disorder is an impairment in psychological or behavioural tendencies, which may cause a person to show disruptive, violent or harmful behaviour to themselves or others…

Early in the 20th century, boxing, baseball, and horseracing were the three of the most popular sports in America. They offered great experiences for a low cost. However, they were a reflection of how society and life was during this era from 1900 to 1930s. America was dealing with racial tensions and relations, economic struggles, conflict with labor and capital, and corruption in the sports and trying to clean it up. The issues of America were grand and these three sports brought it life in a…

The Steroid Era in Major League Baseball lasted from the 1990’s to 2004. It was a time where players from all around the league took performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) to improve themselves. It came to an end in October, 2003. According to “Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Baseball” by California State University Professor Paul D. Staudohar, when the San Francisco Chronicle posted that the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) had been giving out illegal performance enhancing drugs to athletes…

Baseball from its creation in America has stayed true to its values as well as mirroring American society; both good and bad. It has been there for Americas during their worst times and continues to change as Americans change. Throughout the generations, baseball has been passed down from father to son or mother to daughter and has brought people of every size, age, shape, and color together for a common cause; to cheer on their favorite team or play their favorite game. For these reasons and…

Baseball has been a fixture in America’s past since the early days and one may say is it is America’s pastime. Charles Alexander writes the book, Breaking the Slump: Baseball in the Great Depression Era with that in mind. Alexander has complied a book about what baseball was like during the years when America lived in a time of great poverty and economic troubles. Alexander writes with the aim of writing a chronology of baseball and how it the happenings of the world influenced this sport.…