Ursa Minor

TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) TEAM: Houston Astros AGE: 23 (Fisher will turn 24 in August) POSITION: OF BATS: Left THROWS: Right HEIGHT: 6-foot-3 WEIGHT: 205 lbs. ACQUIRED: The Houston Astros chose Fisher in the first round of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft. He was a supplemental selection for the Astros, taken as the No. 37 player selected. He was chosen out of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The Texas Rangers had previously selected him out of…

Jackie Robinson, a true hero once said, “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” A hero is a person that one may look up to and admire because of the things they have done in their life. Jackie Robinson, who was born in a cabin to a family of sharecroppers and as a grandson of a slave is one of the most important people in baseball history. He was the man who was fearless and broke the color barrier on April 15 of 1947. Knowing the hate that would come from all of…

Baseball became known in 1845, when Alexander cartwright invented the game as we know today as baseball. Baseball was a very popular sport, which has been played for nearly two centuries. However, by 1860, baseball was already being hailed as the national pastime. known as the,National association of professional baseball players. It was soon changing to the, national league of professional baseball players, as the amateur clubs drifted from the baseball scene, it became the National League…

Shoeless Joe brings the other seven Sox players out on the baseball field to practice with him. All of these players are deceased, but they come to the field to play. Not everyone can see them but Ray, Annie, and their daughter Karin can. Once the players finish practicing, they disappear in the corn. Could this field be heaven for the players? Just as they leave Ray hears the voice again, this time it says “Ease his pain.” Once again he struggles to figure out what it means. After all his…

It’s one of the most mysterious places on Earth: the depths of a baseball player’s backpack. Moms everywhere shutter to imagine stinky old socks, trash, and general grime lurking in the backpack. In truth, it’s almost never as bad as you would imagine. If you could use X-ray vision to see inside the ball player’s backpack, you may be pleasantly surprised! Snacks No athlete can compete without the right fuel, so it will come as no surprise to find a collection of great snacks in a baseball…

Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Professional Baseball For decades now, performance-enhancing drugs or PEDs, have been an alleged problem in professional baseball. Some of the arguments in the discussion include health risks, unfair advantages, and the effect it has on our youth as role models. There are excellent arguments for both sides, but in the end, who should get the final decision? Athletes should be allowed to use performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball until research…

The Creation of Baseball Since 1839 baseball has been known as America’s pastime but to others it is even more than that. And as the history is unclear about the sport it might have been even longer than that. The start of baseball has a lot of discrepancy on how the game was started, where it was started, and who the sole creator was. With others believing baseball simply evolved from other sports. For the most part all of these are true statements with a few exceptions to them. The belief is…

Baseball is known as a regional game; however, negotiating the national broadcast rights for the MLB is an important step in providing audiences around the country with high quality baseball matchups throughout the season. The MLB has had tremendous success with their past partnerships with CBS and NBC. However, both networks have been unwilling to commit to broadcasting games throughout the week. The main purpose of this deal is to establish a partnership that will allow the MLB to showcase…

Baseball is a sport that many consider to be “America’s pastime.” It has been something that has been passed down for generations in families, along with being played across the world. According to Hanson and Ravizza (2007), the players within this specific sport have claimed that they feel the level of performance shown by them is consisting of mental and emotional elements. Since baseball is commonly started at a young age and transformed from the area of deliberate play into practice…

doors open once a baseball player sets foot into the world of Major League Baseball. New opportunities include more money, more praise, more glory, and more product endorsements (which, in turn, equals even more money). With so many players in the minor leagues, just a ladder step below the big guys, no wonder their mouths water at the prospect of increasing everything! In addition, "[a]thletes have much more riding on their decision to cheat than just a game, most notably wealth, status and…