...Baseball America’s Past-time Author: Dane A Smith SO103 JAN 18, 2015 Baseball as we know it today began as a folk game in many civilizations throughout the world, but can be traced back most closely to England. Several alternate versions were played in Colonial America, including stoolball, cricket, and other "bat and ball" games. References to "baseball" can be traced back to 1791, but modern day baseball first came to light, according to many, when Abner Doubleday wrote the rules for the game in 1939 in Cooperstown, New York. Another version of the rules, this time written by Alexander Cartright in 1845, came about for the first official baseball team, the New York Knickerbockers. By 1857, adult baseball clubs came together and created the National Association of Base Ball Players, forming the first official Baseball League. The National League of American Baseball Players would evolve to the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs in 1875. Until the 1880s, African American, "Indian", Southern and Central Americans, played in these baseball clubs, including players Fleet and Welday Walker. However, these players would be demoted out of the Major Leagues in the 1880s, and Major League Baseball would remain a "White Only" sport until 1947 with the signing of Jackie Robinson to the...
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...World war two effect on baseball When World War 2 came around in 1942 the United States had a lack of soldiers in the war so the U.S had to do a draft and asked for more volunteers to be sent to Germany France Italy and all the European places being attacked by the Germans. So some baseball players were drafted and some volunteered. A lot were star players that were just going into their prime. Most were also young and just got into the league. During World War Two baseball had gone through lots of changes because of the lack of players. So many people played even if they were not good. And then one day a man changed the whole view of women back in 1942. So women had pretty much no rights to do anything just simply because they were women. So this man (Phillip Wrigley) saw that baseball was going nowhere fast and he...
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...was a bad time for all Major League Baseball teams due to decrease in amount of players on the teams. Major League Baseball was said to be on hold because of the war. Philip K. Wrigley the owner of the Chicago Cubs realized that this was a problem, he began looking for ideas in 1943 to help continue the large amount of people going to Wrigley. He then saw how big softball was and how many fans it brought, then he came up with the idea of girls playing professional baseball. He not only thought this was a good idea to bring fans to Wrigley but also to keep people and soldiers entertained during the war .Women playing baseball goes...
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...The American people have always been infatuated with competitive play against one another. We owe this anomaly to the primeval mentalities left behind through human evolution; and, we certainly have much to thank for these actions. Sporting, as is explained by renowned sports author Richard Davies, is the “Organized competitive activity between participants that requires some combination of skill and physical prowess.”1 Though, something more complex and unusual also comes with activity of this nature, and this is the ability to forget the destitution and difficulty of everyday life and the capability to be on a level playing field with many people that believe the same way, no matter what socio-economic class they represent. One sport in particular has transcended all other games, has continually been a psychological shelter from pain and hardships of life, and also a cultural rocket breaking through the social barriers in the American society. That sport is simply the most beloved American game of all, baseball. The purpose of this essay is to critically explore a myriad of aspects of life that have been changed due to sports, all the while concentrating on baseball as the main focal point. Further, this work will continually pose the question of how it is conceivable that a single and simple sport could greatly impact a country the way baseball has the United States. At the time of the first foreign inhabitants of North America, life was more difficult than someone of the...
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...What were the roles of blacks and women in 19th century baseball? The legendary game of baseball, the roar of the crowd, the crack of the bat, the hot dogs and peanuts, and most of all the excitement is why America's pastime has had a long history filled with great moments, heroic players, and breakthroughs in our modern society. The first Negro Leagues contained baseball teams comprised of African American players who, after being rejected by “white baseball”, decided to start their own league. After the American Civil War, free African Americans pursued their dream of playing professional baseball. However, there was an unofficial ban on African Americans, which meant that they couldn’t play in major league baseball even if they were talented....
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...best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat". Babe was an American baseball player who spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) playing for three teams between the years of 1914–1935. The most important points of Babe’s life are his early childhood, his major league baseball career, and the legacy that Babe left behind. Ruth came from German-American parents, Kate Schamberger-Ruth and George Herman Ruth, Sr. His parents owned a succession of saloons (bars) and sold lightning rods. Babe Ruth was one of seven children; however only two of the seven children survived infancy, Ruth and his sister, Marnie. At the age of seven, Ruth’s father signed custody of his son over to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage ran by catholic missionaries. Ruth would only get to see his family on special occasions and holidays, however his mother died from tuberculosis when Babe was a teenager. Brother Matthias Boutlier of the orphanage became Ruth’s father figure in life; teaching him how to read, write, and most importantly, introducing Ruth to the sport of baseball. Brother Matthias helped Ruth to work on his hitting, running, and pitching. In 1913, Ruth’s talent and abilities at baseball were noticed by scout, Joe Engel, who brought Ruth to the attention of Jack Dunn, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles (who at the time were a minor league baseball team). In 1914, Jack Dunn signed Ruth to the Baltimore Oriels for only $250 (less than $6000...
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...many wars throughout American history, but this was the very first where the entire production industry changed drastically. For the first time in history, all women were working the jobs that men could not longer do because of the call of duty to serve their nation. The quote “War can both imprison the soul and liberate it.” explains how war can both have positive and negative aspects as shown in the movies, A League of Their Own and To End All Wars. These aspects include the growth of respect/freedom for women and the horrific life of a POW. Women played a key role during World War II. They were no longer just raising children...
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...A Man Who Changed Major League Baseball Forever: Robinson was a role model for all, for he had a rough life and never gave up.Robinson is the son of Mallie Robinson and had four siblings. He grew up being a member of the only African-American family on the block.In high school he excelled quickly in sports. He played the following sports: baseball, basketball, football, and track. Due to financial issues, he was forced to leave college early. Later he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army,but after two years he had to leave due to racial discrimination”Biography.” Later in Robinson's life,he played in the Negro Baseball League; he was a player for the Kansas City Monarchs.His career took a turn in 1947 when Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers, approached Robinson about joining the Brooklyn...
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...In today’s society women are not allowed to play baseball with men due to patriarchal myths and misconceptions that have been around since the emergence of baseball in America. All women should be able to play baseball with men and there is no legitimate reason why they shouldn't. Women are physically, mentally, and emotionally capable of playing baseball just as men are. With that being said their biological sex or gender should not and does not affect their ability to play baseball in the company of men. In addition their sex should not deem their athletic ability as inferior in comparison to men. Since the adoption of baseball as an American pastime, the sport of baseball has been cultivated and altered to amputate women exuding the masculinity of baseball. The emergence of baseball as popular and profitable sport has failed to acknowledge and highlight the athletic abilities women. Instead its conception has affirmed women to be fragile and it has also depicted women to not have the skills or talents to play and compete alongside men. There are numerous individuals who are opposed to fusion of women and men on the baseball field. These individuals use demeaning stereotypes and beliefs to support their claims. Often these claims are false and are not supported by factual or scientific data. For example these claims say that women are weaker than men, women are not physically capable of playing sports, or a woman's place is in the home rather than on the playing field. These...
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...Willoughby Baseball League 1951-2015 Willoughby Baseball League 1951 - 2015 * June 19, 1951 - Youth baseball coming to Willoughby! Harry Winters, recreation director of the city, announces that "Little League" baseball is coming in the near future. Stay tuned. * June 21, 1951 - That was quick! Harry announces that June 26 will be the first tryouts at Todd Field. * June 26, 1951 - Willoughby Baseball is born! 27 turn out for the first tryouts of what will be known as the "Small Fry League," with hopes of becoming part of sanctioned "Little League®" next year. * July 10, 1951 - First games played in what we now know as the Willoughby Baseball League! Hot-Shots defeat the Lemons, 4-2. Games were played during the day. * July 11, 1951 - Public opening of the Small Fry League to take place at Daniels 1. It's slated to be the first game of a double header with an adult softball game as the night cap. Sadly, the league suffers its first rainout. Rescheduled for July 18, the following Wednesday. * July 18, 1951 - Hot-Shots defeat Avilas, 11-6, in public inaugural of Small Fry League. Bruce Roniger hits what is most likely the first home run in league history, a three run shot in the fifth to cap a come from behind win. * August 9, 1951 - (They're playing in August?) First season comes to end as Hot-Shots win title, 4-3, on a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth! Ouch! Dan Derrick is winning pitcher. * In 1952, the Small...
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...31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. His middle name, Roosevelt came from President Theodore Roosevelt. He was the youngest of 5 children; Robinson didn’t have a father figure in his life because he left their family just after Jackie was born. His mother Millie raised all 5 children by herself. Just a year after Jackie was born his family left the small town of Cairo, Georgia and set off for a town in California, called Pasadena. As a young boy, Jackie watched his older brothers as they excelled in sports during school....
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... Cadet Kotelnikov Oleg Group ATO-14-2 Supervised by Bershattskaya S.A. Ulyanovsk 2015 CONTENTS Introduction 3 1. Baseball 4 2. Basketball 5 3. American football 6 4. Ice hockey 7 5. Soccer 8 6. Other popular sports 10 Conclusion 11 References 11 INTRODUCTION Americans pay much attention to physical fitness. Many sports and sporting activities are popular in the USA. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowing, archery, skiing, skating etc. But the five major American sports are hockey, volleyball, baseball, football and basketball. Basketball and volleyball have been invented in America. There is a large choice of sports in America. This can be explained by the size and variety of the country. Another reason of the popularity of sports is the people’s love of competition of any kind. One more reason is that Americans use sports activities for teaching socials values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship. All this explains why Americans have traditionally done well in many kinds of sports. Every high school offers its students many sports, such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no separate “universities” for sports in the USA. Students of any higher educational establishment are trained in different kinds of...
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...playing hockey? And are blacks more skilled at playing basketball? “Because the kids play the sports that dominate the area in which they grow up in. “I grew up in Milwaukee (which is a very segregated city) and can figure out why the above questions are asked”. Analysis For the analysis, as a sociologist perspective this article can be various concepts of sociology. This article can be seen as culture Stereotypes. Mainly because some may say that black African Americans is not just labeled as a football player, basketball player, or a baseball or many more because they say that black African Americans are just pure athletes. One reason why they might think black African Americans are just athletes instead of being labeled in a particular sport is because a black person may have been playing basketball all his life and never really played anything else, but one day he may decide to pick up a basketball, and realize that he’s pretty good, he have a nice shot, or he can dribble really good, or if he played baseball, he could throw a 90 mile per hour fast ball, and...
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...on March 27, 1987, was a sports executive and wound up being the first woman inducted into the American Baseball Hall of Fame. Effa was the co-owner for the Newark Eagles in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley until he passed away. She then took over full responsibility for the team making them the first franchise to be owned by a woman. After her husband’s death, she served the team as an executive but also fulfilled many of her husband’s responsibilities as treasurer of the Negro National League. Effa Manley was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she grew up and went to high school. After graduating from Penn Central High school in 1916, Manley entered the hat making business. This was pretty short lived until she met her husband, married him and went into the baseball business with him. One thing that is quite interesting with Effa Manley was that her racial background was not fully known. There were questions of whether she was white or black because of her stepparent’s...
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...happening during this time, the tension between the two main powers at the time, being Russia and the United States, was consistently apparent. The two countries, backing different political ideologies, raced across the world to the countries that had been left in disarray after World War II invasions. The Americans hoped to convert more countries to enter a democratic government, while Russia and The Soviet Union was pushing for a Communist party. Because this war lasted for such a long time, with little to show for it at any point, it left many American’s scared, questioning the great country that so many had fought to protect, and looking for some hope....
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