...The Boston Red Sox vs. The New York Yankees According to "The History of Major League Baseball" (2003/2013), professional baseball dates back to 1869 when the Cincinnati Red Stockings were formed by a group of Ohio investors (First Pro Team the Cincinnati Red Stockings). In 1903 a governing body was formed to enforce the rules of the game and was made up of two separate leagues, the American League and the National League. That was the birth of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the first World Series, which put the best from both leagues against each other to establish dominance, was in the fall of 1903 ("Boston Red Sox 1901 - Present", 2001/2013). The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees have been members of the American League since day one and currently are members of the eastern division of that league. These two franchises demonstrate how to build a strong fan base and team chemistry by acquiring players and managers that represent the cities in which they play. The Boston Red Sox, originally the Boston Americans, were formed in 1901 ("Boston Red Sox 1901 - Present", 2001/2013). They took on the Red Sox name in 1907. The first World Series ever played was between Boston and the Pittsburgh franchise with Boston winning the series and being crowned the new organizations first champions. The team enjoyed much success in the early years winning five championships from 1903 – 1918 before having a championship drought that lasted until 2004. The franchise has appeared in 12...
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... The New York Yankees pricing strategy is largely constructed around the tickets offered to their games due to the simple fact that revenues generated from tickets contribute to over half of the New York Yankees annual revenue (Bloomberg, 2013). The Yankees offer four general types of tickets for sale; these are regular season single tickets, premium tickets and season tickets. Each one varies in price and product/service provided, and even within each subset there are variations in price. Regular Single Season Ticket Price for New York Yankees: (TeamMarketingReport, 2014) Average - $51.55 (2nd highest in the league) Most Expensive - $1600.00 Least Expensive - $15.00 MLB Average - $27.93 The high cost of the tickets can be attributable to the Yankees success on the field, quality of product, large demand and move to a new stadium. From the 90’s to 2008 the Yankees were able to keep ticket prices within modest range, though still on the higher end of the spectrum the prices were closer to the league average(Emanuele, 2011). However with the Yankees moving into a brand new stadium in 2009 with nicer amenities, the prices in tickets changed to reflect that. (Getz, 2012) Premium tickets are regular single season tickets that come with at least one added amenity or classified by a team as premium due to occasions such as a big rival coming to town or special commemoration. The New York Yankees after their move into the new stadium...
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...26, 1974) is an American baseball shortstop who has played 17 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. A twelve-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, Jeter's clubhouse presence, on-field leadership, hitting ability, and baserunning have made him a central figure of the franchise during the Yankees' success of the 1990s and 2000s.[1] Due to his impact on the team, he has served as the Yankees' team captain since 2003.[2] He is regarded as a consummate professional by teammates and opponents alike,[3] and has a reputation as a reliable contributor in the postseason.[4] Jeter was drafted out of high school by the Yankees organization in 1992, and he debuted in the Major Leagues in 1995. The following year, he became the Yankees' starting shortstop and won the Rookie of the Year Award. In addition, Jeter's achievements include four Silver Slugger Awards, five Gold Glove awards, All-Star Game MVP Award, World Series MVP Award, and membership in the 3,000 hit club. Many players and coaches consider Jeter to be one of the best players of his generation.[5] He is the all-time hits leader among shortstops,[6] and his .317 career batting average through the 2009 season ranks as the fifth-highest among active players. He has been among the American League (AL) leaders in hits and runs scored for the past ten years. He is the all-time Yankees hit leader, having passed Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig in 2009.[7] Sportswriters anticipate that Jeter will...
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...26, 1974) is an American baseball shortstop who has played 17 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. A twelve-time All-Star and five-time World Series champion, Jeter's clubhouse presence, on-field leadership, hitting ability, and baserunning have made him a central figure of the franchise during the Yankees' success of the 1990s and 2000s.[1] Due to his impact on the team, he has served as the Yankees' team captain since 2003.[2] He is regarded as a consummate professional by teammates and opponents alike,[3] and has a reputation as a reliable contributor in the postseason.[4] Jeter was drafted out of high school by the Yankees organization in 1992, and he debuted in the Major Leagues in 1995. The following year, he became the Yankees' starting shortstop and won the Rookie of the Year Award. In addition, Jeter's achievements include four Silver Slugger Awards, five Gold Glove awards, All-Star Game MVP Award, World Series MVP Award, and membership in the 3,000 hit club. Many players and coaches consider Jeter to be one of the best players of his generation.[5] He is the all-time hits leader among shortstops,[6] and his .317 career batting average through the 2009 season ranks as the fifth-highest among active players. He has been among the American League (AL) leaders in hits and runs scored for the past ten years. He is the all-time Yankees hit leader, having passed Hall of Fame member Lou Gehrig in 2009.[7] Sportswriters anticipate that Jeter will...
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...Everyone has heard of the infamous “Babe Ruth”, but few people know that his birth given name is George Herman Ruth, Jr. He lived from February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948, and was 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...
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...August 17, 1971 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Posada is a former Puerto Rican catcher who played in the Major-League Baseball for the New York Yankees, being the only major league team he played with. He served as the Yankees' main catcher most of his career, although due to knee surgery during the 2010 offseason, he was moved to the designated hitter position for the 2011 season. He was an ambidexter hitter, and was in five Star Games in 16 years of career. He was a member of four World Series champions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2009) 1 and six American League champions teams. Posada is five times All Stars and five times winner of the Silver Bate award in those same years. He was the only Major League catcher...
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...both as an exceptional hitter and pitcher. By 19 Ruth caught the attention of Jack Dunn, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles. At that time, the Orioles prepared players for the team the Boston Red Sox, Dunn saw a promising future in Ruth’s athletic ability. He was with the club for only a short time though before he was asked to the Majors in Boston. Babe Ruth was an unbelievably good baseball player. He was one of the best hitters of all time. It’s crazy to think that people would actually pay to watch him swing a fifty-two ounce bat even if he was to strike out. In his first season he smashed out one of his season highs which was fifty-nine homeruns. In 1919 his rights were sold by the Red Sox and the the New York Yankees bought them. With Ruth leading the way New York turned into a ruling force winning four world series titles over the next 15 seasons. He was at the heart of all success, releasing a level of power that had never been seen in a game. In 1920 in his second season he broke his own record of fifty-four homeruns to fifty-nine homeruns, and in less than 10 seasons, Babe Ruth had made his mark as baseballs all-time homerun leader. Over the course of his career he went on to break baseballs most important records, including most years leading a league in homeruns, most total bases in a season, and highest percentage in a season. In conclusion he hit seven hundred and fourteen homeruns, a mark that stood until 1974. Babe Ruth always dreamed of becoming a team manager...
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...still being talked about 70 years after his death. Although Lou Gehrig was a great baseball player, he is most well known for the disease that is named after him.Lou Gehrig was an amazing baseball player because of his family and childhood, his major life events and his achievements both in baseball and in life. Lou Gehrig had an exceptional family and childhood. He was born on June 19, 1903 in Yorkville, New York City, NY. Lou Gehrig was the son of two immigrants, Heinrich and Christina Gehrig. Christina Gehrig was the main thing that was holding the Gehrig family together. She was pretty much the only working figure in the house. She worked as a maid, brought in laundry...
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...The New Yankee Stadium: A Visual Analysis When walking into Gate 4 of the new Yankee Stadium, a true fan of the blue and white pin strips experiences déjà vu. When building the new stadium the architects designed the new Gate 4 to mirror the Gate 4 of the old stadium right next door. When the initial design plans began, the organization had to think about not only the history of the team, but also how the die-hard fans would react when first walk into the stadium. Including mirroring the old stadium, the outside walls of the new stadium closely resembled the old stadium as well. When you first step into the new facility every idea that you had about what it was going to be like was destroyed except for the field itself. There is a much heavier emphasis on taking a more modern approach when they thought about the design. Everything from food vendors, to team stores, to even the bathrooms were brought from the 20th to the 21st century. Though there are some drastic differences, some aspects of the stadium did stay more along the lines of the original stadium. The seating is generally the same with regard to layout. But the major difference between old and new is the price of a seat. An even more outrageous price is how much it cost to build this monstrosity of a stadium. The average cost to build a stadium is about eight hundred million dollars; the new Yankee Stadium cost 1.5 million dollars to erect. The field has essentially the same look, but the dimensions were changed just...
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...The 1920’s: Baseball Uniform The decade of the 1920’s is often characterized as a period of American prosperity and optimism. This was the Jazz Age, the decade of the flappers. The 1920’s opened with an explosion of color and the wailing sounds and fast rhythms of jazz and energetic dancing. It was a time of tremendous change in America. America was one of the victors in the First World War and it enjoyed a period of great prosperity in the twenties. The Americans were opposed to anything that might drag them into another European war. Many Americans simply wanted to enjoy the prosperity that had developed in the previous decade and felt that foreign entanglements would threaten it. For the next decade America kept to herself for the most part. Most Americans enjoyed a high standard of living. Food was plentiful and cheap thanks to the vast quantity produced on American farms. More and more people bought their own houses through mortgages. Thanks to Henry Ford and mass production, one could buy a ford for $290. It was the “Roaring Twenties,” the decade of bath tub gin, the model T, the $5 work day, the first transatlantic flight, and the movie. It was the great age of popular entertainment. Among the world of entertainment, there were sports. Baseball’s growing popularity in the 1920’s can be measured by structural and cultural changes that helped transform the game. Ballparks were being constructed left and right. In 1920 the Cubs Field was opened and in 1926 re-named to...
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...By the time he was 16 Babe was the strongest boy at Saint Mary’s. One day Babe hit 3 homeruns another day he had 22 strikeouts. The orioles came to watch Babe play and within 30 minutes they gave Babe a contract to play pro ball. Babe Ruth was now on to play with the pros. Babe did so well halfway through the season that the Red Sox’s bought his contract.in 1917 he won 24 games and his team had won the world series in 1915,1916,and 1918. In 1919 the Red Sox’s but Babe in the outfield so that he could bat in every game. This was the end of his Red Sox’s career. On January 5, 1920 Babe Ruth was traded to the Yankees for 25,000 the largest sum of money a team has ever paid for a player. Babe was now the biggest celebrity in New York City in the spring of 1920. He became so fancy and famous he only wore custom tailored clothes. Halfway through the season the Yankees broke the...
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...Pruebas no paramétricas para prueba de hipótesis Pruebas no paramétricas para prueba de hipótesis Este trabajo pretende poner en contexto el uso de la prueba de Chi-Square como método de prueba para probar pruebas no paramétricas. Chi Square tiene como propósito probar la independencia entre variables. La Ho que se pretende probar es que la variable A es independiente de la variable B. La Ha sería que la variable A no es una variable independiente de B. Esta es una prueba que se basa en las frecuencias; se necesita una tabla de contingencia, donde se presentan los valores reales y otra tabla con los valores esperados; La fórmula que aplica a estos casos es: . En este caso, x2 es igual a la multiplicación de los resultados observados menos los resultados observados al cuadrado, dividido entre los resultados esperados. Debido a que la fórmula se eleva al cuadrado, su resultado nunca podrá ser negativo, por lo tanto en la campana de distribución los resultados se reflejarán a la derecha. Chi Square puede aplicarse a cualquier número de términos de probabilidades. En cuanto a los grados de libertad, df = n-1; donde n es el número de posibles combinaciones. Para probar la independencia entre variables, mientras más lejos a la derecha esté el nivel de significancia, la Ho se rechazará. En cambio, mientras más cerca del 0 se encuentre, la Ho cae en la zona de no rechazo. Bajo el Chi-Square se conoce como ¨v¨ al grado de independencia de la variable. En la tabla de...
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...Dear Mr. Palshaw: Hello, my name is Derrick and I am a student here at Carmel High School. As you probably know, I am a huge New York Yankees fan. They are the best team in the whole Majors, and there is no doubting that fact. I understand from one of my peers that you are a Boston Red Sox fan, as I had also seen your Red Sox magnet on your whiteboard. The idea of a Yankee fan and Red Sox fan co-existing in a classroom setting is just a preliminary result of past encounters between the two franchises. I hope that we can look past these abundant differences and carry-on with our positions at CHS; you as a teacher and me as a student. However, if there is an occurrence in the future of the Yankees losing horrendously, I will be forced to bring up the fact that they have been spotted at number one most of the year, have forty American League Pennants, and twenty-seven World Championship Trophies. Oh, and will most likely be going for another one this year, unlike Boston. But enough about baseball, that will end up with a fight and I know how much you love fighting over plagiarism. I was born August 10, 1995 in San Diego California. I lived here in the Monterey Peninsula until March 24th, 2004 when we moved to the Hudson Valley of New York. My family moved back to California on December 29th of 2010 for my father’s work. My mother and father are divorced since 2000, and I have one sister named Grayson who is a sophomore here at CHS. As a student I tend to slack off, but I matured...
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...Sports Medias Negative Approach Ernest Culler COM 150 10 November 2012 Janice Prince Betian Sports Medias Negative Approach In the late 1980s and early 1990s many professional athletes were viewed as positive role models. During this time sports media found it hard to report about the negative accounts of the professional athlete. It was not until the early 1990s when Mike Tyson became the first prominent athlete to gain negative reports aired on national television. Before the 1990s Mike was known as the greatest boxer in the world after he was convicted of rape he was known as a criminal. While Sports media believes they report about the positive athletes as much if not more than they do the negative athletes, the bias approach taken towards role models is unequal. Sports media has chosen to take a radical approach in reporting about the favorite role models of children in today’s society. Over the past three years sports reporters have driven Lance Armstrong from atop the cycling world, they have taken an approach that has tarnished both his career and personal life. Michael Pearson reports that Lance Armstrong has stepped down as Chair of the Live Strong Cancer charity. In a CNN report Pearson (2012) writes that “Nike, which initially stood by Armstrong, dropped him October 17, 2012 with a terse statement citing what it called seemingly insurmountable evidence that he participated in doping.” Pearson has chosen only to give partial information...
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...Do you know who Joe DiMaggio was? Joe DiMaggio was a famous baseball player who first played on the San Francisco Seals. Then, and lastly played on the New York Yankees. His full name was Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio. Joe DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez, California. He died on March 8, 1999 in Hollywood, Florida (1). He married Dorothy Arnold in 1939 (1). He married Marilyn Monroe also (1). His marriage with Marilyn Monroe was not Healthy (1). They married on January 14, 1954 (1). This was known as the “Marriage of The Century” (1). His siblings were Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio (1). He played centerfielder (1). He bats right and throws right (1). He was 6 feet tall and 2 inches. He weighed 193 pounds (1). He was born in a small fishing enclave just north of the...
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