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Whitney Peters
October 13, 2014
Comp 101
Compare & Contrast Essay
The Bronx Bomber’s: Then and Now
The game of baseball itself had not changed much since it first started. The pitcher throws the ball, batter hits the ball, and fielder catches the ball. However, the New York Yankees baseball organization has. They are and still known for their deep pockets, legendary athletes, and being in the spot light. Without those qualities former players would not recognize what the team has become today.
Some people say that the Steinbrenner family, the original and current owners of the Yankees, have always taken care of their players with a pretty hefty check. On the contrary back in the early 1900's even with what was considered a “large” amount of money players still had to pick up a second job during the off season, even the star players. Babe Ruth acted in movies during the off season; Yogi Berra was a salesman, Lefty Gomez scraped sludge out of oil refineries. Fast forward to modern day, the average MLB salary is 3.5 million dollars, the minimum wage is 480,000 dollars. Those statistics are nowhere what any of the big name Yankee players make. Mark Teixeira pulled in a sum of 23,125,000 million dollars, and Derek Jeter made 16.73 million dollars all in one year, and these players sign contracts for multiple years.
Unlike many teams in the MLB the Yankees have a huge trail of success following them, not so much in the past couple of years, but still a successful history. The Yankees have played in 40 of the 109 World Series and won 27 of them, that is more than any team in history! They also have countless personal awards that the players have won. The Yankees have also been all about the night life and the bling. To be a Yankee player their suppose to have this “swagger”, that they are the best and everybody else is nonexistent. It is a prestige honor to be a Yankee, and still is to this to this day.
Also statics from back then and now are outrageous. Average home
October 13, 2014
Comp 101
Compare & Contrast Essay
The Bronx Bomber’s: Then and Now
The game of baseball itself had not changed much since it first started. The pitcher throws the ball, batter hits the ball, and fielder catches the ball. However, the New York Yankees baseball organization has. They are and still known for their deep pockets, legendary athletes, and being in the spot light. Without those qualities former players would not recognize what the team has become today.
Some people say that the Steinbrenner family, the original and current owners of the Yankees, have always taken care of their players with a pretty hefty check. On the contrary back in the early 1900's even with what was considered a “large” amount of money players still had to pick up a second job during the off season, even the star players. Babe Ruth acted in movies during the off season; Yogi Berra was a salesman, Lefty Gomez scraped sludge out of oil refineries. Fast forward to modern day, the average MLB salary is 3.5 million dollars, the minimum wage is 480,000 dollars. Those statistics are nowhere what any of the big name Yankee players make. Mark Teixeira pulled in a sum of 23,125,000 million dollars, and Derek Jeter made 16.73 million dollars all in one year, and these players sign contracts for multiple years.
Unlike many teams in the MLB the Yankees have a huge trail of success following them, not so much in the past couple of years, but still a successful history. The Yankees have played in 40 of the 109 World Series and won 27 of them, that is more than any team in history! They also have countless personal awards that the players have won. The Yankees have also been all about the night life and the bling. To be a Yankee player their suppose to have this “swagger”, that they are the best and everybody else is nonexistent. It is a prestige honor to be a Yankee, and still is to this to this day.
Also statics from back then and now are outrageous. Average home