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    The study of baseball magic was done by George Gmelch he study on the Detroit Tiger Farm team Dennis grossini was a pitcher of the team for the first three months of winning season he would wake up at 10:00am every single time‚ and around 1 pm he would go to the closest restaurant for two cups of ice tea and a tuna sandwich. When Gmelch asked grossini which part of the ritual was more important he said one can’t tell which one is important so it all becomes necessary? There are three important essentials

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    Essay3 Draft1 Baseball Magic George Gmelch’s piece Baseball magic is a classic example of a piece that makes you rethink what you thought you knew. I would have never linked a relationship between religion and the practices that baseball teams or individuals have on a day to day basis. It has now become evidently clear that these practices‚ whether it be eating in a particular spot every day‚ or going to church faithfully every Sunday‚ have tremendous effects on our everyday lives. Gmelch who presents

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    Baseball Magic ---> In the article "Baseball Magic" by George Gmelch‚ it talks about how players and their rituals they perform before a game. The whole idea is to show how two different cultures‚ American Baseball and the Trobriand Islanders both have the same idea. That idea being that if you change your way of doing something it ultimately ruin you. Keeping things the same will keep your luck the same. -----> The article talks about rituals‚ how Dennis Grossini‚ a

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    Baseball Magic George Gmelch On each pitching day for the first three months of a winning season‚ Dennis Grossini‚ a pitcher on a Detroit Tiger farm team‚ arose from bed at exactly 10:00 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. he went to the nearest restaurant for two glasses of iced tea and a tuna sandwich. Although the afternoon was free‚ he changed into the sweatshirt and supporter he wore during his last winning game‚ and‚ one hour before the game‚ he chewed a wad of Beech-Nut chewing tobacco. After each pitch

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    In “An anthropologist on the team”‚ George Gmelch argues that the study of sports is valuable from the point of view of an anthropologist for several specific reasons. In order to reach an audience of writers and sport involved people‚ Gmelch gives specific examples. He manifests the statements of individuals who developed social skills by playing sports‚ how the sports world has become more diverse‚ and the technology advancements that have changed the experiences you receive from the 1960’s to

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    The Magic Barrel Summary Summary (Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories‚ Critical Edition) “The Magic Barrel” begins with the introduction of Leo Finkle‚ who is twenty-seven and in search of a suitable wife‚ to Pinye Salzman‚ who has advertised his services as a matchmaker in a local Jewish newspaper. Leo has spent six years in study‚ with no time for developing a social life. Inexperienced with women‚ he finds the traditional route of obtaining a bride appealing‚ an honorable arrangement from which

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    The purpose of Lee Cockerell’s book‚ Creating Magic‚ is to share his powerful leadership strategies with every leader‚ or aspiring leader‚ so they can apply them to their own career. Mr. Cockerell is extremely qualified to discuss the topic of leadership for two reasons. First‚ Mr. Cockerell’s ten leadership strategies became the bedrock principles known as the Disney Great Leader Strategies‚ which are taught to all of Disney’s leaders‚ and are also taught to clients of the Disney Institute from

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    Baseball By: Jeremy Dodson Imagine you saw a professional hitting a home run. Then you wonder how the ball got that far. You ask yourself “should I go ask the coach how the player hit the home run?” Do you know who Dave Winfield is? Do you want to know more about baseball for young and old? What a Baseball Made of? [pic] A baseball is made up of 4 main layers. At the center of the ball is a rubber core. Around the core is a layer of cork. Then twine is wrapped around the core

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    101 March 13th‚ 2013 The Uses of Ancient Egyptian Magic Magic is the power to produce a desired effect by the assistance of supernatural forces‚ mystical gestures and spoken words. Just like the many other people of the antiquity‚ Egyptians also had their own myths‚ such as the myth of Heka‚ which was a kind of divine force and through it magic was cast (Pinch‚ text 1 par. 1). Egyptians were famous for their knowledge of magic since they owned it nearly four thousand years ago (Pinch

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    A Poem for “Magic” A Poem for “Magic”‚ written by Quincy Troupe is a truly dazzling poem. I’m not usually one who can easily relate to a poem but this one elicits so much passion for the game of basketball that it resonates in my head. The way that the game is described in the poem makes me think back to the mindset I had when I was just a little kid playing dunk ball on my 6 foot hoop in the driveway. I could do whatever I wanted on that hoop and it made the game feel magical being able to fly

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