COMS 1030 TITLE OF SPEECH: History of Baseball‚ America ’s past-time SPECIFIC PURPOSE: I will teach the class about the history of baseball. THESIS: Baseball can be divided into three sections‚ the beginning‚ middle and modern baseball. Introduction I. ATTENTION GETTER Ever wonder how the most popular sport to play the last 150 years was invented and how it grew into the giant it is today? Raise your hand if you have ever played baseball or been to a baseball game. II. AUDIENCE RELEVANCE LINK
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Baseball “GET HOME!!! GET HOME!!!” Those were the words my dad would yell from the third base coach’s box as I passed him rounding third! Baseball to me is more than just a game! Baseball is a passion‚ fueled by the desire to succeed‚ the passion to overcome‚ and the dedication to be great. A baseball field to me is like a stage is to a dancer or an open road for a biker; I just love every aspect of this amazing sport. It’s the field with its seemingly unfair depth‚ its soft green grass and the
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Governed internationally by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF)‚ Baseball is an offense/defense bat-and-ball team sport. Baseball‚ like softball‚ is unlike most other competitive sports in that the defense is given control of the ball. The number of players on the field at any given time is lopsided heavily in favor of the defense‚ which always has nine players on the field‚ while the offense has between one and four. Each team assigns nine defensive players [See position player] on the
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How the 1920s Forever Changed Baseball It should come as no surprise to a majority of Americans that baseball is considered America’s national past time. In fact‚ for many people baseball has always been an enormous part of every day life. People are exposed to baseball through multiple mediums such as television‚ newspapers‚ and even the radio. When did this obsession start for the citizens of America? The 1920s is known as the Golden Age of Sports. While many sports started to emerge during
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time consuming game of baseball. I stood there contemplating on what ideas‚ mainly about baseball‚ were being distorted and confused. Then it hit me There is much dissatisfaction in the fact that baseball‚ besides all other sports‚ is played at an exceptionally sluggish rate and in most cases might not ever end. Many spectators see baseball as a boring sport that wastes their time. I mean just imagine what else you could be accomplishing if you weren’t sitting at a baseball game relaxing with your
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sports do not only have a major economic impact in the United States‚ but also around the entire world. Currently‚ professional sports in the United States and Canada consist of what is called the Big Four; National Football League‚ Major League Baseball‚ National Basketball Association‚ and National Hockey League. These big four professional sports leagues have franchises all across the United States and Canada and bring in billions of dollars in revenue every year. Along with the Big Four‚ there
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people agree that baseball has always been and always will be considered America’s past time. This game has been played for many centuries and every year the people want more. But to what extent are the players willing to go to‚ to keep the game going? We cannot deny that everyone loves to see players hit homeruns and to see the ball fly out of the park‚ it is one of the greatest things to happen in a game. This homerun tradition has been going on since the Babe Ruth era of baseball and many would argue
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The way baseball is managed to me is a business like every other business‚ you have the owners‚ the general managers‚ the middle management‚ couches‚ assistant couches‚ and the team. They all have an extremely important part that they do in the operations of the franchise. All members work to acquire the same goal and that is to have a chance at being in the World Series‚ so every decision effects the way that can happen‚ weather it is the franchise recruiting a new player or the couch not playing
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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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to make a name in the baseball world and many have failed. Few have succeeded. The list goes on and on of those who have been good‚ but there’s a short list of those who have been great. And now they are being put together on one team‚ to play an imaginary game. From pitcher to outfield‚ the best players are chosen in order in their position decided by a survey. Lynn Nolan Ryan‚ Jr‚ was born on January 31‚ 1947. Nicknamed "The Ryan Express"‚ a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently
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