As the marketing director for the Frisco Roughriders Minor League Baseball Team‚ it has come to my attention that ticket sales are down and fan participation is at an all-time low. To generate sales‚ management will be offering promotional opportunities each home game to increase revenues and to bring in more fans. The first promotional idea is to offer a military discount to all service members and their families. The discount will consist of buy one ticket at full price and receive a second‚ third
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I wish I could play baseball! It’s really not fair! All of my friends are out hanging out and having fun‚ but not me. I am in bed writing. I am not too found of writing‚ but what else do I have to do? You can only watch so much TV and I don’t really have that many people to talk to. Mom is gone and it’s very different now that no one here to bring me whatever I need and want. I know my dad cares about me it’s just different. “How ya doin’?” and “Don’t overdo it.” is not the same as mom kissing
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the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 becoming the first African American to receive this award. Robinson was a great baseball player but many believe he was not the best African American to play the game. His career batting average was .311 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and he led them to 6 World Series and 1 World Series Championship within a 10-year span. The number 42 is very significant in baseball today because that is the number Robinson wore. Every
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During the strike months he found that hotel room sales had been lower in 10 baseball cities during the months of August and September‚ when compared to those previous 2 months’ figures in 1993. The baseball strike of 1994 left a lasting scar upon the baseball world. For many the game of baseball at the highest level was no longer the same simple game which they had grown up watching. The game experienced the same issues every other industry
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1. Introduction Traditionally in the MLB‚ Major League Baseball‚ a player’s relative worth was measured by his recent successes. The qualitative opinions of scouts‚ batting average and the number of strikeouts were a few of the various metrics used to gauge a player’s value (Lewis 2003). In 2002‚ general manager Billy Beane of the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics revolutionized baseball. He argued that current player evaluation was inaccurate and inefficient and that the use of new “analytical gauges”
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This is an event of a group of brave young men who won a baseball championship‚ two days of grueling hot weather‚ the ability to fight through injuries‚ and the satisfaction of winning the championship. The two days were tough hot and grueling‚ how did the boys pull it off? Many injuries on the team but no setbacks. The satisfaction was worth all the pain and fight they put in together. This is the story of me and my baseball team and how every single one of us showed the unwillingness to not lose
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Baseball players‚ some of the most competitive people on our planet. They will always find a way to be the best at their respective sport. Some players though such as Alex Rodriguez‚ Barry Bonds‚ Sammy Sosa and so on tried something that can take the fame and their good health away. They chose to take a substance called anabolic steroids. What’s the big deal people will say. Those people don’t understand though how it is taken‚ the small benefits it could give that player and huge negatives steroids
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It was an amazing time and i was imagining me in the hall of fame and being one of the best baseball players ever. We get back to our dorm and we find out we are going to face. It was the best team in California and they were projected to win the whole tournament. We were all so nervous and trying to focus. We ended up winning the game 5 to 4 with
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Negro League Baseball When the topic of baseball comes up in a conversation‚ what do you think of? The field‚ a bat‚ the ball‚ or amazing plays‚ crucial games‚ and game winning performances. What about American history? Does World War II come to mind; most likely not. According to an article called “Food for Thought: Baseball and American History‚” John P. Rossi quotes Jacques Barzun saying‚ “Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball.” Negro League Baseball can be used
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meant one thing‚ baseball. Baseball was the greatest part of my life. I felt like superman when I took the pitcher’s mound. There was no better place to be. Baseball was my escape from everything. When I was on the mound I could tune anything else out. It was my stress relief‚ my get away‚ my sanctuary. On April 12th‚ 2007 I found out how strong my bond with baseball was. It had been a normal week during a normal senior year of high school. Procrastination‚ college talk‚ and baseball practice. There
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