Hawkins Project Extra Innings pg. 353 1. What is the history behind the lack of a salary cap in MLB? Instead of a salary cap‚ Major League Baseball implements a luxury tax (also called a competitive balance tax)‚ an arrangement in which teams whose total payroll exceeds a certain figure (determined annually) are taxed on the excess amount in order to discourage large market teams from having a substantially higher payroll than the rest of the league. The tax is paid to the league‚ which then
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Casey Stengel On July 30‚ 1890 in Kansas City‚ Missouri Louis and Jennie Stengel were blessed with a baby boy‚ Charles Dillon Stengel. “Charlie” was the youngest of three children‚ he had an older brother Grant and an older sister Louise. Charlie exceeded in sports in grade school and high school. However‚ he did not dream to become a professional sports player. Instead he wanted to pursue his dream of dentistry and eventually made enough money to enroll in Western Dental College in Kansas City
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1) The article “The Sports Business as a Labor Market Laboratory‚” by Lawrence M. Kahn focuses on data on the rise and fall of rival sports leagues and the granting of free agency rights in professional sports and other things. I read pages seventy-five to eighty-three of the article. Overall‚ sports owners are a small and interconnected group. This suggests that they have the ability to band together and act as monopsonists in paying their players. A monopsony is a market condition that exists
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Part Two: Analytical Essay The appeal to tradition‚ also called argumentum ad antiquitatem‚ is a commonplace fallacy that posits that an idea is correct simply on the basis that it is similar to a past or present tradition. We see it everywhere: in government‚ in schools‚ in music‚ in the workplace‚ and even in sports. The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis is largely about this idea‚ where Lewis argues that even if something has been done traditionally for many years and worked‚ the traditional way
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Jan 5‚ 1920: New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth On January 5th‚ 1920‚ the New York Yankees announces that would purchase all-star outfielder George Herman "Babe" Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for a total of $125‚000. Babe Ruth had played six seasons with the Red Sox‚ leading them to three World Series victories. He had also pitched a total of 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings‚ setting a new league record that wouldn’t be broken for 43 years. He had a sensational 1919 season‚ breaking
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NWA [Negro] With Attitude: Richard Sherman’s Post Game Rant and How Quickly it Became Racial As the wounded 49ers sulked back into the locker rooms‚ the victorious Seahawks ran rampant across the field‚ congratulating each other‚ and some doing interviews for the local and national press. Erin Andrews‚ a reporter for ESPN‚ managed to lasso the game’s hero Richard Sherman in hopes of a thorough break down of the prior play in which All-Pro cornerback‚ Sherman‚ athletically deflected a pass meant
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Did you know Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his hat to keep him cool? Did you know the odds of a fan getting hit by a baseball are 300‚000 to 1? And did u know the shortest baseball player that ever played was recorded to be 3 feet and 7 inches? These are interesting facts I stumbled upon research‚ but I bet most of you did not know. There are many interesting facts that people like you and I don’t know about baseball throughout its history. Have you ever asked yourself where did baseball come
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THE YEAR OF 1989 BY DAMIAN The Boston Celtics went 52 and 30. But they did not when the nba championship the Detroit pistons did. The Boston Celtics had Larry bird a feature nba hall of famer. In the nfl the 49ers won the super bowl against the denver broncos. But loe Montana was the season mvp annt 52 and 30. But they did not when the nba championship the Detroit pistons did. The Boston Celtics had Larry bird a feature nba hall of famer. In the nfl the 49ers won the super bowl against the denver
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The Great Bambino Babe Ruth was born in Pigtown Baltimore‚ on February 6‚ 1895. (Baberuth.com/biography) Babe went too boy school he learn how to play the game of baseball. (Wikipedia.com) Rookie career he played the Boston Red Sox in 1914 to 1919. (Wikipedia.com) At 6’2 he pitch‚ hit‚ and played outfield‚ and any other position that you wanted him to play. Babe threw left‚ and batted left also. (Baberuth.com/biography) Babe was known for hitting homeruns; especially in spring training
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It was a hot summer day in Rayville‚Louisiana. My 12 year old All-Star season was going great‚ even though we had only played a few games. Little did I know that this game would change my whole baseball career. The team would always get there an hour early so we could stretch and hit in the cage. We were noticeably the best team in the tournament. The coach of the team was a smart guy‚ he wanted to win but he didn’t want to embarrass anybody. This game didn’t really mean anything‚ and not to mention
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