Essays on Baseball

Along with the Fourth of July and apple pie, baseball is a celebrated symbol of America. Since its invention over 150 years ago, the game has served as a powerful metaphor for the American dream, and the hopes and democratic ideals that accompany this idea....

Many people might think that swinging the bat straight through the ball would be enough to hit the ball a decent distance off the bat. There’s many more mechanics involved in the swinging process. Muscle has only a small part to play in the swinging...

To be given the chance to play baseball was one of the greatest times of my life. I played baseball for four years, and every year I made the all-star team. My best friend and I played on every regular season team and every all-star...

For the past three centuries, researchers have been looking for the origins of baseball with little success. The mystery behind the creation of baseball is still unknown today, but historians have found clues tracing back centuries ago. Baseball is said to have stemmed from “a...

William Louis Veeck also known as “Sport Shirt”, was an American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox. As the owner and team president of the Indians...

Did you know that Babe Ruth hit 708 home runs in 1934. And he holds the record for the most seasons with 40 plus home runs. Babe Ruth was a professional baseball player. Babe Ruth was a outfielder he had a of nicknames. His nicknames...

Whenever the coined phrase of “America’s favorite past time” comes up, there’s rarely an American who doesn’t immediately picture green grass, red dirt, and white lines making up the image of a baseball diamond. Baseball has been an integral part of American culture for decades,...

Our national pass time has not always been for everyone. Baseball has only been for whites until one historic man made history that would change baseball forever. This man was Jackie Robinson. He has had an impact on my life in many different ways. Some...

Kyle Lohse is a former American professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Texas Rangers. Kyle Lohse was born on October 4th, 1978 in Ord Bend, California and...

Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he became the first black athlete to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and was named Rookie of the Year that year, National League MVP in 1949 and a...

Sabermetric-based player evaluation is defined as “the search for objective knowledge about baseball” (James, 1980). The use of Sabermetric-based player evaluation is a shock to other executives in baseball because it challenged and defied their conventional wisdom, based on “The Book”, which they had relied...

Passion as they say is like a driving force, it pushes you to bring out the best in you and one man who’s passionate about the things he does is Joseph Girardi. A former American professional baseball catcher during his playing days, a manager and...

Biomechanics examines forces acting on the body, and the effects of these forces CITATION Aus16 l 3081. The materials that make up the perfect baseball bat have been developed quite rapidly over the years dating way back to the very first MLB game early in...

Today we are all speaking on someone who helped make change and broke barriers that people thought would never be broken. In the 1940’s those of color were treated very unfairly, and were seen as lesser people. At this time there was an unspoken social...

The month of September is two-thirds over, and we can smell the playoff baseball of October just on the horizon. These times are always exciting because teams in tight divisional races either become greater when the lights brighten or lose the steam that they initially...

Michael Lewis’ Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game had revolutionized the way baseball world think about the game. Lewis told the story of a small market team with low payrolls using sabermetrics to defeat bigger, richer teams. However, not everybody buys into eschewing...

An American Hero is someone who puts others before themselves and does good deeds throughout his or hers home life and community. Also someone who has a positive impact on on a person or a group of individuals. Someone to look up to and follow...

Many little boys grow up dreaming about being in the MLB. Very few get the honor of pursuing that dream. It takes hard work, dedication, and pure talent. It also takes an extremely humble, kind, and respected character to live up to the MLB expectations....