We examine patterns of innovation at both league and team levels of analysis, and conclude that innovation has been important to baseball from its inception and has created important economic benefits to the team and league. We argue that there have been three major eras in baseball history. We...
Unavailability of demographic information of American males during the golden age of baseball; Reasons for the increase of tall athletes; Preference of management for bigger and stronger players. INSET: BIG LEAGUE SLUGGERS ARE GETTING BIGGER.
Robinson was not the first black player on the team, but he faced... Amy,Essington - 《Journal of Sport History》 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 BASEBALL'S GOLDEN AGE OF YOUTH The article offers information on several the Major League Baseball's (MLB) most valuable player's (MVP) of age 25...
Colorado Rockies—Speaking of dismantled teams, we present to you the 2000 Colorado Rockies. The team's "all offense-no pitching" theory just wasn't working, so they dumped Vinny Castilla and Dante Bichette and brought Masato Yoshii and Rolando Arrojo to Coors Field to watch their ERAs balloon...
The 22-year-old De La Cruz got the Reds on the board in the third inning with his team-leading 11th homer of the year, a shot to right field that came off the bat at 114.7 mph. “I think it was the key to the game, really, getting down and then being able to answer back and...
In Major League Baseball today, relief pitchers enjoy a significant earned run average (ERA) advantage over starting pitchers, among other statistical areas. So then why do starting pitchers continue to receive lucrative, long-term contracts while pitching in only every fifth game? This thesis exami...
The Olympic stadium has been renamed Turner Field and houses the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The city's American football team the Atlanta Falcons is based at the Georgia Dome and the Philips Arena hosts basketball and ice hockey matches. Auckland, New Zealand Introduction With one in four ...
The Olympic stadium has been renamed Turner Field and houses the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The city's American football team the Atlanta Falcons is based at the Georgia Dome and the Philips Arena hosts basketball and ice hockey matches. Auckland, New Zealand Introduction With one in four ...
The Olympic stadium has been renamed Turner Field and houses the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The city's American football team the Atlanta Falcons is based at the Georgia Dome and the Philips Arena hosts basketball and ice hockey matches. Auckland, New Zealand Introduction With one in four ...
The Olympic stadium has been renamed Turner Field and houses the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The city's American football team the Atlanta Falcons is based at the Georgia Dome and the Philips Arena hosts basketball and ice hockey matches. Auckland, New Zealand Introduction With one in four ...