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Baseball is known as America’s pastime and is one of the most popular, respected sports on earth. Since the beginning of the sport, it seemingly advances with technology every year making faster and stronger players. The use of steroids became rampant and spread among players and has carried them away from the true history of the game they play. Controversy still today runs around the sport today about fines, punishments and record breaking. The past two decades of Major League Baseball have been tainted because of the use of performance enhancing drugs, also known as steroids, causing the loss of many fans and the true meaning of America’s favorite sport.

Major League Baseball is an organization steeped in tradition and custom. Nothing short of an Executive Order is necessary to alter the rules that govern the sport. While that may be a slight exaggeration, the foundation of the game has remained largely unchanged on the professional level for decades. That said, a recent change in the rules has stirred a bit of controversy among managers, players and fans.

In the case of Martinez v. Houston McLane Company 2013, the plaintiff Shirley Martinez sustained an orbital fracture and corneal lacerations to the face after being struck by a ball hit during batting practice prior to the game. Martinez was there on behalf of the Houston Astros who provided donated tickets for members of the Texas National Guard. The seats where located in a part of the stadium that was not protected by the netting located behind home plate. That netting only protected 5,000 (of stadium capacity 41,000) seats located down the third and first base lines. At the time of the accident, Martinez was descending down a flight of stairs with a child in her arms to their seats. Upon reaching her seats she was notified by a Astros park employee that she was unable to have her stroller at the seat. In complying with the request, upon hearing screams of warnings of a inbound ball. Martinez wrapped up the child and shielded it an then struck in the face with the ball. She later sued the Houston Astros for negligence, which was rejected by a trial court. She would go on to appeal the ruling, in which time the state of Texas appeals courts. Noted that during trail, the courts refused to “impose a duty of care upon the stadium owners to screen all seats or to warn about balls hit out of play beyond screened areas.” Instead the courts stated that, “a stadium owner owes only a limited duty to spectators to protect them from baseballs hit into the stands.” An more

From the sandlot to stadiums seating over fifty thousand people, the game of baseball has provided people of all ages with a

To what extent has punishment in Major League Baseball since the Chicago Black Sox scandal in the 1919 World Series? This investigation was done through numerous baseball reference websites, with ESPN being the primary source for the more current scandals such as Biogenesis. This investigation will assess how punishment in Major League Baseball has evolved since the World Series gambling scandal of 1919. This investigation will explore major cheating and gambling scandals in the history of Major League Baseball with a majority of the focus on the World Series scandal of 1919, the BALCO scandal, The Pete Rose scandal, and the Biogenesis scandal, and Major League Baseball’s response to each of the scandals. Major League Baseball has adopted a zero tolerance policy for gambling since the 1919 World Series, and the drug policy has four levels, starting with a fifty game suspension for the first offense, and eventually leading to a lifetime ban from Major League baseball. The adoption of strict punishments speak volumes of the administration of Major League Baseball, and their dedication to keeping the sport enjoyable for athletes and spectators, as well as protecting the integrity of the game as a whole.

Too boring…” Even though the final game of the World Series drew over 40 million viewers, baseball has fallen out of favor in our culture. One could say it has been replaced as America’s pastime by the high-flying, violent action of the NFL, as

An Oakland Athletics season-ticket holder asked an administration court Monday to shield fans from flying bats and balls by asking for Major League Baseball to widen the wellbeing cross section at its ballparks the entire length of the foul lines.

Is about baseball and the math of it like how many hits per at bats home runs per at bats. Shows you how to get era and avg. About the standing for clinching the playoffs. I can relate to this because I love to learn about stats. Another connection with the book is that I know most of the stats in baseball and how to get most of them and about the playoffs I made it 2 years in a row

This incident backs up Sandoval 's comments regarding netting around the dugouts because foul balls sometimes hit players and coaches as well. In response to Mr. Coolbaugh 's death, Major League Baseball quickly enacted a rule that base coaches have to wear helmets to protect them. Although this rule may ensure safety for coaches, fans remain unprotected from the threat of broken bats and foul balls. Major League Baseball players also wanted extended netting at the last two collective bargaining agreements but the idea was rejected by the owners. (SI Wire, 2015) Diamondbacks pitcher Brad Ziegler had an interesting take on the situation, “Some owners are afraid to upset the fans who pay the high ticket prices for these seats but when in reality, this being done would protect these fans from being fearful of their life.” (SI Wire, 2015) The players couldn’t be more right about the situation, especially Ziegler. The owners of professional teams seem way too concerned about money, rather than the protection of their fans. Patrons are seated too close to the field and stadiums are putting them at risk by refusing to install netting around the first and third base lines. According to Bloomberg News, there are an estimated 1,750 spectators that are injured at major league games and there are an estimated 53,000 foul balls that enter the seats every year. (Bumbaca, 2015) This should be a huge red flag for Major League Baseball because every time a foul ball enters the stands, there

For years’ sports venue have been having problems with safety and risk management with fans and facility. The four steps a sports venue could take to avoid risk injury to fans attending games are identifying the risk, contain the risk, make sure you have insurance, and try to avoid the risk

Over 15 million Americans attend sporting events every year. Many spectators may falsely assume that they are safe at such events, or that the owner/operators of sporting venues are ensuring their safety and will take responsibility if they are injured. Over the years there has been several reports of fans falling or being hit and being severely injured. But who takes the responsibility for this? Just last week, a construction worker fell 50 feet off the roof into a snow gutter while working on the new Vikings stadium. The man died instantly (schwab 1). It may not be entirely the stadiums fault but people are still being harmed so there should be more safety cautions taken. There should be safer stairways. There should be higher and stronger

Adam, Felder “Baseball’s Fancy New Instant-Replay System Is Useless.” Theatlantic.com. Culture article. 31 Mar. 2014 11 Oct. 2015.

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The game of baseball is America’s national pastime, and continues to be one of the major sports of North America. Major League Baseball must adapt to the changing times in order to increase the games popularity. Giving fans more action and less down-time while watching games is a first step towards making baseball America’s top sport again, and these rule changes seek to increase the pace of play and lessen dead-ball

Anyone that loves baseball should head to a major league game. At least once in their life is there is nothing like sitting with thousands of fans in a packed stadium and watching your favorite team play ball. The ballpark is filled with sights and sounds that send a chill of excitement down your spine. “Crack!” the batter rips a line drive down the third base line the crowd stands and roars for the home team. “Popcorn, hot dogs, soda, here!” echoes throughout the stands as strolling vendors climb up and down the stairs selling their fare grab your glove a high pop foul soars over your seats waiting to be caught by an eager souvenir-seeking fan. From the National Anthem, to the seventh inning stretch, to the final out, nothing being at a major