Theo Epstein's Impact On The Sports Industry

Brian Cashman has a large decisional role because he has to make the correct decisions for the fans to be content and the team to win. Back when the Yankees won several consecutive championships in the ‘90s, Joe Torre (field manager) was a leader of the team with excellent human skills. He was able to interact with his players in a way that allowed them to perform at or above their potential, and he also had an incredible amount of knowledge for the types of players he needed to succeed. The owner and general manager had good technical and conceptual skills because it was important that they plan, evaluate, and organize the formation of a successful organization. They had to evaluate the existing organization, plan what players to trade for, and organize the business matters. I know that the organization’s main goal is to win national championships, but they also want to be effective and efficient in doing so. When the owner George Steinbrenner goes out and gets all-star caliber players to win the American League East division and the World Series, he has to pay a lot of money in order to attract them to his team. In terms of being a successful leader, it is obvious that George Steinbrenner “exerts influence in a way that achieves the organization’s goals by enhancing the productivity and satisfaction of the work force” (Chelladurai, 2005) because he is trying to achieve his

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.

As a little background on Rickey, some say he was baseball’s first scientist. He had a reputation for intelligent design. He devised new and effective ways to instruct players and sharpen their skills; invented training devices, like base-sliding pits and batting tees that are commonplace today but were unheard of then; and pioneered the use of complex statistical measures to evaluate performance. He created what came to be known as the farm system, a network of minor-league teams under the control of the major-league team, where young players could be placed, taught, developed, and evaluated, eventually providing a “harvest” of fresh talent for the parent club (Glasser).

1. Briefly, what are the major developments in the history of the labor-management relationship within Major League Baseball?

So Dombrowski went out to find someone he thought could deliver that, and here we are, with current Houston bench coach, Alex Cora. Before I get into Cora and his background, I just want it known that I LOVE this hire. He fills all the holes that Farrell was viewed as having, and I’m already for spring training 2018 to get here. So back to Cora. His playing career started in 1993 when he was drafted by the Twins, but decided instead to attend the University of Miami. He entered the draft again in 1996 where he was selected in the second round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He spent the next nine years with the Dodgers before signing with the Indians. Halfway through that 2005 season, he was traded to the Boston Red Sox. He spent four seasons in Boston, and was apart of the 2007 World Series team, before entering free agency prior to the 2009 season, for which he signed a one year deal with the New York Mets. After his year with the Mets he spent two seasons on minor league deals with the Rangers and the Nationals, respectively. Now onto Alex Cora the manager. Cora is still with the Astros as their bench coach through the end of the 2017 season, hopefully ending with a World Series title for the ‘Stros. Cora offers so much in terms of a manager that I’m extremely excited about. For starters, he’s young. Young enough to be the third youngest manager in Major League Baseball as of right now. And that means that it will be

to old to play in the Major Leagues.” This, while insignificant on the surface, implies a startling

A few years back as I sat in a West Hollywood restaurant with two of my fabulous girl friends I overheard tow gentleman next to me talking baseball. My selective hearing set in and I heard the name Epstein. I smiled, tuned my friends out and concentrated in on the conversation being had by the two well-dressed gentlemen.The man that worked for the Cubs, or at the very least was an integral part of the group who acquired Theo, spoke about Theo's allure. He raved about

Steroids have taken over the game of baseball and more players are starting to get involved with them. Steroids are a big part of the Major League today in 2014, yet they entered the game of baseball through trainer Curtis Wenzlaff in 1992. Players and the game’s images are ravaged when they become caught up in steroids. Some of the best players to ever play the game of baseball have been caught up in steroids, including Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire. Players with this level of skill are supposed to be role models for younger kids, yet younger kids see that they used steroids and are tempted to use them. When their young, impressionable minds witness steroids use, naturally kids attempt to imitate their idols. More

Over a few decades, Steroids have been a part of baseball. The world around us involves cheating to get or look good. Athletes are doing the same thing by injecting or swallowing a drug that is not a part of their regular lifestyle. The Salem witch trials is about a group of girls in Salem that were caught dancing in the woods. They were accused of doing witchcraft but blamed other people in the village and said they were controlling them to do devilish things.

Under the new Major League Baseball policy, many key implementation decisions… are to be made by a four-person committee that includes Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Major League Baseball's Executive Vice President, Labor and Human Resources, and Gene Orza, the Chief Operating Officer and Associate General Counsel of the Major League Players Association. According to the policy, some of these decisions must be made unanimously, giving both Major League Baseball management and the players union a veto (Davis, np).

Everyone has a specific skill set that they are good at. Some people are good with numbers, others have a gift for writing. The same is true in sports. The Buffalo Bills are very good at losing and disappointing their fans, while the Patriots are fantastic at bending the rules and winning Super Bowls. In baseball, each team is built around a specific group of players in order to create the best possible chance to win the World Series. Some of the greatest players have created seemingly unbreakable statistics. Joe DiMaggio had a hit in fifty-six consecutive games. Barry Bonds hit seven hundred and sixty-two home runs over his twenty-two-year career. Statistics like these only come about once in a generation. Teams are comprised of various talent. Some are like Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera always has a batting average over .300 with at least 25 home runs. These types of players are considered great hitters. Other’s, like Stephan Drew, get a hit less than 20% of the time they have an at bat. Players similar to Drew’s skill set have a job because they are very good at defense and their value on defense out ways their value on offense to their specific team. Baseball is sport rich with statistics. Almost anything one can come up with, has a statistic. In the last ten years alone, top executives, such as Billy Bean, have constructed teams based on advanced statistics and have been fairly successful, like the 2002 Oakland Athletics. Other teams, like the Houston Astros,

Another staffing strategy is the case of Scott Hatteberg. Hatteberg plays with the Boston Rex Sox. He was injured and was never signed up by Sox. Oaklands A's did not waste time and hired Hatteberged. A's has done this because Hatterberg's has an on-base scoring record. According to A's, Hatteberg filled up what is missing in the team.

The A's recent success is attributed to the innovative approach taken by Billy Beane in assembling a baseball team with a very limited amount of financial resources. Billy Beane has built a successful ball club because he has found an efficient and cost effective way of measuring baseball talent thus essentially creating a loophole in this unfair game because winning percentage is a result of talent not

Promotions and baseball operations was the best job that one could have throughout my Jackals Experience. You were able to interact with the fans in on field promotions that they loved. Right before the game started, we set up/take down batting practice with the grounds crew and distributed coolers around the dugouts and ball pens for both home and away teams. Also, before the game we are to create the script for the night, which is distributed to George (our announcer), Jacks locker, fan services, and the promo team. The script consists of what goes on in the middle and end of each inning such as promotions, birthday welcomes, and announcements. After each in game promotion, prizes are given out to the winner. Prizes include Jackals Tickets,

Another staffing strategy is the case of Scott Hatteberg, Hatteberg plays with the Boston Red Sox’s. He was injured and was never signed up by the Boston Red Sox’s. The Oakland A’s did not waste time and hired Hatteberg. The Oakland A’s done this because Hatteberg has an on base scoring record. According to the Oakland A’s, Hatteberg filled up what was missing in the team.