Nippon Professional Baseball

In the 1870‘s, Japanese baseball began, but at that time, baseball players played wearing kimonos and bare feet. Nowadays, most American baseball enthusiasts know Japanese top level players, such as Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Matsui, and Ichiro Suzuki because they have many accomplishments in the highest level baseball league MLB [Major League Baseball]. Many Japanese professional baseball players are trying to move to America, as a result by 2009 16 Japanese players belonged to MLB teams (48 players

The Green Recreation in Sports: Professional sport teams and the rise of environment conscious Outline 1. Introduction. 2. what is ‘go green’ and ‘green sports’? 3. The importance of sports facility designs on environment 4. How professional sport teams in the U.S and Japan have taken care of environmental issues 5. Conclusion 1. Introduction Comprehensive report on the economics of climate change says that policy proposals exist to make the stock of greenhouse stable. Also, there are varieties of

Imagine it is the final game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season in the seventh inning of an interleague game between the National League (NL) Pittsburgh Pirates and the American League (AL) Toronto Blue Jays. Gerrit Cole is pitching for the hometown Pirates and is having an exceptional game, allowing only one unearned run. The Jays lead 1-0 and Gerrit Cole is up next to bat. The question then for General Manager, Clint Hurdle, is whether to pinch-hit for him in exchange for a better hitter

Journal of Management and Marketing Research The worth of sport event sponsorship: an event study Jin-Woo Kim The University of Texas at Arlington Abstract The authors investigate the relationship between sports-related event sponsorship and stock market valuation and identify factors that influence the financial rewards of sponsorship using World Cup and PGA tour sponsorship data. In particular, relationship between sports sponsorship with financial performance is examined in terms of sponsorship

2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies The Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think-tank dedicated to the creation, advancement and sharing of best practices in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, anti-corruption and sustainability, announced the official unveiling of the 2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies. This year’s honorees have gone above and beyond to prove business ethics are paramount to the success of a company’s brand and bottom line. In its fifth year, the World’s