God Bless America Informative Speech

Baseball is a very popular sport in America although there is very much controversy on whether it is fading away or still thriving strong in America. Baseball has been around since 1839. The sport has evolved very much over the past 178 years. The game has always been thought to be “Americas Pastime” but in modern society some people believe that may not be the case.

Baseball was one of the most interesting and exciting sports during the time period known as the Golden Age. It has become very cultured by the fact that it became popular around the same time that segregation was happening. Baseball was just now starting to have a major growth period and it was starting to become a major business for some of the players. This was a time that had most people at their feet and were kind of at a desolate state. Baseball impacted the 1920’s in a big manner by the fact that it becoming a business and by it bringing families closer together.

In the workshop, “What baseball taught me about diversity,” Antonio D. Evans explained the way diversity connects to every aspect of playing baseball. His experiences throughout his baseball career taught him how to be culturally diverse and how society can become culturally diverse. He mentions that he played on teams with people who didn’t think like him, act like him or look like him, but he accepted them as a human being. Evans’ also states that baseball is a good teacher of life and you can be bad seventy percent of the time and still be one of the best.

In 1900, Barney Dreyfuss became owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and symbolized the era of the family business in white baseball. Local players like Honus Wagner from Carneigie Pennsylvania played for the Pirates during the early years of Dreyfuss’s ownership. Wagner, a German immigrant, was not only a great baseball player but he came to symbolize the local immigrant class from Pittsburgh (Lecture 9-24-15). In 1903, players like Honus Wagner appeared in the first World Series game that was held in Pittsburgh. The World Series created through the joint partnership of the American and National League to dismantle other baseball leagues by forming the MLB. The MLB throughout the early 20th century worked to vanquish other leagues and smashed efforts of players to unionize all as ways to maximize profits from baseball (Raceball, 26-27).

Baseball. Most Americans know this word, most know what a bat and a mitt looks like, and chances are most have played or watched baseball. With the names Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Yogi Berra, it is likely that most have heard at least one of these famous former New York Yankee’s names and associate them with baseball. Baseball is a sport with unknown origins that is largely chalked up to be America’s “Nation Pastime”, but why is that? How did baseball turn into the household sport and children’s game that we know it as today? Most American’s know the sport or the players, but do not know the history, nor do they understand the role that capitalism played in its development. By using historian and sports expert Steven A. Riess’s book, Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History: Companion to American Sports History we can look at sports history. Specifically, capitalism as the core of the market in America and the undeniably entwined role baseball shares.

The Roaring 20’s brought many great changes to America. New technology, economic boom, and cultural change strived. George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr., an American baseball player, was one of eight children born to a saloon keeper. He was taught at St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys, where his love and passion for the game, began. Little did anyone know, soon, America would be home to the legend of baseball.

In Dominican Baseball: New Pride, Old Prejudice, author, Alan Klein thoroughly dissects the imperative, yet often contested association between the growth and development of Dominican athlete and Major League Baseball. Klein’s analysis provides readers with a thorough understanding of the intricacies and flaws. Through his work, Klein carefully assesses the complex relationship between Major League Baseball and Dominicans concerning the amassed role Dominican’s play when it comes to America’s favorite pastime, the the poor portrayal the roles played by individuals surrounding these athletes, and finally the importance of both on and off the field progressions.

In an era filled with war, racial divides and tensions, two men signify the true meaning of human compassion. Written by Robert P. Parker, the book Double Play creates a vivid picture on the troubles of segregation and the breaking of the color barrier in baseball. The book provides insight on the reality of famous baseball player Jackie Robinson and his fictional bodyguard Joseph Burke. Joseph Burke is a war veteran marine who is hired by Branch Rickey, owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, to be Robinson’s bodyguard as he entered major league baseball as the first African American. Double Play is a phenomenal book that describes the difficult lives of two men who weren’t consumed by the ideals of racism throughout the rest of society.

The Colonization of Black and Latino Baseball: An Analysis of the Dominance of White Hegemonic Sporting Culture in American Society in Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game by Rob Ruck

Baseball in the late 1910’s and 1920’s was booming and starting to become America’s pastime. The 1920’s was the Golden age for sports all through America and became known as the “Age of the Spectator” (Syrett, par. 3). More people were willing to follow their teams and pay to see them. There was one huge controversy that started this golden era known as the Black Sox Scandal. The White Sox were actually paid to throw the World series and people argue today why they would do that. Although some historians think that the Chicago White Sox players made their decision for lack of wanting to win, it was honestly instant pleasure financially being the motive for fixing the World Series.

“Whoever would understand the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game”, this quote is written by Jacques Barzun in his book God’s Country and Mine in 1954. In 1901, the Major League Baseball (MLB) was founded. Between 1901-1960 the MLB hold 16 franchises and all of it located in the Northeast of the United States. Most of the team at the time have a Minor team. Together the Major and the minor were known as organized baseball. In the early 20th century, baseball had become America’s national sport (until the rise of football in 50s). Back then every boy and girls will learned the game as the matter of the course. As the popularity of the game continue to rise, the major baseball star were as

This essay scrutinizes the many implications that baseball clubs had amid Mexican Americans in Southern California during the 1930s and 1940s. This analyzes the techniques that employers and social reformers used to Americanize and socially manage the Mexican immigrant populace. The focus of this paper falls on Mexican community-based baseball clubs throughout Southern California that faced discrimination and inadequate economic prospects had to suffer. In a labor heavy, agriculture system, baseball took on a symbolic and social connotation, Mexican Americans determined baseball as a reflection of a much larger racial and class struggle. They used the sport to endorse ethnic awareness, build community cohesion, exhibit masculine performance,

In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book “The Great Gatsby”, there were huge extravaganzas every week. People coming from all over the area to attend these. They were a sight like no other, one that only could be imagined once seen by an eye. This time period was called the Roaring Twenties. Although all the commotion occurring, people still found time in their schedules to catch a baseball game and cheer on their beloved team. Whether they were in Brooklyn cheering for the Dodgers or in Chicago cheering for the Cubs, there was a point of similarity where everyone of this era in American history could relate and conversate about. This point was baseball. They set aside the rivalries when talking, anxious to hear about stories and great players the other had to tell. It was like the country was revolving around this great pastime.

Since the Cold War, Cuba and the United States have had a relationship fraught with conflict, however there are long standing ties that are older than either nation. This section will explore establishment of these ties, specifically looking at how baseball became a cultural affinity between Cuba and the United States. Historically, political and economic actions between the U.S. and Cuba have affected the baseball relationship, this section will highlight the reverse. It will show how baseball helped Cuba achieve independence, paving the way for a deeper political and economic relationship with the United States. It will also show how baseball contributed to the growing turmoil that brought about the Cuban Revolution, which impacted the

Throughout the first half of the 20th century baseball became America’s sport of choice. Despite the interruption of WWII baseball continued to be one of the most popular sports in the country. The late 1940s saw the end of the “Color Barrier.” The last African American to play in the major leagues played in 1880. Six days before the start of the 1947 season, the Brooklyn Dodgers called Jackie Robinson, a star from the all black “Negro” league, up to the major leagues. On April 15, 1947, Robinson made his major league debut at Ebbets Field. This change allowed America’s pastime to better reflect the country’s ethnic makeup during the 1950s.