2004 World Series Essays

St.Louis Cardinals St.Louis Cardinals have history dating back to the 1900s. The Cardinals have had a lot of success in that time such as, “The Cardinals have won 11 World Series Championships, 18 National League pennants, 3 National League Eastern Division Titles, and 8 National League Central Division Titles,” (Jetton,2013). Cardinals have many in the hall of fame, and have many in the Cardinal Hall of Fame. So therefore, St.Louis Cardinals have a lot of history, success, and people in the cardinal

Washington Nationals this month) and Freddie Gonzalez of the Atlanta Braves. The Los Angeles Dodgers have a history of making moves with social impact for example signing Jackie Robinson, backing Sandy Koufax decision to not start game one of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur, Fernando Valenzuela, Hideo Nomo and Hyun Jin-Ryu. The prevailing thought by many in Los Angeles the top two notable managerial candidates Gabe Kapler and Dave Roberts. Some rumors had Gabe Kapler as the leader in

team that sticks out the most from the bunch would have to be the New York Yankees. The New York Yankees are a professional Major League baseball team. They can be considered one of the most prestigious and decorated baseball franchise with 27 World Series championships and 40 American League Pennants. In this paper, New York Yankees baseball will be defined and will also give people, who are somewhat of baseball fans some knowledge about baseball and the prestigious Yankees organization. Popularity

George was so good at baseball that one of the monks invited Jack Dunn, owner of the minor league team the Baltimore Orioles who groomed players for the major league Red Sox, to come and watch him play. Jack was impressed and offered George his first professional baseball contract on February 14, 1914 at the age of nineteen as a pitcher. He got the nickname Babe because he was Jack Dunn’s newest babe. This nickname stuck with him for the rest of his career. He was soon moved up to the majors and

In 2004 the Red Sox won the World Series and the curse that they had upon them for 86 years was finally

Albert Pujols Net Worth Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara was born on the 16th January 1980 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He earned his popularity and net worth, playing baseball in the American Major League for teams St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles of Anaheim under the short name Albert Pujols. During his career, Albert has won numerous prestigious awards including 6 times Silver Slugger award, he was named 3 times the NL MVP and he was chosen 10 times for the All Star game, among others

in every area of the club: from a decrepit ballpark being rejuvenated to a lifetime-long ownership regime ending to two World Series rings. The Boston Red Sox are questionably the most popular team in baseball right now. After 86 years of allegedly being cursed by Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox baseball finally broke through and won the World Series just a few short years ago, in 2004. Every year since then, their fan base has grown and grown as the team continues to win. In fact, many believe that Red

Cy Young, League MVP, Triple Crown, and has thrown two no-hitters in his current 13 year career. Justin Verlander is one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in all of baseball, but Justin is still searching for that one thing and that is a World Series championship. While he is all business on the mound his normal everyday life consists of fast cars, a smoking hot fiancée and luxury. Justin Verlander was born February 20th, 1983 in Manakin-sabot, Virginia which is just outside of Richmond.

selection of 14. This season ended with the Yankees winning the world championship, the first of three in a row. In the season of 1999, Jeter’s hits led the majors, along with his career high in home runs and RBIs. Also In 2000, Jeter was the first player ever to be named the World Series and All-star game MVP in the same season. He also got named team captain in 2003 because of his excellence on and off the field. The next year in 2004 he won his first of 5 Gold Glove awards because of his greatness

Bryce Harper and Hunter Strickland’s throw-down on Memorial Day reminded us that the bad blood between two teams or players isn’t always settled by playing the game. Below are, in no particular order, the top 10 baseball brawls in recent memory. Robin Ventura vs. Nolan Ryan, 1993 The altercation between Robin Ventura and Nolan Ryan is probably one of the most iconic brawls in baseball history. In a 1993 game between the Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox, Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan plunked

announce my retirement. Even today, 20 years later, I still haven't announced my retirement. You don't leave the game. The game leaves you''(qtd. in Nightengale). Major League Baseball’s 1994 strike had many adverse effects, including the lack of a world series, the end to Michael Jordan’s baseball career, the termination of the Montreal Expos franchise, and the halt of Tony Gwynn’s race to baseball immortality. One of the major effects of the 1994 MLB strike was the ultimate downfall of the Montreal

in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the "Curse of the Bambino" after its

he won the Cy Young Award for the National League and was later traded to the Boston Red Sox in 1998. With the Red Sox Martinez achieved his greatest success, winning two more Cy Young Awards and leading the team to its first World Series championship in 86 years in 2004. Martinez overcame his early difficulties by working diligently, being persistent, and being determined. His life is a living example of the strength of determination and commitment. The impact of Pedro Martinez's legacy on the

form did Pete Rose throw away games for the money. Think of Shoeless Joe Jackson during the 1919 World Series. Joe conspired with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series. He was later banned from baseball. This has been another controversy for almost a century. Joe Jackson is the complete opposite from Pete Rose in a gambling standpoint. Pete Rose bet on his team to win, Joe Jackson threw a World Series for $5,000. Either way players, managers, or anyone associated with the club should not be gambling

The history of the Boston Red Sox leads them to where they are in 2011. Many strategies are used to keep the Red Sox at the top of Major League Baseball. Marketing is one of the main ways they stay relevant. One way the Red Sox market is how they sell their tickets. Chuck Salter wrote an article to explain how they do this. The Red Sox are partners with EBay and Stub hub. This allows them to be able to sell their tickets with ease. They place the tickets on these sites and sell them at a

The Martian Chronicles, written by Ray Bradbury, is about man's journey to Mars in 26 loosely connected stories. Each story tells a different perspective of the new frontier and Bradbury's view of humans. The book begins with Earth facing war and man sending rockets to Mars in search of a new life.The first story was the “Locusts”.The locusts were in February 2002.The Locusts is about the rockets that came like drums and beating in the night.The rocket set the bony meadows afire,and was touring rock

Since the beginning of professional baseball. Cheaters have found a way to take advantage and cheat the game in some shape or form. Whether it’s through injecting illegal substances into their own bodies to intentionally lose baseball games to get money. Whatever way these athletes cheat, we still wonder the same question throughout the years. Should they still be recognized for their records and overall career or just be cast aside and forgotten? Well baseball has had many different commissioners

season had an average attendance of 32,000 viewers per game. This is just for live audiences. If we look at the number of TV viewers, it averages 90,000 TV audiences per game per locality when a top team like Tampa Bay Rays is playing. During the world series, the number of viewers reach 13.8 million nationwide. It’s close to the 15.5 million viewers during the NBA finals, proving that baseball still is a popular sport. Throughout history, the highest rated game was in 1986: New York Mets vs Boston

Greg Maddux, was he the best pitcher of his generation? Greg Maddux off the baseball diamond may look like a high school history teacher to some, but it was his work on the mound that earned him the nickname the professor. While Greg Maddux may not exactly fit what some say the best pitcher in baseball is supposed to look like it’s his statistics that say for the better part of his career he was. We’ve all been outmatched at some point in our lives; for some it was mentally, and for others it was

“The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” he outlines what he believes to be the five most common dysfunctions of a team in business. Lencioni’s analysis on business dysfunction could easily be applied to the sports industry. As discussed previously, the 2004 USA Men’s Basketball team failure in Athens sheds light on these five dysfunctions. However, there are many more similar examples in the sports industry that also could be applied. For the purpose of this analysis, the focus of dysfunction will be