Term Papers on Baseball Changes

Term Paper Title	Baseball Changes
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Baseball Changes

            The signing of Ken Griffey Jr. to the Cincinnati Reds for 9 years at $112 million,

is a prime example that there is a considerable amount of changes in major league.

baseball. The reason for these changes is the athleticism of the players. Once the players

began to throw harder, run faster, and hit further, they made the demand for more money

and less obligation from owners. After the style of the players’ game changed, the league

officials changed the rules and regulations, not to mention the playing field. Also, the

popularity of the game has changed back to where it used to be in the early 90’s.

Since the Sosa/Maguire season, baseball has came back in the vocabulary of many people.

            In the first half of the century baseball was the only pure sport to most Americans.

In those days, kids and adults played baseball on every street corner. This was a time

when players played for the love of the game. In fact the salaries were so low that most

players had job before and after the game. Now, major league baseball is one of the

highest paying sports known to man. The salary of a ball player in the first half of the

century wouldn’t pay a ball player’s fine for charging the mound and an ejection at these

times. I guess Babe Ruth would be a bum on the streets of New York these days.

            In professional baseball almost every team has a pitcher that throws in the high

90’s, and a hitter that can take the ball over the fence 30 or more times a season. This is

why league officials changed the size of the field. The second oldest diamond, Wrigley

Field looks like the neighborhood playground compared to Cominsky Park. The rules and

regulations have changed, but not drastically. The only game stopping decision officials

tried to make is the salary cap in 19...

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