Essays on Home Run

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“Baseball was proof positive that democracy was real. A baseball box score after all, is a democratic thing. It doesn't say how big you are, or what religion you follow it does not know how you voted, or the color of your skin, it simply states what kind of ballplayer you were on any particular day”. It’s telling, when the film starts with a quote, which is methodically taken apart, denied and discarded only to turn true in the end. The story is not about the reality of the things, claimed in the quote; ...

The play Fences by August Wilson is set in the American urban setting in 1957. After the end of the Civil War and the Reconstruction, it is clear that the White Americans and the Black Americans had been segregated in almost all areas of life (Tribute To August Wilson 1). These arenas included buses, schools, and even in sport, for instance, baseball. The play gives a practical example of a great player whose dream is crushed along racial lines, despite being good in the game of baseball. Troy Maxson, who is the protagonist in the play, defines his life ...

Discovering Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader)

Gender inequality has been a major problem affecting the entire international community. In many societies, including USA, the women are not given equal treatment and opportunities in comparison to their male counterparts. They are usually downtrodden and looked down upon. However, no one is justified to do this. It is only based on certain outdated superstitious beliefs that should not be condoned in the contemporary society any more (Spade, J., 2006). This paper gives a critical and in-depth synthesis of Anna Tomasino’s Discovering Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader). It does this by focusing on chapter two of this book ...

STEROID ERA IN BASEBALL

Introduction The term steroid era in baseball came about because of the players in major league ball using substances to boost their strengths in order to make more home runs or be better in blocking people. Though this era is not well documented therefore it is very difficult to know when it started or whether it has ended or will end in the near future. The major period that is considered to have hit the most was in the late 1980s when baseball era was almost dying until the late 2000s. In 1991 steroid use was banned from ...

Conflict Resolution and Cooperation with Max & Ruby

Television’s influence on children cannot be underestimated. Children between the ages of two and five spend about 32 hours a week in front of a television, nearing the number of hours considered full-time for a job (Boyse 2010). The American Academy of Pediatrics advises no television for children under the age of two, but parents and educators may seek programs that offer some educational value for the preschool children in their care (Boyse 2010). While some children’s shows are designed purely for entertainment, other shows are designed with the explicit idea that they are educational. These shows may have specific ...

Despite the technical competencies of some star employees, their serious personality flaws can be a real problem. In their article, Waldroop and Butler (Waldroop and Butler, 2000)1 suggest efficient tactics to help managers deal with their employees’ bad habits and make them be successful. The competencies of star employees represent 95 % of their success, but the remaining 5% is a fatal personality flaw that might be destructive to their career and surrounding. These flaws can be summarized in six behavioral patterns: the Hero, the Meritocrat, the Bulldozer, the Rebel, the Pessimist and the Home Run Hitter. These personality flaws result ...