Baseball: The American Pastime
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April 14, 2008
Table of Contents
Introduction
Labor Battles in the Modern Era
Steroid Abuse
Steroid Punishments
Costs of Baseball
Stadium Cost
Does it Pay to Build
Conclusion
Work Cited
Illustrations
Figure 1 Steroid Suspension 2005 Regular Season
Introduction
Baseball is still America’s pastime. From the mid 1800’s when it was invented, America has been fascinating people of all ages.
Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as Americas “national pastime.” Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball.
Baseball was based on the English game of rounders. Rounders becomes......
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