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Chin Music: A Statistical Analysis Of Retaliation Pitches In Major League Baseball, Peter Jurewicz
Chin Music: A Statistical Analysis Of Retaliation Pitches In Major League Baseball, Peter Jurewicz
All Theses
This paper is focused on hit batsmen in Major League Baseball from the 2008 season through August 20th of the 2013 season. More specifically, this paper examines the characteristics of retaliation pitches and attempts to determine the intent of the pitcher. The paper also takes into account moral hazard and cost-benefit analysis of hitting an opposing batsman. There has been a vast amount of literature in economics with regard to hit batsmen in Major League Baseball. However, very few of these papers have been able to evaluate economic theories in Major League Baseball using Pitchf/x data. Pitchf/x technology became fully …
The Vancouver Asahi Baseball Team And Cultural Acceptance 1920-1941, Christopher M. Pellerin
The Vancouver Asahi Baseball Team And Cultural Acceptance 1920-1941, Christopher M. Pellerin
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis analyzed how the Vancouver Asahis, through excellence in baseball, gained acceptance within the newspaper media and community from 1920 to 1941. An examination of Vancouver’s history and culture determined the importance of baseball to the city, especially upon Bob Brown’s, Vancouver’s greatest builder of the game, immigration. A history of the Asahis was also examined to help frame baseball’s importance to the Japanese and why they wished to engage in this specific sport. Through a content analysis within the Vancouver Sun and Daily Province newspapers, this thesis examined how the Asahis were represented in each of the two …
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Owen County, Kentucky - Cultural Resource Survey (Fa 620), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 620. This collection features information and oral histories gathered from residents of Owen County, Kentucky.
Explaining The Wage Differential Between American And Latino Baseball Players In Major League Baseball, Kristopher Kusterman
Explaining The Wage Differential Between American And Latino Baseball Players In Major League Baseball, Kristopher Kusterman
All Theses
This paper examines the wage differential between Latino and American baseball players in the Major Leagues. First, a literature review is prepared to look at how, historically, economists have gone about comparing different races' and ethnicities' compensation in professional sports. Historically, these comparisons are made between white and African American players. Next, a detailed look at the dataset that is used in the paper, which is from the Sean Lahman 2012 Baseball Database which consists of data going back to 1871, although this paper's scope is only for the years between 1985 and 2009. Regressions are then prepared in the …
Workers' Responses To Incentives: The Case Of Pending Mlb Free Agents, Joshua Congdon-Hohman, Jonathan A. Lanning
Workers' Responses To Incentives: The Case Of Pending Mlb Free Agents, Joshua Congdon-Hohman, Jonathan A. Lanning
Economics Department Working Papers
This study examines ways in which workers respond to implicit incentives. Specifically, we examine the extent to which workers shift their effort to activities that are measured and which have been previously rewarded in the labor market. To examine this question, we examine the changes in the performance measures of professional baseball players in the season prior to the opportunity to freely negotiate their contract (free agency). We will examine different eras in baseball to examine if we can identify changes in behavior in this pivotal year based on changes to the current premium outputs for each time period.
June 2013, John M. Pfau Library
June 2013, John M. Pfau Library
LBHP Newsletters
Mexican American Baseball in the Military .............. Pg 2
Latina Women's Baseball History Exibit .............. Pg 3
Women Breaking Barriers Celebrate Mexican American Baseball History at Pomona Public Library ............. Pg 4
A Home Run in Orange County's Barios ......... Pg 5
American Ball Sports: Origins And Evolutions, Kevin Rask
American Ball Sports: Origins And Evolutions, Kevin Rask
Social Sciences
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Spring Arbor, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Spring Arbor, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Ohio Mid-Western, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Ohio Mid-Western, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Point Park, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Point Park, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Who's Got What It Takes? The Training Background Of Ncaa Division I Baseball Players, Lequez Tymarkee Spearman
Who's Got What It Takes? The Training Background Of Ncaa Division I Baseball Players, Lequez Tymarkee Spearman
Doctoral Dissertations
Baseball is widely regarded as America’s pastime, in large part because of narratives about it being an egalitarian sport, in which every man can participate. At our current time a chorus of scholars has noted how the sport has become more exclusive to the middle class. For example, Ogden and Rose’s (2005) research cited access and rising costs as barriers to participation for some baseball players. In order to understand what is required to compete at the developmental level in baseball, the current study adopted a qualitative approach which allowed the exploration of the training background of 10 NCAA Division …
Taxing The Opposition: Cactus League Attendance And The Efficiency Of The 'Cubs Tax', Michael C. Davis, Craig Palsson, Joseph Price
Taxing The Opposition: Cactus League Attendance And The Efficiency Of The 'Cubs Tax', Michael C. Davis, Craig Palsson, Joseph Price
Economics Faculty Research & Creative Works
In 2010, a plan to finance a new spring training stadium for the Cubs through a ticket surcharge on all games in the Cactus League was proposed. We find that the Cubs increase attendance when they are the away team by about 37%. Thus, the surcharge would be economically justified as long as the price elasticity of tickets is less than 0.32, which many prior studies find to be the case. This tax provides one of the few examples in which the cost of a subsidized stadium would be born primarily by the group that benefits the most from the …
Cedarville Vs. Ohio Christian, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Ohio Christian, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Salem International, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Salem International, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Kentucky State, Cedarville University
Cedarville Vs. Kentucky State, Cedarville University
Baseball Programs
No abstract provided.
Cedarville Vs. Urbana, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Team Game Highs, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Team Game Highs, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Overall Individual Statistics, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Overall Individual Statistics, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Individual Conference Statistics, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Individual Conference Statistics, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Schedule, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Schedule, Cedarville University
Baseball Schedules
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Leader Statistics, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Leader Statistics, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Game-By-Game Statistics, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Game-By-Game Statistics, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Miscellaneous Statistics, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Miscellaneous Statistics, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
2013 Baseball Individual Game Highs, Cedarville University
2013 Baseball Individual Game Highs, Cedarville University
Baseball Statistics
No abstract provided.
American Beisbol: How Cultural Differences Help Explain Different Approaches To Game Playing, Derek Jackson
American Beisbol: How Cultural Differences Help Explain Different Approaches To Game Playing, Derek Jackson
Masters Theses
The purpose of this thesis project is to examine the effect of culturally derived game strategies on the success level of players in the game of baseball. Specifically, I look at both the influence of how various Latin American cultures teach the game in order to better ensure success of players at the MLB level versus how the game is taught in the United States and Japan. In this way I develop a feedback model in which these game strategies perpetuate a cycle of enculturation that further reinforces cultural/ethnic identities. In order to accomplish this goal I look at the …
Cedarville Vs. Urbana, Cedarville University
January 2013, John M. Pfau Library
January 2013, John M. Pfau Library
LBHP Newsletters
Saluting Mexican American Ball players in the military ...................... Pg.2
Release of Orange County book ............................. Pg. 4
On the field again ......... Pg. 5
Women's Baseball History Exhibit ......................... Pg.7