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The Right Call: Baseball Coaches' Attempts To Influence Umpires, Kevin Warneke, David C. Ogden
The Right Call: Baseball Coaches' Attempts To Influence Umpires, Kevin Warneke, David C. Ogden
Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences
On-field conversations and confrontations between baseball coaches and umpires have long been a part of the game. An umpire's decision can alter the course of the game, but little has been written about the exchanges between a coach or manager and umpire, especially in relation to theoretical considerations. This study applies management and leadership theories in exploring the strategies baseball coaches use to contest an umpire's decision. By using leadership scholar John E. Barbuto's concept of influence tactics and the various types of social power discussed by sociologists John R. French and Bertram Raven, the study also tests the congruence …
Ua12/2/1 November Magazine, Wku Student Affairs
Ua12/2/1 November Magazine, Wku Student Affairs
WKU Archives Records
Special edition of the College Heights Herald includes articles:
- Morris, Ken. Bugtussle & Beyond
- Carpenter, Steve. Through the Eye’s Mind – George Wedding
- Marguerita Beltran: The Final Frames
- Judd, Alan. Jimmy Feix: Success Doesn’t Always Mean Winning Games