In late July 2020, baseball and softball will make their return to the Olympic program after a twelve-year absence. Hopes are high that the popularity of both sports in Japan will lead to a successful showing in Tokyo and justify the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to reinstate
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“Under One Banner”: The World Baseball Softball Confederation and the Gendered Politics of Olympic Participation
Callie Batts Maddox
Superstars Really Are Scarce: Shohei Ohtani and Baseball Attendance
Christopher T. Imbrogno and Brian M. Mills
commonly using attendance data at Major League Baseball (MLB) games. Much of this work has identified the role of league design in purportedly creating competitive balance and whether fans attend games based on changes to the uncertainty of outcome ( Rottenberg, 1956 ). Within the context of league design
Dr. Richard C. Nelson: A Water Tower Remembrance
Robert Shapiro
I graduated Brooklyn College in January 1972 with a degree in health and physical education. I expected to teach physical education and coach baseball. Unfortunately, no teaching jobs in physical education were open in New York City in the spring 1972. Instead, I became the poster boy for teaching
Sueños de Béisbol: Hopes, Experiences, and Expectations of Professional Baseball Players in the Dominican Republic
Leonardo Ruiz, Judy L. Van Raalte, Thaddeus France, and Al Petitpas
For over a century, professional baseball and the Dominican Republic have had a special relationship with Major League Baseball (MLB), using the island’s academies as a pipeline for cultivating baseball talent ( Klein, 2014 ; Zirin, 2005 ). All-stars including Sammy Sosa, Vladimir Guerrero, David
The African American Community and Professional Baseball: Examining Major League Baseball’s Corporate Social-Responsibility Efforts as a Relationship-Management Strategy
Shaun M. Anderson and Matthew M. Martin
Comedian Chris Rock explained in a 2015 interview on Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel that Major League Baseball (MLB) lacks a relatability factor in the African American community. He stated that “Black people and baseball ain’t a good match anymore” ( Axisa, 2015 ). Furthermore, he explained that
The Significance of Baseball Games Between South Korean Teams and US Army Teams Shortly After World War II
Moongi Cho
, characteristics, and meaning of baseball games held in South Korea in 1945 and 1946. Newspapers issued in Seoul were selected as the main source for this study based on the following two reasons. First, it is not an exaggeration to say that Seoul has been at the center stage of Korean history. 5 Second
Relationships Between Throwing Yips in Baseball, Experiential Avoidance, Cognitive Fusion, Values, and Social Factors
Kazuya Inoue, Tatsuto Yamada, and Tomu Ohtsuki
golf ( Smith et al., 2000 ), causing a jerky motion and derailing putts ( Smith et al., 2003 ). The yips have also been reported in baseball ( Papineau, 2015 ), tennis ( Mayer et al., 1999 ), shooting ( Sitburana & Ondo, 2008 ), table tennis ( Le Floch et al., 2010 ), and cricket ( Bawden & Maynard
Relationship Between Glenohumeral and Thoracolumbar Rotation Range of Motion in Baseball Players
Jeffrey G. Williams, Lauryn Darnall, and Conrad Schumann
Key Points ▸ Spinal range of motion among players is suspected to be compensatory to tightness in the posterior shoulder. ▸ No studies have tested this relationship. ▸ No relationship was observed between thoracolumbar and glenohumeral ranges of motion. Throwing a baseball demands properly
Lumbar Hyperextension in Baseball Pitching: A Potential Cause of Spondylolysis
Hardeep Singh, Mark Lee, Matthew J. Solomito, Christian Merrill, and Carl Nissen
, or soccer. 3 , 4 , 10 – 13 One explanation for the diverse presentation may be that primary lumbar extension exists in a variety of athletic movements but is not recognized, as the necessarily complex spine motion of sport masks lumbar extension. Baseball pitching is an extremely intricate motion
Facilitating the Transition out of Professional Baseball Following Release: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective
Johannes Raabe, Andrew D. Bass, Lauren K. McHenry, and Rebecca A. Zakrajsek
The Major League Baseball (MLB) system in the United States gives every franchise the opportunity to develop players in their minor leagues, where individuals compete in different classes ranging from Rookie, Advanced Rookie, Short-A, Low-A, High-A, A, AA, to AAA (from the lowest to highest
