In the end what is more important money or the game? When most of us think of baseball, we head back to the fields of our youths, and the inexplicable joy we got from playing baseball. We learned about teamwork and sportsmanship. Baseball was just a game. This philosophy gives the game a childlike sense of simplicity, and it’s the purest and most innocent of the philosophies. The only thing that matters is that enjoyment is derived from the experience, which happens because it is a game. Baseball is also a business, and because it is such a profitable business, it’s no surprise that there are people in it for just the money. Money plays a key role in baseball, which cause scandals and gambling to occur. One main example of people in it just for the money is the Black Sox Scandal, where eight players met up with a gambler who paid them all to throw the World Series. They gave up the biggest game of their lives for money. But not every coach or player has the same intentions. In the book “Moneyball” by Michael Lewis more specifically chapter nine “The Trading Desk”, Billy Bean, the general manager of the Oakland A's, uses innovative techniques of appraising talent and selecting baseball players based off of statistics. He focuses on a modernized, analytical, and saber metric approach to assembling a competitive baseball team, despite Oakland's disadvantaged revenue situation. The Oakland A’s have one of the lowest salaries in baseball but ended up creating an amazing team. He focuses mainly on the game and the true talent in baseball even with the remuneration disability. The Black Sox’s were associated with the idea of money over the game and the Oakland A’s were focused on the team and baseball talent to win the game and disregarded the importance of money.
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this paper seems to be focused around what is more important in baseball, winning or the money.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the paper will be about how and why money is important in sports.
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