You are given the talent, it's your job to develop it and watch it flourish by combining physical and mental training with a great work ethic. ... You feel like when you were a kid enjoying your sport with pure and innocent delight. ... This is a key factor because if you don't enjoy your sport, your future in it will be limited. ... One very successful way to help people understand the part that psychology plays in sports is to watch movies that pertain to certain psychological topics. ...

• Word Count: 1722
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Sitting down in the bleachers watching the first pitch to be thrown, the child begins to think that this place is heaven. ... The fan that is a "bandwagon" fan enjoys the show, especially little men hitting 4 homeruns in one game and sending sky rocket blasts up into the upper deck of the stadium. ... When fans go to the ballpark to watch a game, they are expecting the major-league players to be more talented than the average person. ... Most enjoy the towering homeruns at record pace, but this has become just the era of steroids. ...

• Word Count: 2385
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Fans are not appreciating these strikes at all and are becoming impatient and frustrated with having to wander if they are or are not going to be able to watch pro baseball during the year. ... It seems to the spectators who watch the game from the stands and at home on the television that players do not enjoy the game of baseball as much as they used to or else they would not be complaining about pay cuts and luxury taxes. ... Now the cost of a day at the ballpark is high, making it difficult for Americans of moderate incomes to enjoy big-league play. ...

• Word Count: 1955
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

It was believed that by watching baseball, youngsters would learn to be better people because they would begin to imitate the professionals who became their heroes. ... Out of his six final home runs, three occurred on this day, but according to Cub's Fred Linstrom "it was like watching a monument beginning to shake and crack, you were waiting for it to topple". ...

• Word Count: 2397
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

After watching them play he felt that those players could help expand the earning of his own team and could lead them to win more games. ... Altogether, baseball was segregated for sixty years and it wasn't easy trying to end it, once the sport became integrated it began evolving into a sport all races could enjoy. ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For many people, particularly the older folks, baseball is a reminder of the hardships they overcame and the good times they enjoyed. ... Fans followed their favorite players and teams by listening to a ballgame on the radio, watching a game on black-and-white televisions or by sitting in the stands at the ballpark. ...

• Word Count: 1993
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography