This in turn can lead to longer careers for baseball players, allowing for multiple generations of fans to personally witness some of the best the game has to offer (Thomas 1). ... Fans not only become more engrossed in baseball players' careers, but this idolization begins to root itself in their everyday lives "something that is lacking with today's baseball generation where players are not having the long successful careers as those in previous generations where Pete Rose and Reggie Jackson headlined two decades of historical baseball accomplishments. ... When Roger Hornsby...

• Word Count: 2635
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But with so many players using steroids then who is to say what records in the future of past for that matter should be counted. ... It is just that our generation is becoming very lazy and always wanting the easy way out. ... Drug use in professional baseball can only be bad news for the future. ...

• Word Count: 1013
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• Grade Level: High School

At one point in time baseball represented purity and happiness, and it provided people with hope for humanity and for the future of this great nation (Grossman, Kimsey, Moreen, and Owings 2). ... While, the preservation of baseball's records and the conservation of the Hall of Fame's credibility are the most immediately pressing issues, the prevention of future PED use is perhaps just as important, if not more. ... Many others believe that excluding players because of PED use is too extreme and that it would wipe out some of the best players of a generation. ...

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

In the past 25 years, major league baseball has gone through a so-called steroid era. More and more popular names of the sport have been caught cheating by using performance enhancing drugs. Of these cheating players, the most popular have been: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa. Many argue that these cheaters should not be recognized and inducted into the Hall of Fame, despite their outstanding career numbers. On the contrary, people like MLB Commissioner Bud Selig argue that the feats reached by players, with or without the use of performance-enhancing drugs, are rema...

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Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School

Bruce Barry's Introduction The Ken Griffey Jr. Negotiation This case is a journalist's account (published in Sports Illustrated) of negotiations surrounding a professional baseball player in the U.S. named Ken Griffey, Jr. that took place during the winter of 2000. I realize that you may know little or nothing about Griffey or about the sport of baseball or the nature of U.S. major league baseball teams, contracts, and negotiations. This brief introductory note is intended to bring you up to speed on some basic details that will help you sort through the article on the Griffey...

• Word Count: 3204
• Approx Pages: 13
• Grade Level: High School