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Baseball Research Journal: Volume 42 Issue 2

Baseball Research Journal: Volume 42 Issue 2

Jack Bales
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The Baseball Research Journal is the peer-reviewed flagship publication of SABR and features the best baseball research from SABR members in all possible disciplines, from history to statistical analysis, psychology, physiology, physics, game theory, and more. This issue features a biography of Bill Veeck. Sr. , the demise of the Federal League, how Frank Baker really got the "home run" nickname, corrections to the run-scored records of the Detroit Tigers, survey of female baseball players regarding baseball versus softball, the psychology of clutch hitting, the dearth of 20- and 30- game-winning pitchers, and much more.

The Hearst Sandlot Classic
More than a Doorway to the Big Leagues
by Alan Cohen
In 1946, sportswriter Max Kase of the New York Journal-American was instrumental in creating the Hearst Sandlot Classic. The game featured the New York All-Stars against the U.S. All-Stars. The annual event was held at the Polo Grounds in New York through 1958, and was moved to Yankee Stadium in 1959. The program had the backing of William Randolph Hearst who, early on, stressed the goals of the program. “This program will be conducted in all Hearst cities from coast to coast. The purpose of the program will not be to develop players for organized baseball, but will be designed to further the spirit of athletic competition among the youth of America.” Of the young men who appeared in the game, 89 advanced to the major leagues.

Fate and the Federal League
Were the Federals Incompetent, Outmaneuvered, of Just Unlucky?
by Bob Ruzzo
For years, the convention has been to view the Federal League, the last challenger to actually take the field against Organized Baseball, as having been doomed from the start, ultimately suffering an “inevitable collapse.” After all, there is no immediately recognizable vestige of the Federal League in modern baseball, no “Federal Division,” no long-simmering rivalry between the Chicago Whales and the Saint Louis Terriers. Upon closer examination, however, the events of the Federal League war demonstrate once again that certainty is most expertly determined in hindsight. For while the distance of a century cloaks the demise of the Federal League with an air of dreary predictability, its struggle against the baseball establishment was, like so many other “wars,” determined to a significant extent by chance and circumstance.

Preferences Between Baseball and Fastpitch Amongst Female Baseball Players
by Justine Siegal and Dr. Andy Li-An Ho
Women now play baseball worldwide. Baseball leagues for women exist in Australia, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. In the U.S., women and girls are pushed preferentially toward softball instead of baseball. The purpose of the present study was to explore the preferences of female baseball players regarding the differences between baseball and fastpitch softball. The hypotheses in the present study were twofold: 1) Baseball players will consider fastpitch a distinct sport from baseball; and 2) Baseball players will prefer playing baseball to fastpitch. The struggle of the twenty-first century female ball player, caught between the legal right to play and the cultural fight against it, is not well documented. Examining the motivations and the perceptions of these players will help better understand participation patterns between baseball and fastpitch and explore at large why women play baseball when society pushes them towards fastpitch.
Language
English
Pages
273
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Society for American Baseball Research
Release
November 03, 2013

Baseball Research Journal: Volume 42 Issue 2

Jack Bales
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
The Baseball Research Journal is the peer-reviewed flagship publication of SABR and features the best baseball research from SABR members in all possible disciplines, from history to statistical analysis, psychology, physiology, physics, game theory, and more. This issue features a biography of Bill Veeck. Sr. , the demise of the Federal League, how Frank Baker really got the "home run" nickname, corrections to the run-scored records of the Detroit Tigers, survey of female baseball players regarding baseball versus softball, the psychology of clutch hitting, the dearth of 20- and 30- game-winning pitchers, and much more.

The Hearst Sandlot Classic
More than a Doorway to the Big Leagues
by Alan Cohen
In 1946, sportswriter Max Kase of the New York Journal-American was instrumental in creating the Hearst Sandlot Classic. The game featured the New York All-Stars against the U.S. All-Stars. The annual event was held at the Polo Grounds in New York through 1958, and was moved to Yankee Stadium in 1959. The program had the backing of William Randolph Hearst who, early on, stressed the goals of the program. “This program will be conducted in all Hearst cities from coast to coast. The purpose of the program will not be to develop players for organized baseball, but will be designed to further the spirit of athletic competition among the youth of America.” Of the young men who appeared in the game, 89 advanced to the major leagues.

Fate and the Federal League
Were the Federals Incompetent, Outmaneuvered, of Just Unlucky?
by Bob Ruzzo
For years, the convention has been to view the Federal League, the last challenger to actually take the field against Organized Baseball, as having been doomed from the start, ultimately suffering an “inevitable collapse.” After all, there is no immediately recognizable vestige of the Federal League in modern baseball, no “Federal Division,” no long-simmering rivalry between the Chicago Whales and the Saint Louis Terriers. Upon closer examination, however, the events of the Federal League war demonstrate once again that certainty is most expertly determined in hindsight. For while the distance of a century cloaks the demise of the Federal League with an air of dreary predictability, its struggle against the baseball establishment was, like so many other “wars,” determined to a significant extent by chance and circumstance.

Preferences Between Baseball and Fastpitch Amongst Female Baseball Players
by Justine Siegal and Dr. Andy Li-An Ho
Women now play baseball worldwide. Baseball leagues for women exist in Australia, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States. In the U.S., women and girls are pushed preferentially toward softball instead of baseball. The purpose of the present study was to explore the preferences of female baseball players regarding the differences between baseball and fastpitch softball. The hypotheses in the present study were twofold: 1) Baseball players will consider fastpitch a distinct sport from baseball; and 2) Baseball players will prefer playing baseball to fastpitch. The struggle of the twenty-first century female ball player, caught between the legal right to play and the cultural fight against it, is not well documented. Examining the motivations and the perceptions of these players will help better understand participation patterns between baseball and fastpitch and explore at large why women play baseball when society pushes them towards fastpitch.
Language
English
Pages
273
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Society for American Baseball Research
Release
November 03, 2013

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