The Team Sport of the IndividualThe Cruelest Sport

BASEBALL

The Team Sport of the Individual

“Everything that every player does is accounted for and everything is either good or bad, right or wrong. Toward the supreme goal of winning

baseball games every act counts as either a debit or a credit. Nothing is overlooked and there is no

middle ground.”Page 57

Mandelbaum

“The Snodgrass Muff”-New York Giants outfielder Fred Snodgrass, dropped an

easy fly ball hit by Boston Red Sox pinch hitter Clyde Engle in the tenth inning of the final game (Oct. 12) of the 1912 World Series.

http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/baseballjargon.htm

“He’s going for the cycle”-Means when a single individual is going to hit a single,

double, triple, and homerun in the same game.

-‘No Hitter”, or “Saved the Game”-Just for the pitcher

Fence Buster -A heavy hitter

Early Shower-When a pitcher is pulled from the game early for

ineffectiveness, he is said to be removed “for an early shower” or to “hit the showers.”

http://www.suite101.com/content/baseball-slang-dictionary-from-dh-a21778

SIGNS TO PLAYERS ON BASE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgGszXtm7n0 clip.

Language

• Stats are for individual player use…-Batting average-Stolen bases-The pitcher’s record/ saves

• Outs/strikes/ balls, in an inning are made by an individual person

• Team’s record (separate)

Scoring

• Advertising…Individual Players appear in commercials, magazines etc.-Usually players who perform well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGUx5FW5fQ clip

• Promotion… for world series, single out players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_2PlQrL28 clip

Advertising and Promotion

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Rules

• Balking – Pitcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLpAI59MRnc clip

• Errors, specific to individual players• Different positions, can use different types of equipment

“The first baseman may wear a leather glove or mitt not more than twelve inches long from top to bottom and not more than eight inches wide across the palm, measured from the base of the thumb crotch to the outer edge of the mitt”

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/objectives_1.jsp

• Stealing bases, and tagging up is focused on one player• Batter in the Box

Fan Appeal

• Specific player’s jersey• Trading cards• Buying individual players apparel

(clothing lines etc.)

Camera Angles

• T.V. is advanced, however; - Baseball is one sequence at a

time - Only the players involved are

shownhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYejsgJCmk&feature=related clipFOOTBALL IS SHOWING MOST EVERYONE at the same time.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVlTR_49n4&feature=related clip

Baseball is Cruel

Errors• Bill Buckner/ Wilson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbGHa1Pl8b0 clip

• Luis Castillo (#1 on not top 10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVQXsP5jdY&feature=related

clip

“ The courage to perform knowing that the frequent and inevitable failures will be personal ones, responsibility for which

cannot be shirked, will be universally known, and will be recorded forever.”Page 60

• Jim Joyce– Made a call– It was wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_8BbJ8eZ0&feature=related

cliphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxEF-V4fio&feature=related

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Umpire Failures

• Billy Goat Curse (1945)

"Them Cubs, they aren't gonna win no more"

• Curse of the Great Bambino

(1918-2004)

Psychological

Fox NewsOctober 15th, 2003

After the Cubs fan lost the game by grabbing a fly ball…

“As they filed away from what was supposed to be a major victory party, some spoke of the legendary Cubs curse. As the story goes, the owner of a Chicago tavern put a curse on the Cubs when he and a goat were denied entry to a 1945 World Series game against Detroit. The Cubs went on to lose that series 4-3; since then, it's been one heartbreak after another.In 1969, the Cubs collapsed late in the season, passed in the standings by New York's "Miracle" Mets. In 1973, the Mets once again overtook the Cubs.In 1984, the Cubs led the Padres 2-0 in the NL championship series -- only to lose three straight games in San Diego. The Cubs returned to the playoffs in 1989 and 1998, but failed to win a series either time."Hopefully we pull it off tomorrow, but nothing's for granted," said a dejected Jason Forsyth, 30, of Elwood, who clutched a beer outside a sports bar near the ballpark.’”

Fan Cruelty

Cubs Fans Blame Heartbreaking Loss on Fan's BlunderWednesday, October 15, 2003

CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs supporters showed up for a night-long party at Wrigley Field on Tuesday, only to have their raucous celebration snuffed by a stunning late-inning rally that left them cursing one fellow fan. In a stunning eighth-inning turnaround, the Florida Marlins took advantage of left fielder Moises Alou's run-in with a fan on a foul fly and an error by shortstop Alex Gonzalez to score eight runs in an 8-3 victory Tuesday night, forcing the NL championship series to a Game 7.People who minutes earlier had been dancing and singing the praises of their home team suddenly turned their wrath on the fan who grabbed for the fly ball. Obscene chants echoed from inside the stadium and from the surrounding streets, where thousands had gathered to celebrate what they hoped would be the Cubs' first trip to the World Series since 1945.Ballpark guards escorted the man, who was wearing a Cubs hat, from his seat along the low outfield wall and into a security office as the game ended. He covered his face with a sweater as he walked past fans who pelted him with cups of beer and shouted obscenities. Some chanted "kill him."Jim Cuthbert, 33, of Lombard, said he was sitting about 15 to 20 rows behind the fan and was kicked out after approaching to berate him."My wife was hanging on to my arm. I was going nuts. That idiot. We were five outs away," Cuthbert said.Fans outside the ballpark at first couldn't believe what they were hearing on radios or watching on portable televisions."I hope he gets an escort out," said Mary Krueger of suburban Niles, who watched the mishap on a portable TV while standing on Waveland Avenue behind Wrigley's outfield wall. "One more night, that's all."But for other fans, the sudden turnaround brought back fans' worst fears of the Cubs' many previous late-season collapses. Fox News

October 15th, 2003

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