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Baseball and the American Dream

Baseball and the American Dream. American Baseball History Arvada West Senior High Thomson. Shapers of the American Dream. Shapers of the American Dream. Marvin Miller Modern reserve clause today Major League Baseball Players Association = Most important & powerful union in history.

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Baseball and the American Dream

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  1. Baseball and the American Dream American Baseball History Arvada West Senior High Thomson

  2. Shapers of the American Dream

  3. Shapers of the American Dream • Marvin Miller • Modern reserve clause today • Major League Baseball Players Association = Most important & powerful union in history

  4. Shapers of the American Dream • Jackie Robinson: • Baseball stood in the way of the American Dream = Race • Baseball drew a color line • U.S. erased the color line • 1948 – U.S. Army integrated • 1954 - Brown vs. BOE • Most important figure in the Civil Rights Movement = Jackie Robinson • Up until the 1960’s baseball was the National Pastime

  5. Shapers of the American Dream • Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis: • Clean up baseball and save it • People could not wrap their minds around the fact baseball was corrupt → gambling (1800’s & 1900’s) → 1919 Black Sox Scandal • Pete Rose & the HOF = Ethics Debate

  6. Shapers of the American Dream • AAGPBL: • Women were involved with baseball • Mid-size mid-western cities • Close enough to travel by buses • Women clean up the game???

  7. Shapers of the American Dream • Will a woman be in the MLB?: • Women in the dugout? • A female manager? • Women thrive with women • Men are predatory

  8. Embracing the American Dream

  9. Embracing the American Dream • Ted Williams = Defending the American Dream • Television → Shaped the American Dream → ESPN → Reshaped America • Geographically → No change in baseball (1903-1953) • After 1953 → Baseball expanded → Some embraced, some balked • Expansion/Shifting franchises → After 1953

  10. Dreaming the American Dream

  11. Dreaming the American Dream • Magical, spiritual realm to baseball → Foul lines go on forever • No time limit = Baseball can go on forever • Mystic value/mysticism • Green = Rural, country “feel” • The Natural → book strikes out → dealing with life & failures → not always successful • Sell baseball for what it is

  12. History and the American (?) Dream

  13. History and the American (?) Dream • Internationalizing of baseball = Saved baseball

  14. Global Dreamers

  15. Global Dreamers • A.G. Spalding: • All-Star Travel team → Exhibition games → Market baseball • What Americans are all about • Americans perceiving greatness → Projecting ourselves before we were a powerhouse • Not yet global leaders

  16. Global Dreamers • Globalization of the game: • 1934 → NYY & Babe Ruth → Visit Japan • After 1934 → Japanese Professional Baseball

  17. Global Dreamers

  18. Global Dreamers • Japan and Baseball: • One sport • Year round play • Better fundamentals • Mirrors lifestyle & culture • Popular

  19. Baseball and the American Dream?

  20. Future of Baseball • Very bright • Foreigners have bought into the American Dream • MLB camps in third world countries

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