National Geographic

I generally do not like sports, which is why I had never watched a baseball game in person until last spring. I was invited to come support my local college baseball team in the playoffs. Like many junior colleges, my college baseball park is quite small. So small in fact, that fans from both teams have to share the same bleachers and look through a chainlink fence that serves as a back-stop behind home plate. Sharing bleachers with the other team fans can be a problem, I later find out. That…

“Having struggled, until recently, in obscurity to refine the game, Dominicans have a claim on the American national pastime. They have poured their love into their own players, gladiators who have triumphed in the United States. Each title won by a Dominican in the major leagues has been, in a manner of speaking, a coup for his compatriots at home, struggling…

Invasion of privacy refers primarily to an intrusion into another person’s private life without just cause. As stated above, there are valid reasons why these hidden cameras are useful. I believe that the negative consequences far outweigh the positive ones. First, keeping privacy in this age of video surveillance is a serious concern. In the old days of the television show, Candid Camera, or the most recent version, Punked, unsuspecting people were placed in awkward or embarrassing…

Before a security manager can “sell” a strategy, the manager must first have a keen awareness of what the organization does and how security fits into it. The security manager must fully understand the organizational mission and what processes within the organization are needed to accomplish the mission. The security manager must be able to identify organizational assets, liabilities and threats. The vulnerability of system processes are identified and rated on a scale as to likelihood.…

users sends a message to young fans that PED use is acceptable, which could lead to increased use of steroid and supplement use in adolescent training. There is also the issue of how these players would reflect on the Hall itself. Bauman claims “the National Baseball of Fame is the most exclusive gathering of its sort in all of professional sports”. The Hall would be dishonored if PEDs are allowed to compromise the lofty and necessary standards in place (Bauman np). It would be shameful to the…

Jackie Robinson was one of the best baseball players of his time, and he helped promote the integration of blacks into professional leagues of all sports. Many people know Jackie because of his skills on the field, but few know about his hardships and his impact on ending segregation. Robinson was an athlete since he was in high school, and he excelled at football, basketball, baseball, and track. He later became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Along with his impressive…

Why is it important to protect information in the food service industry to maintain competitive advantage? Information security is the process of protecting the availability, privacy, and integrity of data. Information technology and methods of securing it have been around for centuries. Whether it is hiding your diary under your pillow, keeping a secret from others, or encrypting your passwords on a desktop, the need to secure data or information has always been important. In the food service…

Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” tells the story of a diverse group of players from who found common ground in the love for America's greatest past time. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. The Portland Mavericks, a class “A” minor league team constructed by a former professional baseball player and actor, Bing Russell. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe…

Sixty miles per hour is the speed at which the average softball player throws the ball; so I guess you could say I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I believe I was exactly where I was supposed to be. You know how some people say there was a certain moment that changed their life completely? Well, this was that moment for me, and it all was caused by a miscommunication. Miscommunications happen all of the time, but with a softball that isn't actually soft, and someone standing only…

The use of steroids, also known as performance enhancing drugs (PEDs), in baseball has been illegal in Major League Baseball since 1991, even though they did not start league wide testing until 2003. And even though they are outlawed, many still use steroids and get away with it. This gives them an unfair advantage and if not used properly can ruin not only their careers, but their lives. I believe that steroids should become legal in the MLB to level the playing field. Many people cheat and get…