In America today contracts for players in Major League Baseball are insane. A recent contract signed was for Felix Hernandez. His contract was seven years for 175 million dollars. How this relates to the Civil War times is that when soldiers were captured and put into a POW Camps, to pass the time they played baseball. They played it as a hobby and now it has evolved into a business. This connects to the civil war because when these soldiers had been captured it was a hobby and now when we look at professional baseball players we think of them as blessed jocks that are rich. But they are just like the POW’s during the Civil War. This connects to class because we have been talking about how African Americans are being treated after the war. One of the things that was established was the Negro Baseball League. They are not treated as equals not just in the rights aspect they are not treated equal in sports also.
I like the topic of your blog, but I was confused how you related it to the “Civil War times.” I was thinking that you would start talking about how they were paid, but you only mentioned that they played baseball as a pass time. I completely agree that major league sports are now turning into businesses. Many players have lost their loves for the game because it’s all about the cash. If they’re not the highest paid player on the team then they try to get traded to a different team so they can make a few extra million dollars. When you started to talk about the freedmen and the Negro League, you really caught my attention. I liked how you used adversity and you didn’t only talk about the whites back then. There are still many players that don’t really look at the business side of the game. They just want to keep playing the sport they have loved since they were little kids. Those are the players that end up being the best, and having the most successful careers.
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In America today contracts for players in Major League Baseball are insane. A recent contract signed was for Felix Hernandez. His contract was seven years for 175 million dollars. How this relates to the Civil War times is that when soldiers were captured and put into a POW Camps, to pass the time they played baseball. They played it as a hobby and now it has evolved into a business.
DeleteThis connects to the civil war because when these soldiers had been captured it was a hobby and now when we look at professional baseball players we think of them as blessed jocks that are rich. But they are just like the POW’s during the Civil War.
This connects to class because we have been talking about how African Americans are being treated after the war. One of the things that was established was the Negro Baseball League. They are not treated as equals not just in the rights aspect they are not treated equal in sports also.
I like the topic of your blog, but I was confused how you related it to the “Civil War times.” I was thinking that you would start talking about how they were paid, but you only mentioned that they played baseball as a pass time. I completely agree that major league sports are now turning into businesses. Many players have lost their loves for the game because it’s all about the cash. If they’re not the highest paid player on the team then they try to get traded to a different team so they can make a few extra million dollars. When you started to talk about the freedmen and the Negro League, you really caught my attention. I liked how you used adversity and you didn’t only talk about the whites back then. There are still many players that don’t really look at the business side of the game. They just want to keep playing the sport they have loved since they were little kids. Those are the players that end up being the best, and having the most successful careers.
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