1. The Team Sport of the Individual
The Cruelest Sport

3. “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.”
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4. “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.

5. • 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)

6. • Advertising…
Individual Players
appear in
commercials, magazine
s etc.
-Usually players who perform well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aGUx5FW5fQ clip
• Promotion… for world
series, single out
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ_2PlQrL28 clip

7. • 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

8. • Specific player’s jersey
• Trading cards
• Buying individual players apparel
(clothing lines etc.)

9. • T.V. is advanced, however;
- Baseball is one sequence at a time
- Only the players involved are
shown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMYejsgJCmk&feature=related clip
FOOTBALL IS SHOWING MOST EVERYONE at the same time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwVlTR_49n4&feature=related clip

11. • Bill Buckner/ Wilson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbGHa
1Pl8b0 clip
• Luis Castillo (#1 on not
top 10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojVQXsP5jd
Y&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.”
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12. • Jim Joyce
– Made a call
– It was wrong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS_8BbJ8e
Z0&feature=related clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxEF-
V4fio&feature=related clip

13. • Billy Goat
Curse (1945)
"Them Cubs, they
aren't gonna win
no more"
• Curse of the
Great Bambino
(1918-2004)

14. 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.’”
Fox News
October 15th, 2003

16. Cubs Fans Blame Heartbreaking Loss on Fan's Blunder
Wednesday, 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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