In the article titled Face-off on the playing field By, Judith B. Stamper explains girls have their own story of support or discrimination, success also the debate of girls be allowed to compete on boys’ sports team. First, the writer Title IX explains female athletes are been treated second-class for long enough and should pass of inequalities and biases of girls. The writer also clarifies that girls doing sports make them healthier, physically, and emotionally. Other girls that don’t play sports are less likely to use of drugs. In addition, she notes a former Stanford University basketball player Mariah says, strength and independence of things girls learn from sports, the opportunities that are changing women.
My Michigan Hero “Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.” - Babe Ruth Lauren Connell is a softball player for the Michigan softball team. She is enrolled in the college of literature, science, and the arts at the University of Michigan. Lauren Connell works hard to keep her grades up in school she was also bullpen catcher she graduated from west lafayette high school in (2012) she also registered first collegiate putout behind the plate at Ohio State (March 22) .
She was one of three women to play in the men's pro league. Out of those three women she was the only on that pitched. When they went to away games she would always pitch so that more people would come to the game. This was because the team would get about 60% of the gate fee if they won and 40% if they didn’t. At home games she would pitch a few innings and then be switched out for one of the guy pitchers.
During the 1900s, people of color were not able to play in the MLB with white people due to segregation. With the making of their own league, known as the Negro Leagues, people of color were able to play the game they love as well as now turning the face of baseball with allowing anybody of a different race into the MLB. With a couple of players going into the MLB, during this time despite the conflict, which had made an impact as they progressed of allowing people of color into the Major Leagues and into sports today. Segregation during this time prevented people of color to play with other races as the diversity of conflict to be able to play their sport as well as the people of color, mainly African-Americans, came to a compromise where
The reason for having the Negro Leagues was because it very unlikely to have a colored person be on the same field as a white person. However, one man who stands alone Jackie Robinson’s defeat to break the color barrier in baseball with the help of Branch
In the movie “A League of Their Own”, one can see how the more sexist views of the culture in the 1940s and 50s in America was present in the Girls Professional Baseball League. “A League of Their Own” is a movie about what was once the “All-American Girls Professional Baseball League” which was formed when the young men were sent over to serve in World War II. One of the most obvious cultural views that this movie shows is the feminizing of the baseball players to make them “more acceptable and women like”. Unlike men’s uniforms, that include a full shirt and pants, they were to wear skirts that were very short, too short to play baseball in comfortably. This alone shows how this league was just as much about show as it was about the women’s talent.
Ever since its debut by gym teacher Dr. James Naismith in 1891 basketball has become a widely popularized team sport for both men and women across the nation. Though enjoyed by both men and women, women have struggled to attain the same respect in the sport as men, even though the women at the University of California had their first extramural game in 1892. The same trend continues in the NBA, National Basketball Association, and WNBA, Women’s National Basketball. The NBA started 70 years ago in 1946 while the WNBA began 20 years ago in 1996. The NBA continues to gain popularity, while the WNBA struggles to still be known.
During World War II (1943) there were no young men around to participate in America’s past-time – baseball – which leads to the formation of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Players Association. The film tells the heartfelt story of the girls who kept the game going in the with a good old sibling rivalry mixed in. A League of Their Own was added to the US National Film Registry which represents “important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking” that establish the film industry as a successful business. The films selected are not the ‘best’ films of all time but “works of enduring importance to American culture…that reflect who we are as a people and as a nation” (BBC
Softball has evolved over the years and has an impact on the United States. “Softball wasn’t organized on a national basis until 1933”. Softball evolved with new rules and more popularity. “Michael J. Pauley and Leo Fischer presented their concept of organizing thousands of teams into cohesive organizations by state”. They are known as National leagues.
There are many little boys and girls who want to grow up and be professional athletes. They have hopes and dreams and put in the hard work and effort to achieve them. What they do not know is how different their lives are if they make it in this profession. While the men are able to live pretty comfortably, the women usually struggle to make a living, and they most often live with other teammates or family to help split the bills. They are often “forced” to play all year round, even overseas.
All my life, I have seen the game of softball as an opportunity to improve my life. Whether it be on or off the field, softball has taught me life skills certain people can only imagine learning. As a sassy 6 year old playing Tee-ball, I can remember giving attitude to other teams since we were losing. My coaches scolded us for unpleasant attitudes regarding losing. It bothered me that others were winning.
According to Jonathan Mahler, "These include the millions of boys and girls who join thousands of youth, scholastic, collegiate and American Legion baseball teams, along with the men and women who play baseball and softball in industrial and semiprofessional urban and rural leagues, and the continuing interest in the history and cultural meaning of baseball, as measured by the sale of baseball books, the popularity of baseball films like “The
The 1920’s were a very exciting and well remembered time era for the changes the way sports are played today. During this time period watching as well as playing sports became much more popular as a method of relaxation or a way to spend some free time having fun, just as it is today. Babe Ruth’s outstanding skill and dedication changed the game of ball since people of all races and colors would watch his games, and was a huge role model to many young kids, giving them a dream to someday become a great player just like him. Babe Ruth’s record setting performances brought a whole new social life to people in the 20’s.
Eventually this law was used to create more opportunities for women in sports. This did increase women’s participation in sports significantly, but women still faced criticism and scrutiny. Furthermore, men stereotyped women as not “being good enough” to play sports, labeling them as weak, fragile, and
