The New York Yankees were in an unusual predicament in their final year with Derek Jeter. Jeter announced that he was retiring after the 2014 season, but the Yankees decided to sign him to one-year contract worth twelve million dollars. They could have used this money to pursue a younger, more talented shortstop for them who would give them a better shot at winning a World Series. The New York Yankees fell into a very common thing that happens in sports and that is the sunk cost fallacy.
Jeter is the captain of the Yankees and is a fan favorite. When you walk into Yankee Stadium you will see the name Jeter on the back of almost every jersey. He has won five world series with the Yankees and played his twenty seasons with them. This 40-year-old fan favorite may not be helping the team win, however. He has not been able to stay off the disabled list and had a lousy .190 batting average this last season and played in only 17 games. The Yankees just can’t seem to part ways with him though.
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His salary is 2 million dollars cheaper at only 10 million a year, but the Yankees stuck with Jeter. Tulowitzki had a .312 batting average in 2013 and played in 126 games compared to Jeter’s .190 batting average and he played in only 19 games. Tulowitzki is also only 28 years old so he is in his prime, while Jeter at 40 is far from his.
So why wouldn’t the Yankees pursue a new shortstop and get rid of Jeter? They fell into the sunk cost fallacy. Sunk cost is a cost that has already been incurred and is nonrenewable. Sunk costs should be ignored in decisions about future actions. The Yankees had so much invested in Jeter over the years that they decided to go with him at shortstop for another year instead of someone much younger and more talented. Jeter did not give the Yankees their best shot at winning a world series, but they played him
...t pool is not adequate to call up enough players to fill two new expansion teams, while maintaining the same level of play in all facets of the game. “The influx of inferior talent filling those new roster spots fundamentally altered the competitive environment: it allowed elite players, especially hitters, to excel” (Bradbury). Up to this point in time, the major league of baseball continued to populate the league with better-quality baseball players through the exploitation of rapid population growth, and racial integration. However, this growth trend was reversed through the implementation of expansion in 1990s. By filling the expansion teams with subpar talent in juxtaposition to the major leagues’ talent level, the dilution of player quality was felt throughout the entire league and throughout all phases of the game including, pitching, hitting, and defense.
Through out the 1950s the Yankees experienced highs and lows but team remained arguably the ball club in all of Major League Baseball. In the 50s the team showed off tough unwavering determination to win even when some of their best players were missing from the line up. Although The Yankees didn’t win a World Series each year of this decade it is still hard to argue that they didn’t maintain their reign over professional baseball. At the start of the Yankees organization the team established one of the most storied and legendary histories ever in baseball and has built on it and will continue building on it for many days to come.
Derek Jeter is an MLB shortstop for the New York Yankees. Many struggle in that position; an already tough fielding position for a legendary sports team in a legendary city. Derek Sanderson Jeter, however, does not struggle. Jeter has more hits, games played, stolen bases, and at bats than anyone who has ever played for the New York Yankees. Jeter’s heroic image makes him liked by even rivals. Derek Jeter is the best shortstop of all-time because of his playoff experience, clutch attribute, and playmaking ability.
The game of baseball has changed ever since Babe Ruth has joined the league. He has changed the game with the amount of power he brings to the plate. Right now with the Yankees, he has showed how amazing he is and has helped make the Yankees popular by winning a few World Series and breaking many homerun records. For Babe to come into the league, it took a little help to get noticed.
And with that hit it was one of many more to come in his long 20 year career. Ever since Derek was a minor he always thought about playing for the Yankees because that is all he ever wanted. In his third grade art class Derek painted a picture of himself wearing a pinstripe uniform that his art teacher kept for future references and then later gave back to Derek his final season with the Yanks.
Jackie Robinson changed baseball in America in the 1940s by breaking the segregation barrier that was bestowed on baseball. Robinson played in the Negro League for the Kansas City Monarchs. In 1945 Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers negotiated a contract with Robinson that would bring Robinson into the major leagues in 1947. Baseball was segregated because of racial intolerance, economic factors, and other complex reasons. The major leagues would rent out their stadiums to the Negro League teams when their own team would be on the road. For example, if the Brooklyn Dodgers were on the road they would rent out their stadium to the Kansas City Monarchs. Major League team owners also knew if they integrated the Majors the Negro League would lose their best players and the Negro League would be lost. Also, the Majors would lose significant revenue.
good player that was recognized in the MLB. In the 2012-2013 season they ended up getting
...igit numbers to players they expect to be great. Derek got number 2. His debut was the first game of the upcoming season. He impressed the Yankee’s with his phenomenal performance in his first season. He batted .314 with 10 home runs and 78 RBIs his first season.
In today’s college atmosphere equality is stressed but is there a double standard for the college student/athlete. In the paper I will briefly outline the various ways college athletes are among the chosen ones in the college realm.
There was good reason the Sox were susceptible to the lure of quick money. They were
It was wrong. It was stupid,” quoted by Mark McGwire, one of the most controversial players in the
In conclusion anyone can change the game of baseball coaches, players even fans. The game of baseball never stays the same. It will change along with the times, but its how we adjust as players which makes the good player good and the bad player bad. Baseballs changes have made the game more interesting and enjoyable to watch.
The Health and fitness industry have many ethical issues involved which was very interesting to me. I have never purchased a membership at a health club, but from the reading I learned a lot about how they operate. It amazed me that health clubs push their sales representatives to get 200-300 new members a month (Amend, 1992). This is a large amount of people for such a short amount a time, which means some members are not fully aware of the fine print of the membership agreement. Also the reading mentions that more than half of instructors at these clubs do not have valid certification (Copeland et al, 1988),. This is unethical because the members pay each month for the service of a qualified staff member to assist them in exercise and fitness. Safety of the members could also be at risk working out with a non-qualified trainer. Learning how these companies do business make me want to hold off as long as possible to join a gym.
The self-serving bias is the tendency for an athlete to accommodate to factors that paint the athlete in a favorable light. In the athletic realm, individuals portray the self-serving bias to foster future, effective performance in a sport. Whereas an athlete will attribute positive events to the doing of themselves, an athlete will attribute negative events to the doing of others. Although an individual may be inaccurate when imputing a factor, the self-serving bias is a method by which an individual safeguards esteem. It is this protection of esteem that is paralleled in the attribution theory. For instance, an athlete uses the self-serving bias to attribute success as a byproduct of the team. On the other hand, the athlete uses the self-serving
Sports psychology is the study of how psychology influences sports, athletic performance, exercise and physical activity. Some sports psychologists work with professional athletes and coaches to improve performance and increase motivation. Other professionals use exercise and sports to enhance people’s lives and well-being. While finding ways to help athletes is certainly an important part of sports psychology, the application of exercise and physical activity for improving the lives of non-athletes is also a major focus.