scholarly journals Why Do Koreans Love Ethnic Players in the MLB? A Focus on Ethnic Identity and Player Identification

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 12955
Author(s):  
Jong-Woo Jun ◽  
Jun-Hyuk Cho ◽  
Ji-Hoon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Baseball Player ◽  
Collectivistic Culture ◽  
Major League ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Cultural Explanation ◽  
The Relationship

Asians hold a collectivistic culture, and they feel attachment to people who have the same ethnic background. This study explored how roles of ethnic identity influenced fan behaviors of Korean audiences toward Hyun-jin Ryu, the Korean Major League Baseball player. The results showed that ethnic identity influenced player identification, which led to attitudes toward the L.A. Dodgers. Congruence mediated the relationship between ethnic identity and player identification. It is also found that transportation mediated the relationship between player identification and attitudes toward the L.A. Dodgers. These results provide a cultural explanation of fan behaviors of ethnic players. Managerial implications can also be found.

Professional Playing Experience Does Not Lead to Professional Coaching Success

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Schempp ◽  
Bryan A. McCullick ◽  
Matthew A. Grant ◽  
Cornell Foo ◽  
Kelly Wieser
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
National Basketball Association ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Winning Percentage ◽  
Professional Coaching ◽  
Major League ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between coaches’ professional playing experience and their professional coaching success. The sample (n = 134) included coaches who had the equivalent of three full seasons of head coaching experience in either Major League Baseball (MLB) (n = 46), the National Basketball Association (NBA) (n = 38) or the National Football League (NFL) (n = 50) as determined by the total number of games coached between the years 1997-2007. ANOVAs revealed no significant differences between coaches with more or less professional playing experience and professional coaching success as determined by professional winning percentage. Further, no significant relationship was found between professional playing experience and professional coaching success in MLB (r = -0.16), NBA (r = -0.05) or NFL (r = 0.00). It was concluded that professional playing experience was not a predictor of professional level coaching success. These findings support the notion that sources of knowledge other than playing experience may be necessary and useful in developing coaching expertise.

It’s a Party in the MLB: An Analysis of Shirking Between Games in Major League Baseball

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Richard J. Paulsen
Keyword(s):  
Moral Hazard ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Baseball Player ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Estimation Strategy ◽  
Major League ◽  
Triple Difference ◽  
And Performance

This paper uses game-level Major League Baseball data to identify whether players with greater job security shirk in their preparation between games. Past work has identified evidence of moral hazard arising in multiyear Major League Baseball player contracts, but little work has been done in identifying when shirking takes place. Using a difference-in-differences estimation strategy, this study finds evidence of an inverse relationship between the number of years remaining on player contracts and performance when the player is playing on short rest, when opportunity to rest is scarce, but not on long rest. Using a triple-difference specification, evidence is found that this inverse relationship between years remaining on a player’s contract when playing on short rest occurs for games played in “party cities.” This evidence would suggest that between game preparation is one avenue through which players on multiyear contracts shirk.

Age and Level of Performance in Major League Baseball

1994 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-232
Author(s):  
Ray Over
Keyword(s):  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Baseball Players ◽  
Component Skills ◽  
Major League ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Batting Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between age and the level of performance of major league baseball players was assessed through quasi-experimental designs. Whereas cross-sectional comparisons revealed no differences in batting and fielding statistics between younger and older players, longitudinal analysis showed significant decrements in batting performance as players aged from 30 to 35 years. A decline in performance with age was found even among elite players. Age decrements in achievement need to be studied not only in the context of molar measures such as batting statistics but also at a microanalytic level through reference to component skills. This paper outlines a methodology that can be used in assessing the nature and basis of age decrements in skilled athletic performance.

scholarly journals What Are The Monetary Effects Of Education In The Market For Major League Baseball Players?

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Olbrecht ◽  
Steven Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
College Attendance ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Baseball Players ◽  
Major League ◽  
The Relationship

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">In this article, we test the relationship between college attendance and earnings for Major League Baseball players. Using a cross-section of non-pitchers from the 2005 season, we find that schooling does not influence earnings. These results seemingly contradict the schooling-earnings theory and suggest that the market for baseball players may be purely talent-driven.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals Sound Symbolism in Baseball Player Names

Names ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-35
Author(s):  
Stephanie S. Shih ◽  
Deniz Rudin
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Real World ◽  
Major League Baseball ◽  
Sound Symbolism ◽  
Baseball Player ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Major League ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Naming Practices

Recent work has argued that sound symbolism plays a much larger part in language than previously believed, given the assumption of the arbitrariness of the sign. A slate of recent papers on Pokémonastics, for example, has found sound symbolic associations to be rampant in Pokémon names cross-linguistically. In this paper, we explore a real-world dataset that parallels Pokémon, in which human players similarly have physical attributes of weight, height, and power: Major League Baseball. We investigated phonological correlations between baseball player statistics and their given first names, chosen baseball-official first names,and baseball nicknames. We found numerous sound symbolic associations in player-chosen names and nicknames, where conscious design may play a role in choosing a name that communicates an attribute. These associations were often mediated by language-specific hypocoristic formation processes. We conclude that sound symbolism occurs in real-world naming practices, but only when names are chosen in cognizance of the relevant attributes.

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