What’s Happened to Our Game? Baseball Salaries, Statistics, Steroids, and Slow Motion in a New Age of Showmanship
Fall (9 - 13 hours) | This course is completed
Baseball, our former “national pastime”, is still a wonderful game of skill, strategy, and situations. But the game has changed considerably in the last 50 years, since the dawn of the steroid era, an emphasis on statistical analysis, slow-motion replay, salary inflation, and a penchant for home runs, leading to increased strikeouts. This course will explore some of these changes since the seventies, with readings, PowerPoint presentations, and YouTube videos used to stimulate discussion of a game that we all love.
Rick Hutchins
Rick Hutchins has taught over 60 different courses/workshops at the college level, first in the field of health and physical education, and later in the computing field. He previously coached eight different sports, and was an Athletic Director at Plymouth State College, and later Hanover High School. He currently serves as a computer consultant, website developer, Treasurer of the Goose Pond Lake Association, teacher, and photographer. Rick has created over 20 photobooks and 12 years of calendars.