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An 9 page paper. In any organization, human relationships are formed and developed. These relationships may only exist at the workplace or some may carry them into their own personal lives. The same is true with sports teams. There are numerous relationships developed with baseball teams. This paper discusses the types of relationships that are formed between: owners and players, fans and players, coaches and players, and between and among teammates. The nature of these relationships and the effects of them are discussed. Two types of team cohesion are explained. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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this model paper is used, please remember to cite as one of your sources.] Introduction In any organization, human relationships are formed and developed. These relationships
may only exist at the workplace or some may carry them into their own personal lives. The same is true with sports teams. There are numerous relationships developed with baseball
teams. The most adversarial of these relationships must be the one between club owners and the players, which has been all too apparent during contract negotiations. Human Relationships
Between Owners and Players Many decades ago, Memphis Bill Terry, who was the manager of the New York Giants (before they moved to California), said that baseball
"must be a great game to survive the fools who run it. No business in the world has ever made more money with poorer management. It can survive anything" (Kaplan,
2002, p. 46). He as correct, baseball has survived any number of crises, although not as well as Terry probably thought it would. Baseball players have lost a great deal
of the fans loyalty and respect as a result of work stoppages and strikes, all for the purpose of being paid even more millions than they already receive (Kaplan, 2002).
A comment from Kaplan sums up how many fans feel about baseball players: "they [the players] wonder why we despise them so. The last time we watched the prima donnas
of baseball try to wreck the sport, back in 1994-95, a strike dragged on 232 days and wiped out the postseason" (Kaplan, 2002, p. 46). The bleachers have seldom been
full since that strike. Still, the players threaten to strike if they do not receive what they want during collective bargaining negotiations (Kaplan, 2002). Consider the fact that the Texas
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