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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

9 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Describe how money shapes baseball.

  • Understand how baseball connects to the international arena.

  • Reflect on history's influence on the business of baseball.

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Assessments

32 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the American History Through Baseball Specialization
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There are 4 modules in this course

This course will explore baseball’s historical connections to money and globalization, two of the most powerful forces in the modern era. Baseball may be a child’s game, but it has been inextricably intertwined with money and profit since its very inception in the late nineteenth century. The Reserve Clause, world tours, collective bargaining, expansion, bringing players from abroad, and realignment have always been driven as much or more by money than anything else.

Welcome to the course! In this module we will cover topics surrounding 19th century professionalization and international baseball.

What's included

8 videos2 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt

8 videos•Total 72 minutes
  • Course and Module 1 Introduction•3 minutes
  • Gilded Age•11 minutes
  • Professionalization and Moneyball I•13 minutes
  • Professionalization and Moneyball II•7 minutes
  • Spalding's World Tour and American Empire I•11 minutes
  • Spalding's World Tour and American Empire II•7 minutes
  • Baseball in Japan•12 minutes
  • Baseball in Cuba, Latin American, and the Caribbean•9 minutes
2 readings•Total 31 minutes
  • Course Updates and Accessibility Support•1 minute
  • Module 1 Suggested Readings•30 minutes
8 assignments•Total 70 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • Gilded Age•5 minutes
  • Professionalization and Moneyball I•5 minutes
  • Professionalization and Moneyball II•5 minutes
  • Spalding's World Tour and American Empire I•10 minutes
  • Spalding's World Tour and American Empire II•5 minutes
  • Baseball in Japan•5 minutes
  • Baseball in Cuba, Latin American, and the Caribbean•5 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Introduce Yourself!•10 minutes

In this module we will cover topics surrounding the Progressive Era, the Silver Age, the Black Sox, and the Great Depression.

What's included

8 videos9 assignments

8 videos•Total 88 minutes
  • The Progressive Era•12 minutes
  • Baseball in the Progressive Era•14 minutes
  • Baseball's Silver Age and World War I •14 minutes
  • Corruption in Baseball in America•9 minutes
  • Gambling in Baseball The Black Sox Scandal I•11 minutes
  • Black Sox Scandal II•7 minutes
  • Babe Ruth and Baseball in the Roaring Twenties•8 minutes
  • The Great Depression and Baseball's Golden Age•12 minutes
9 assignments•Total 70 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • The Progressive Era•5 minutes
  • Baseball in the Progressive Era•5 minutes
  • Baseball's Silver Age and World War I •5 minutes
  • Corruption in Baseball in America•5 minutes
  • Gambling in Baseball The Black Sox Scandal I•5 minutes
  • Black Sox Scandal II•5 minutes
  • Babe Ruth and Baseball in the Roaring Twenties•5 minutes
  • The Great Depression and Baseball's Golden Age•5 minutes

In this module we will cover topics surrounding changing demographics, post-WWII affluence, crimes of the century, and franchise shifts.

What's included

7 videos1 reading8 assignments

7 videos•Total 59 minutes
  • Module Introduction•1 minute
  • Changing Demographics•13 minutes
  • Baseball Prepares to Move•5 minutes
  • Baseball Follows the TV Money•12 minutes
  • Shifts and Relocation•10 minutes
  • California Dreamin'•7 minutes
  • Great Society?•11 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
  • Franchise Shifts•10 minutes
8 assignments•Total 70 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • Changing Demographics•10 minutes
  • Baseball Prepares to Move•5 minutes
  • Franchise Shifts•5 minutes
  • Baseball Follows the TV Money•5 minutes
  • Shifts and Relocation•5 minutes
  • California Dreamin'•5 minutes
  • Great Society?•5 minutes

In this final module we will cover topics surrounding the Reserve Clause, Marvin Miller, the rise of the MLBPA, and outsourcing.

What's included

8 videos7 assignments

8 videos•Total 28 minutes
  • Module Introduction•1 minute
  • The Reserve Clause•2 minutes
  • Labor History•4 minutes
  • Meanwhile in Baseball•6 minutes
  • Marvin Miller•4 minutes
  • Miller Fights for Change•5 minutes
  • Rise of MLBPA•4 minutes
  • Outsourcing•3 minutes
7 assignments•Total 60 minutes
  • End of Module•30 minutes
  • The Reserve Clause•5 minutes
  • Labor History•5 minutes
  • Meanwhile in Baseball•5 minutes
  • Marvin Miller•5 minutes
  • Rise of MLBPA•5 minutes
  • Outsourcing•5 minutes

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