Rationale
Worldwide Baseball Organization is dedicated to providing the path for athletes across the globe enabling their dreams come true. We realize that there is a need for proper player development and showcasing of their talent to key scouts within Major League Organizations. Our Mission Statement is to ensure a safe and fun environment for our players where they can develop physical skills, character and teamwork while being fair and competitive. Worldwide Baseball Organizations’ vision is to provide players from all around the world the opportunity to build self-confidence and discipline to become an effective leader both on the field as well as in life.
We have a commitment to excellence will prove to our clients that we are in it to
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Buyer personas:
Parents - This is the primary target segment, parents are the key driver in an individuals player development enabling them to perform. Youth sports have evolved over the years which has created a very competitive landscape. With the rising salaries of today’s major league players, there is a clear goal to make it to the top. Household annual income of $40,000 plus.
High School and Collegiate Coaches - For those looking to improve the success of their organization. Worldwide Baseball Organization can increase the visibility into their program.
Recruiters - They will take on an international responsibility to recruit and place raw talent into major league baseball systems.
Scouts - This segment evaluates raw talent and determines a players value within a specific organization. Each of the five baseball tools speed, power, fielding, contact and arm strength will be examined.
There will be many partnership opportunities with Worldwide Baseball Organization. We will be evaluating potential sponsors in the following categories:
Bat Manufacturer - Bats must meet the various requirements on both wood and metal
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V. Competition
Perfect Game baseball has been around since the early 90s and is the standard for developing baseball talent across the United States. Their strong footprint and connection to travel baseball programs will pose as our primary competition. Perfect Games weakness to expose is their lack of international presence.
Prep Baseball offers an online database for scouts to analyze player development. Various events are conducted across the united states to showcase high school level athletes. One weaknesses that Prep Baseball has is the lack of youth focus, this is a high school only driven site.
Elite Baseball incorporates the latest technologies to capture a players raw talent and train properly to avoid injuries. Elite Baseball is new to the market and has not placed many major league professionals.
Local travel programs may be small but there are many of them across the national offering competitive baseball at a lower cost. These programs are not poised to scale and will continue moving on a flat
...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.
Senne has raised interesting theories about minor league compensation. Most MLB clubs have around two hundred active players in their farm systems at any given time, spread across between seven to nine minor league affiliates. But none of these players earn a yearly salary above the National Poverty Line of $11,670 for a single person household.
of skills and talent to make it. If players are just slacking off and taking baseball easy
Teams are taking are taking advantage of the abundance of talent in Latin America. All major League teams are active in the Dominican Republic. The Dodgers, the first team to move into the Latin American market, scout the area’s talent closely. About one hundred and four of the two hundred and thirty-seven minor-leaguers they had under contract at the start of the year were from that region.
All groups noted above didn’t have a place in this era of baseball; they were on the other side of the race barrier. With the growing of the sport arose a lack of a cheap talent pool. Segregation hindered the ability to introduce cheap talent from other races. The management of teams was looking for a solution in order to widen the talent pool for their respective leagues. People began to notice talent in the “American colonies” like Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines; it seemed as if everywhere there was an American presence there were talented ball players. Even before America was involved in these nations, America had begun to envision the game as intercultural exchange that would build relations. The decision to include Latinos into the leagues allowed an expansion of the talent pool while still barring African Americans from participating in organized baseball. A racial structure established during Jim Crow upholds the notion of a color line as an exclusionary measure to prevent the influence of blacks into the game that represents American
Baseball has been of the longest living sports in our world today. The game started with the idea of a stick and ball and now has become one of the most complex sports known in our society. Several rules and regulations have been added to help enhance the game for everyone. Although baseball has endured several issues during its history and development of the game the game has still been a success throughout the world.
Many Dominicans dream to make it to the big leagues to break free from the inevitable poverty of their country. The road is long and requires many stops, such as training academies and the minor leagues, in order to reach Major League Baseball. While very few will reach the pinnacle, signing a contract with the training academies or minor leagues in itself provides a higher
Baseball is not a difficult game to comprehend, but it can a very long time to achieve a high level of performance. Usually one starts playing this game at a very young age and the first thing they start out with is throwing. Throwing a baseball involves exploiting all major muscle groups in the body to generate a large torque on the arm that will in turn create a high potential for speed when it is released.
Baseball is known as America’s national pastime, and has been played for over 100 years. Baseball can be a lot of fun, but is also extremely challenging to play, especially trying to hit a 90 mile per hour fastball. I am a very devoted baseball player myself, and over the years I have learned numerous key things about the game. Baseball does not only require physical strength to hit and throw the ball, but it also requires a great mindset, such as, mental preparedness, concentration, and a positive attitude.
The WWII time period was a hard time for American families. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League helped to change the rights of women in the industrial world. Men took care of their responsibilities and served their time in war, but in the meantime, the world-winning women of the AAGPBL stormed the country by surprise. This league was a major success in our history and will leave its legacy among baseball fans for years to come.
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With about 83 players currently to in the MLB, 682 players since 1950, and so far 2 players in the Hall of Fame with much more to get inducted, it’s clear that the Dominican Republic dominates the game of baseball. In the Dominican Republic, baseball is the country’s pastime and official sport. Baseball doesn’t discriminate, regardless of gender, race, and economic status. In my personal view, baseball runs in the blood and embedded in the genetic coding of Dominicans. As a person whose mother and father are Dominican and born and raised in Miami, there seems to be little to nothing that connects me to their culture. Nonetheless, this Miami-born Dominican- American is proud to say that the sport I love the most can connect me to the Dominican
A travel of over 3000 miles for some, a 210 mile drive for me, just to arrive at the biggest gathering of over 1,500 twelve year olds; all just to play baseball. The only place that would be suitable for such an event is Cooperstown Dream Parks, every baseball players heaven. Cars have come to Cooperstown from everywhere for this week long tournament. I met children my age from all over the United states. I became friends with kids from Ohio, Illinois, California, I even met a player from Puerto Rico who barely spoke any english. The windows of everyone 's car decorated with the names and numbers of teams and players. Excited baseball teams spill from their Barracks and hustle toward the already crowded seating area. Festive music played over
Baseball has always been America’s natural past time. Many fans love watching baseball but do not realize how hard it is to prepare for a season. Most fans think the players just show up on the first day. I think this belief is completely false. I feel that preparing for a baseball season requires much preparation. The preparation I use includes working on my swing, working out, and studying other people’s ideas on hitting. These steps are necessary for me to have a successful season. These steps have proven to be a valuable aid in helping me to prepare for the season. I believe these steps are the basic steps to becoming a great baseball player.
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