The Avron Fogelman Sports History Museum Paper requires you to answer in a 4-page typed-written (double-spaced) paper on of the below questions. These questions are drawn from the Avron Fogelman Sports History Museum on Campus located in the Schmidt Athletic Complex near the football stadium.
Question 1. Locate and take a picture of the contract that sold Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees. What was the year, how much was the contract, what was the most popular beer in sales that year, and what was happening that year that fundamentally altered the global landscape after World War One?
Question 2. Locate and take a picture of the baseball signed by Ken Keltner, the Cleveland Indians third baseman, who caught the ball that ended Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak. What year was that, why did he need a police escort from the field, what was the most popular beer that year, and what transformative event occurred that fundamentally altered the world.
Question 3. Locate and take a picture of Jackie Robinson’s Brooklyn Dodgers (replica) World series ring. What year was that, what was the most popular beer in sales that year, and what land-mark Supreme Court case fundamentally altered the racial landscape in America?
Question 4. Locate and take a picture of Sandy Koufax’s uniform he wore the year he pitched a no-hitter. What year was that, what was his ERA (earned run average), what was the most popular beer in sales that year, and what was happening that year that fundamentally altered the racial landscape in America?
Question 5. Locate and take a picture of Hank Aaron’s uniform he wore the year he broke Babe Ruth’s Career Hone-Run record. What year was it, what was the most popular beer in sales that year, and what was happening that year that fundamentally altered the political landscape in America?
Question 6. Locate and take pictures of the autographed baseballs by six people who changed the 20th Century. Who were they, what did they invent, and what was the most popular beer the each of these leaders was born?
Question 7. Locate 3 autographed baseballs from the 500 Home Run Club and list the player, the team, the date, what the most popular beer that year, and what cultural, social, or political event occurred that impacted America?
