English

After spending an evening with Sandy Alderson, you should have  some new insights into the current state of professional baseball that either augment or contradict some of what we've discussed in class during the term -  in our conversations and from the three books (Shoeless Joe, The Natural and Bullpen Gospels). What did you learn from Sandy and how does it all connect with what we've done in class and through the readings. Be specific in discussing aspects of Sandy's presentation, our class meetings, and the three books. In short, your essay should connect all three.

This assignment gives you a great deal of freedom to present your thoughts and conclusions, and that's both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that you have ample scope to be genuinely creative; the curse is that you need to construct your paper carefully since you have a good deal of ground to cover in a few pages of prose. The essay is due by midnight on Wednesday, December 12th.