PPT Show on the idea of Social Imagination

1. Sociological Imagination Soc 153 Southwestern Illinois College B. Wallace

6. Apply Sociological Imagination To Every Day Things

7. How To Get This Point Across Sure, Could Use A Beer One of The Best Places for a beer is

12. I Know What You Are Thinking Baseball and Sociology Culture Racism Gender Inequalities Socialization Deviance Religion Collective Groups Social Class You Can Apply Baseball to the Following Areas of Sociology

14. Let’s Start With Socialization

15. How Did You Learn To Follow…

22. US History and Baseball

23. Does Baseball Reflect American Culture? Think about this for a few seconds

24. 1850 Through 1920

31. 1930 Through 1960s

35. Social Class & Baseball Is Baseball still America’s Favorite Sport? Who Makes Up Baseball’s Fan Base?

43. Social Class & Baseball

44. Payroll by Teams

45. Bottom 5 Payrolls

46. Payroll Facts Total Payroll for all 30 MLB Teams 2,326,706,685 The top 25 Players Earn a Total of $398,400,000.00 Which is 17.1% of Entire Payroll of MLB Average salary for players is approx 1.6 million Are baseball players worth $1.6 million or more. What is Their Status In Society?

47. Who Pays For All Of This Who Really Paid For the New Busch Ball Park

48. Deviance

52. Conspiracy of the Juiced Baseball Highest Fan Ratings came Between 1998 and 2001 Due to Sosa and McGwire There has been an increased Number of home runs has increased since 1998 Is due to better technology, better training methods, Or is there deviance in the Dugout?

55. How Fans Feel About The Increase in Home Runs

56. Conclusion Religion We Accept Open Signs of A Person’s Religion Examples…Rituals of Batters Gender How Would We Feel About Professional Female Baseball Players Collective Behavior How Do Crowds Know How to React or How Do the Crowds Know how to Chant Certain Slogans Let’s Take A Quick Look At Other of Baseball Sociology.