Alright guys, here's my outline. I just read it out loud in front of a mirror and timed myself, and finished at 7:43. My professor said she will cut us off at 7 minutes and the time frame she would like us at is 4:45-5:15. I still have to cite everything. My speech is next Wednesday so I have time. Shout out too
@The Human Q-Tip for the transitions. Worked perfectly! I know I need a better attention getter and I also need a memorable ending. I'm struggling on how to cut this down to the time frame she wants it in. And I probably need a better thesis as well.
Here's my outline right now, any suggestions on how to cut it down?
General Purpose:To inform.
Specific purpose:To discuss some of the biggest gambling scandals in sports.
Speech topic:Best gambling scandals in sports.
Attention Getter:Baseball is America’s greatest pastime sport, but, what if I told you that America’s past time has some of the best gambling scandals in sports history?
Thesis: In the world of today’s sports, there aren’t many scandals, but their have been in years past, that so big, have banished some players in that league for life.
Body:
Transition: The Black Sox Scandal became such a legend in baseball that we didn't see another gambling scandal for more than 60 years.
- Chicago White Sox Scandal - “Black Sox Scandal”
1. The most famous scandal in baseball history. This 1919 World Series was the subject of the most famous scandal in MLB history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. The players accused in the scandal were: “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, pitchers Eddie Cicotte and Claude “Lefty” Williams, infielders Buck Weaver, Arnold “Chick” Gandil, Fred McMullin, Charles “Swede” Risberg and outfielder Oscar “Happy” Felsch (cite).
2. The eight players, which the scandal was later named “Black Sox” Scandal, they were accused of intentionally losing games in exchange for money from gamblers. All eight players were banned for life from baseball and were acquitted in court. One of the people blamed, or one of the causes for the scandal, was White Sox owner Charles Comiskey. Players disliked him. Comiskey had a reputation for underpaying his players, although the White Sox at the time were a powerhouse team (cite). However, the players were founded not guilty on the charges.
3. With the scandal giving baseball a bad name, in 1921, a federal judge name Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed as the first Commissioner of Baseball. On August 3rd, 1921 after the players were acquitted the new commissioner handed down his verdict: “Regardless of the verdict of juries, no player who throws a ball game, no player who undertakes or promises to throw a ball game, no player who sits in confidence with a bunch of crooked ballplayers and gamblers, where the ways and means of throwing a game are discussed and does not promptly tell his club about it, will ever play professional baseball.” (cite)
Transition: And just as the Black Sox scandal brought down a World Series Champion, the next scandal brought down the games all time leader for most career hits.
II.
Pete Rose
1. Pete Rose was a major league baseball player and played 1963-1986.v He played for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and then during the last years of his career, he played again for the Reds. After the playing, he was named manger for the Reds in 1984 to 1989 He was a manager/player for the Reds 1984-1986, then a manager 1986-1989. During his playing times, he was a 17x all-star, 3x World Series Champ, NL MVP, World Series MVP, NL Rookie of the Year, 2x Gold Glove Award, Silver Slugger Award, Roberto Clemente Award, 3x NL batting champion and was named to the MLB All-Century Team.
2. In August 1989, a manager for the Reds then and three years after retiring as a player, Rose agreed to permanent ineligibility from baseball, as allegations came down that he gambled on baseball games when he was playing and was a manager. For years when the allegations came down, Rose denied the accusations that he gambled, but in 2004 he finally admitted he did bet on games. Lawyer John M. Dowd investigated the scandal, and in his report, he found the following: documented Rose betted on 52 games in 1987, where Rose wagered a minimum of $10,000 a day. Other people stated it was $2,000 a day.
3. However, in the Dowd Report, it said “no evidence was discovered that Rose bet against the Reds,” but Dowd stated in December 2002 that he believed Rose probably bet against the Reds while managing them (cite). Rose, for years has been trying to get reinstated so that his ban can be lifted, but, to this day, Rose is still banned from the game of baseball.
Transition: Now, if those two scandals didn't completely destroy our faith in the purity of the game, the most recent scandal definitely will: The Little League Word Series.
III. Danny Almonte - 2001 Little League World Series Scandal
1. Almonte was from the Dominican Republic. A little league pitcher for the Ronaldo Paulino Little league team from Bronx, NY team in 2001, at the age of twelve, or so he claimed to be. He led his team to third place in LLWS.
2. Allegations came after a couple weeks later of the LLWS that he was older than he claimed to be. Little League rules: Little League rules require that eligible players be no more than 12 years old during the regular Little League Season and turn 13 no earlier than August 1 of the year in which they are competing. Allegations came to be true that his real age is fourteen years old. He was born in 1987. Danny’s mother registered his birth certificate in the year 2000, but put 1989 and not 1987, thus, making it a false birth certificate.
3. The punishment that Little League put on the team: Almonte was declared ineligible, the team had to forfeit all their wins in tournament play. All the teams records were removed from the books and the team was required to demonstrate compliance with all regulations before entering the 2002 tournament. Felipe Almonte was banned from Little League competition for life. Paulino, the league president was also banned. Prosecutors from the Dominican Republic filed criminal charges against Felipe Almonte for falsifying a birth certificate. Danny Almonte knew nothing about the falsified document and was cleared of wrongdoing. Almonte also did not speak English during that time. (cite)