Kimberlee's+Works+Cited

Annotated Bibliography "Female Athletes Vs. Stereotype: Does Being a Women and an Athlete Really Make You More Masculine Than Feminine?, Page 3 of 3." //Associated Content from Yahoo! - Associatedcontent.com//. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. . This article doesn't have to do with softball specifically, but it has to do with female athletes and their femininity. Many people think that sports are considered masculine and in order to compete in sports you have to give up some of your femininity. This article proves that this isn't true and that a female athlete doesn't have to give up feminine traits in order to be an athlete. Athletes were compared to nonathletes and they were just as feminine as each other. "MLB Salaries - CBSSports.com." //Sports - CBSSports.com Sports News, Fantasy Scores, Sports Video//. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. < [] >. I used this article to research the highest paid baseball players. For one part of my research I am focusing on the difference of pay between men and women because baseball players are paid way higher than softball players. This website shows a list of the top twenty-five highest paid baseball players of 2011. I used this just to get statistics and facts about the pay in the Major League of Baseball. "National Broadcasts | MLB.com: Schedule." //The Official Site of Major League Baseball | MLB.com: Homepage//. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. . I used this website to get on average how many baseball games are played on T.V. This isn't an article; it is just the national broadcast schedule. There is a baseball game almost every day on TV being played live on stations such as FOX, ESPN, ESPN2, TBLS, and MLBN. This is helpful to my research because it helps me with the comparison of the media coverage between professional baseball and softball. Professional baseball is always played on TV and has a larger media coverage compared to softball.

"Profastpitch.com: About NPF." //Profastpitch.com: Home//. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. < [] >. I used this article to learn more about the National Professional Fastpitch League (NPF). I didn't know much about the NPF, I just knew there was a professional softball league. I found this on the NPF website in the about section. From this article I learned about the history of the league and where it came from. Before the league was named the NPF, it was formerly known as Women's Pro Softball League. Also from this article I got the media coverage on T.V. In 2008, the NPF had a partnership with Fox Sportsnet (FSN) to broadcast eleven games, but they were played on tape delay and were televised during mid-week afternoon timeslots. Also currently the games are only televised for those regions where the game is played or can be watched online, but there is no national broadcast schedule. This shows that professional softball is rarely televised. "Profastpitch.com: FAQ's." //Profastpitch.com: Home//. Web. 19 Apr. 2011. . I used this article to find out more information about the NPF. This article is from the NPF website under the FAQ section. This article told me the pay of softball players which helped me with the comparison of pay between softball players and softball players. It said the maximum and minimum pay for softball players and also unlike baseball players who get paid salary for the entire year, softball players are only paid during the three month season. This section also talked about how many teams are in the NPF which is currently only four. Also tickets to these games are usually around five dollars. This is helpful because it helps with comparison to baseball which is a much larger league with a lot more teams and also because baseball tickets are sometimes over hundred dollars and the people are willing to pay that price just to watch this game.

"Sports Science: Baseball vs. Softball - Jennie Finch - Baseball Videos | ISport.com." //Baseball | ISport.com//. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. < [] science-baseball-vs-softball-jennie-finch-5708/>. This is a link to a video from ESPN's show Sports Science. This episode is a comparison between the sports baseball and softball. During this show it was proven that softball is harder than baseball. This supports my research because if softball is physically harder, why do softball players receive less pay, have less media coverage, and have to make themselves look good in order for people to follow them or recognize them.