Ali Bland
Liza Veysikh
Martin Corral
Qualitative Analysis- Baseball Ethnography

How does the author introduce their project?

The author of this Qualitative piece introduces his piece with a brief summary of
what he is reporting on, why he is reporting on it, how he will be reporting his
findings, and the argument he is making. The introduction makes a compelling
argument toward the claims stated in his paper and uses examples to give a brief
overview of how he will debate his argument. The author introduces the project
effectively and summarizes all aspects of his essay. The author begins with a
general statement about how the small baseball team affects a community. The
author on the other hand goes on to discuss that through nostalgia of fans, a
community is not affected as crucially as stated by others.

How does the author write up their research methods?

  In this Baseball Ethnography article, the author reports what he observed and uses
his research methods to further explain, develop and support his findings. The
responses to his research methods are clearly cited throughout the paper and are
strategically placed to support the author’s standpoint about the stadium.

How does the author write up their results?

The author divides the results into sections.. For example, he discusses the city of
Bridgeport and says that it was always a “gritty city” and then he discusses the
ballpark specifically. So, the author uses multiple points of view in order to get
into his argument.

How does the author write up their discussion?

The author specifically focused on city and society and how community relates to
the subculture of baseball. The author uses sub-categories and sub-headings to
organize a discussion oriented around the culture of the Bluefish, minor league
baseball team including: the ballpark, true fans, the team, ect. The author writes
with a bittersweet, reflective tone that uses a type of category framework to
organize the amount of observation, interviews and other research to generate
thoughts regarding baseball and the reflection of baseball as a culture on
ideologies of society and community.