Phase 5: Another Source

Another additional source I have found was also discovered in the EBSCO search engine titled "Steroids and Home Runs".  This article was written by Arthur De Vany and was published in Volume 49, Issue 2 of the April edition of the Economic Inquiry in 2011.  Since my topic is somewhat of a more current issue, the more recent the information the better.  This information is very important for the purpose of my topic.  It provides not only textual support but also visual.  The other did a great job of supplying charts, stats and specific examples of the information which is exactly what I need to support my research. The author of this article. Arthur De Vany, is a professor in the Economics field at the University of California, Irvine.  He received his PH.D., from the University of California in Los Angeles and in my opinion is a very reliable source for this topic.  De Vany is a well known American economist who has developed many theories of advanced fitness with focuses on nutrition and exercise in the paleo manner.  To the best of my knowledge, both the author and the Inquiry are both credible sources for the topic.  The article provides more than a sufficient amount of evidence and is without bias or any type of spelling or typographical errors, it is very well put together.  This source is very helpful for my project specifically because it gives lots of examples and evidence that will not only make writing about this source fun, but it will also hopefully keep the attention of my audience. 

The main purpose of this article is to provide factual information to show the reader how steroids affects the specific home run aspect of baseball. Professor De Vany focuses on a couple important things. Out of the wide variety and range of topics, De Vany writes about how records are affected, how home runs have been distributed since 1959, the effectiveness of home runs, and how home run production has been increased in Major League Baseball. He also writes about steroids in general, players, bats, the strike zone, ballparks, and the baseball itself. There is an abundance of information, tables, and charts in this article. Overall I would say that this article is a great source for my project.