Task #1:  "Take me out to the ball game..."  

Select your favorite team and two others.  Explore the ticket prices for all three teams.
What is the difference in price for the three teams if you sit behind home plate?  
What about sitting in the outfield?
Go to the resource page to find links to all the major league teams.

Present your work in a chart, table, or graph.  Be careful and organize your work neatly.

AN EXTRA CHALLENGE:
Your family bought four season tickets to see your favorite baseball team play.
For each game, the tickets were $28.00 per person.
The team has 181 home games scheduled this season.
How much money did your family spend on season tickets?

Task #2:  "Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks ..."

What luck ~ someone gives your family (4 members) free tickets to see your favorite team play
a home game on a Saturday afternoon.  The tickets are free ... but lunch is going to cost you!
Everyone wants a hotdog, and large soda.  Regular hot dogs are $2.50, jumbo dogs are $3.95.  
Two of you want regular sized hotdogs.  Large sodas are $4.00.
How much money did your family spend for lunch?

Later in the game everyone wants a snack.
Peanuts are $1.75, popcorn is $4.00, crackerjacks are $3.75, soft pretzels are $2.50,
cotton candy is $2.95, and churros are $2.50.
Dad only has $12.00 left in his wallet.
Show all the different combinations of snacks (and total cost) that he can purchase.

Show all your work.  Present your work like a receipt in a restaurant.
Organize your work neatly.

Task #3:  "I don't care if I ever get back."

What was the longest, 9 inning, day game?  What about longest, 9 inning, night game?
What was the shortest, 9 inning, day game?  What about shortest, 9 inning, night game?
What is the greatest number of innings ever played in a day game?  ... night game?
What is the longest tie game in history?
The Baseball Almanac is your best source of information to answer the above questions.

What about your own experience ... keep track of the length of your home (or favorite) team's games for two weeks.
What is the mean, median, and mode of the data you collected on game lengths?
Be careful to present your work neatly and in a well organized manner.

Task #4:  "...Root, root, root, for the home team ..."

Make a table and keep track of your home (or favorite) team's game records for every game played in one week ~ runs, hits, errors, men left on base.  Then, using the links on the resource page, find out what the team's game statistics were for the same week last season and make a similar chart ... Now compare this year with last year ... 
Is you team off the a better start?
Can you make any predictions about how they will do this season?
(It might be interesting to do this several times over a few months or the season.)

Remember to organize your work neatly.

   Task #5:   "One, two, three strikes ..."

HOME RUN!!
What everyone likes to hear when their favorite player is at bat.
  A new single season home run record record was set during the 2001 season.  
Barry Bonds, outfielder (usually left) for the San Francisco Giants, 
hit 73 homers that season.  
Can he do it again this year? 
How does your favorite player compare to "the champ", Barry Bonds.

Compare your favorite player to Barry Bonds this season.
Backtrack to opening day ... record the homeruns hit by your favorite player and Mr. Bonds
so far this season, AND for another week.    
Predict: Will Mr. Bonds come close to tying or beating his own record?  
Will your favorite player come close?
Go to the resource page to find links to all the major league teams.

Present your work in a chart, table, or graph.  Organize your work neatly.

AN EXTRA CHALLENGE:
Keep the chart, table, or graph going for a month!

Task #6:  "At the old ball game ........"

 
How old is the game of baseball? And who is "Mr. Baseball"?
When was the National League founded?
When was the American League founded?
How many years ago was that?
How many years has your favorite team been in existence?

Present your findings and work in a neat, well organized paragraph.