Preventing Tommy Johns Surgery for Baseball Pitchers
It’s baseball season, and as you know, the season is never long enough! Luckily, with adult leagues and pick up games, this is a sport that people of all ages enjoy and are involved with year round. Baseball remains America’s #1 Pastime in the spring and summer seasons. Even though baseball isn’t widely thought of […]
Which Baseball Teams Will Reign In September?
It’s been such an overloaded year in sports that it’s hard to remember that baseball season is in full swing (excuse the pun). So now is as good a time as any to take a crack at predicting the long term future of the majors by seeing which baseball teams will reign in September (click […]
How does new baseball technology affect real-life scouting?
Photo credits: familymwr It’s out with the old and with the new, as far as baseball technology is concerned. The newest baseball technology is a camera-and-radar based system that tracks the baseball and players. A hit by Justin Turner was recently tracked by the new technology. The batted ball spedd was 88.3 mph, […]
Rare Form: Major League Baseball Players With College Degrees
Big league baseball is known for 100-mph fastballs and one of the most exciting post-season formats in all of professional sports. What it’s not known for is college education. STATS LLC., a global sports statistics firm, found in 2012 that only 39 MLB players possessed a four-year college degree. That amounts to only 4.3 percent […]
MEXICO WINS 2014 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES
Written by Ismael Nunez Back in August 21, 1981 Salvador Sanchez (Mexico) was defending his Featherweight Title against Wilfredo Gomez (Puerto Rico). That day Sanchez knocked out Gomez in Eight Rounds! This past February 8th 2014, the spirit of Sanchez was present: Team Mexico with good pitching, clutch hitting defeated Team Puerto Rico with a score of […]
The Babe’s 1923 World Series watch is for sale
Babe Ruth’s 1923 World Series pocket watch – which was awarded to all the championship players, is to be auctioned in New York. The watch was thought to be lost for decades, but it’s been found and is expected to bring $750,000 or more. The Babe batted .368 and hit three home runs during that […]
Build it and They Will Come: How to Make Your Own Baseball Field
Whether you want a new baseball field for your child’s Little League team or a regulation-size field in your own backyard, you can easily put together your own baseball field on any relatively level and open plot of land. Getting Started In order for your baseball field to be successful, you need to keep in […]
5 Noteworthy Bespectacled Baseball Pitchers
Hall of fame inductees Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine earned their tickets to Cooperstown without the need for specs when they took the mound, but don’t assume every great in the league had 20/20 vision. Charlie Sheen’s Wild Thing didn’t know his true potential in that fictitious Cleveland Indians lineup until he was forced to […]
Five Energy Efficient Ballparks Inspire Energy Savings at Home
Ballparks serve not only as a place for a community to rally around a team, but they also foster community pride and a commitment to invest in the surrounding areas. With this in mind, ballpark managers strive to use energy responsibly. The Green Sports Alliance has been dedicated to greening America’s ballparks for the last […]
A Little Fenway Park in Pennsylvania
(Reading, PA) – Berkshire Baseball has been in the midst of a $7 million facelift of the Berks County Youth Recreation Facility, a 22 year old, 118 acre youth sports complex in which the non-profit organization entered into a 20-year lease with the County of Berks at the beginning of 2013. The organization has already […]
How to Encourage Your Child to Play Baseball
This was a guest post by How2become A thin line is often all that separates a long lasting relationship with baseball that begins from a very young age and carries through to adulthood, and abandoning the game after the first few weeks of missed swings, hopeless pitches and standing around in the field in uncomfortable […]
Maximize your SWING when combining Baseball with physics
Pipefitter by day and inventor by night, Tim Brown’s passion for baseball has been a life-long obsession, which has now lead him to his 2nd baseball invention the 1st being a Revolutionary Catchers Glove that protects the hand from the impact of the ball (www.browngloves.com). “What does a doughnut have to do with baseball?” […]
A Guide to Owning a Piece of MLB History
The baseball memorabilia industry is a billion dollar global market that offers fans a way to collect their memories through the purchase of autographed baseballs, jerseys, bats, photos, and more. Fans can not only own a piece of history that makes for an emotionally valuable family heirloom, it also allows fans to connect with childhood […]
Google Glass app, Blue harmonizes baseball and technology
Author: Allan Race It’s rare to see fans keep score at the ballpark these days. There are so many ways to track every last detail of the game using smartphones that the old pencil and paper method is nearly extinct. It’s exciting to see how technology enhances the experience for spectators, but a shame to […]
NATIVE LATIN AMERICAN/NEW YORKER COMES THRU
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ There was Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente: Considered one of the top 10 clutch performers in Baseball. In two World Series Championships with Pittsburgh Pirates 1960, 1971 he showed his performance getting a hit in each game and wowed the Baseball World with his on field performance! Now add straight from Washington Heights: […]
Cast Your Vote for the 1916 All-Star Games
Every baseball fan knows that the first All-Star Game was played in Chicago in 1933. But calls for a midseason All-Star contest go back to the offseason of 1915-16, starting with this article that appeared in Baseball Magazine. We can’t go back in time to change history and replay those lost potential All Star Games on the […]
A rant on season tickets from a REAL Giants fan
A guest post by Becky Wilcox As a San Francisco Giants fan located in the East Bay Area, (Hayward, Calif. to be exact) I’d like to say that I’m proud of the two-time world champions – even if their record is 50 wins and 63 losses. Things happen. Teams don’t always win. But real fans […]
A Baseball Bingo Homerun
Discovering the missing link between baseball and bingo These days, the interaction between fans and athletes has come a long way. With the help of technology – more particularly social media, it became easier for die hard team supporters to comment on an athlete’s lackadaisical performance, go into raptures over their remarkable play, or even […]
Japan wins the 2013 Little League World Series
by Ismael Nunez Throughout most of the game both teams failed to connect with men on scoring position. Yet by the 5th Inning California lead 4-3. Yet failed to add more insurance runs on the top of the 5th inning despite having no outs! The big play was a sacrifice fly was hit and […]
JAPAN WINS 3-2
by ISMAEL NUNEZ They both started out slowly but surely. Japan scored first on the top of the inning with clutch single and added another run in the top of Third inning with another clutch single. Mexico struck back on the bottom of the Third Inning when Ramiro Mendoza hit a two run home to tie the […]
PANAMA WINS 2013 SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ It was the battle of the P’s Saturday August 17th 2013. Panama vs. Pennsylvania for the Little League Senior Little League Championship which took place at Bangor, Maine, that afternoon team Panama became victorious defeating Pennsylvania by a score of 2-1. The game ball belonged to Team Panama pitcher Javier Garcia who […]
Baseball in Britain
a guest post by Lisa Porter Baseball, the sport which somehow most exemplifies the American Dream, is often sexy to other nations for this very reason. It is one of the most popular sports in Japan and feels akin to the modern Japanese culture with its magpie tendencies. It makes sense that there should be spill-over between […]
Fantasy Baseball First Half: Top Rookie Pitchers
By Ben Hargrove Whether you play in fantasy baseball leagues for money or for fun, you need to know not just who the top players are, but the top rookies. Here are the best of the 2013 rookie crop: Jose Fernandez, Miami Marlins 20-year-old Fernandez (he turns 21 at the end of July) finished the […]
Fantasy Baseball First Half: Top Rookie Hitters
By Ben Hargrove With the 2013 MLB baseball season heading into August, you may still have some time to retool your free or cash fantasy baseball team. Get started by checking out these top rookie hitters: Yasiel Puig, OF – Los Angeles Dodgers Puig had an unbelievable first month in the majors, hitting .436 in […]
Fantasy Baseball First Half: Rookies Trying to Live Up to the Hype
By Ben Hargrove Not every hyped prospect gets off to a start like Yasiel Puig. But Wil Myers and Jurickson Profar are still expected to realize their great potential sooner or later. Anthony Rendon, after struggling in his initial callup in April, has had a lot more success since getting another shot in June. Here […]
In the Dugout with Mickey Mantle
Written by Lisa Porter Today’s baseball is a world of agents, corporate sponsorship, and athletes on strictly designed diets that include odd green liquids and bottles of protein powder. But the unique relationship that America has with baseball remains rooted in the glory days of the New York Yankees and its stars. Shining brightly among the dazzling panoply […]
An infographic on how baseball has evolved over the years
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Did Jackie Robinson Impact Major League Baseball More than Any Other Player?
Jackie Robinson didn’t just say that; he lived it. Monday, April 15, 2013 marks the 66th anniversary of the pioneer who journeyed where no man had journeyed before him. If his life is measured by the impact it made on others, it is nothing short of monumental. Has anyone impacted Major League Baseball more than […]
Jose Reyes Was Key to Blue Jays Success
When the Toronto Blue Jays lost Jose Reyes until at least the All-Star break this weekend, a lot of other things were lost as well. The Jays were attempting to recreate what the Miami Marlins started last offseason when they signed every available free agent. Most, if not everyone believed it would work and we all […]
Pro-XR ergonomic baseball bat
Editor’s note: the text in this post comes from their site: www.proxr.com Pro-XR is the only patented ergonomic bat technology that gives batters a responsive swing, precise control, quicker hands, improved grip, better plate coverage, smoother swing and actually helps reduce injuries to the hand. All other baseball bats are not created equal. They all […]
