Upper Deck Planning to Insert Bubblegum Back into Baseball Card Packs!
2013 Fleer Retro Baseball is the first product slated to have bubblegum included in packs! Carlsbad, CA (April 1, 2013) – Collectors often ask, “What ever happened to bubblegum in baseball card packs?” What most people don’t realize is that Upper Deck never made a practice of inserting bubblegum into baseball packs, mainly because the gum […]
Top Earners in Baseball: Worth It or Not?
By Becky Wilcox When Nolan Ryan became baseball’s first million dollar ballplayer in 1980 in signing with the Houston Astros, everyone thought the game was going crazy when it came to salaries. Over 30 years later and adjusted for inflation, a million dollars doesn’t have the buying power it did in 1980 for Ryan. In […]
5 MLB Managers Who Could be on the Hot Seat with a Slow Start in 2013
MLB managers find themselves on the hot seat all the time. Since an entire 25-man roster can’t be fired for poor play, it falls on the manager who was unable to inspire better play from his team. It is fair? Of course not, but managers are well aware of that risk. Here are five MLB […]
World’s first database of baseball’s statues compiled by UK researchers
**Images available at their website (link below)** The first ever database of statues commemorating baseball’s biggest stars has been compiled by researchers from the University of Sheffield, UK. From ballparks to sports bars, museums to city squares and schools to cemeteries, life-size bronze depictions of men, women and children enjoying the national pastime can […]
Moneyball extremes: Dodgers and Astros salaries
Baseball needs to figure out a way to split up the money they bring in from MLBAM and have each team spend a portion of that profit on player salaries. The words salary cap and baseball have been a striking issue in the past, but maybe those that control the game, that being the players and the […]
Vladimir Guerrero wants to attempt a comeback
You hate to see athletes way past their prime trying to hang on. Some know when to leave (John Elway, Ray Lewis, Marvin Hagler) and there are some who don’t know when to say when (Rickey Henderson, Brett Favre). If there is anyone in the world of sports that wants one last shot at glory […]
EIGHT MEN ARRIBA
BY ISMAEL NUNEZ This month of February: It’s African-American History Month, It’s also Dominican History Month, and in the first week of February as in every year: Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela participate in the Caribbean World Series! Yet the games are not shown on prime-time and at the same time there are […]
MEXICO 2013 CARIBBEAN WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS
Written by ISMAEL NUNEZ It took 18 innings! The game was like Fernando Valenzuela’s game Three performance of the 1981 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees. For this past February 7th 2013 Yaquis de Obregon of Mexico held on to defeat the Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Republic: By a score […]
NYC Men’s Senior Baseball League
LONG ISLAND BASEBALL LEAGUE: Life after work, fun and teamwork! By Ismael Nunez Here’s there’re contact information: Website: www.facebook.com/nycmsbl. Email [email protected] and phone number 347-906-4181 and their address: 213-37 39th Avenue-Unit 250, Bayside, New York 11361, now the name of the organization? Men’s Senior and Men’s Adult Baseball Leagues! Recognized as the largest adult recreation Baseball Organization with close to 50,000 members world […]
The Evolution Of Baseball—The Mariners, & King Felix
I was listening to Sports Radio on 710 AM in Seattle today. My dad likes the show. They were talking about the Mariners—specifically, our ace pitcher, Felix Hernandez. What does everyone think? Does he like it here? Is he happy about the changes that have been made to the team structure? He did pitch a […]
Bring back day baseball for the World Series
Good news for baseball over football this week. The ratings came out for the 2013 Pro Bowl and only 9.9 million watched that game. That means that Game Three of the 2012 World Series outdrew the Pro Bowl, after failing to outdraw the football All- Star game the past few years. Why does baseball do so […]
MLB: Pedro Martinez back with Red Sox as assistant to GM / Other News and Notes
Pedro Martinez was a key cog in the 2004 team that brought a World Series title to Boston for the first time since 1918. (Elise Amendola/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — Pedro Martinez has returned to the Boston Red Sox. On Thursday, Martinez, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and eight-time All-Star, who spent […]
What To Watch For At Winter Meetings
By SBRForum.com The Toronto Blue Jays have already made a massive splash this offseason and it will be hard for anyone to top their moves after they pillaged the Florida Marlins roster. However, the MLB winter meetings are coming up and you can expect a number of hot stove conversations to start taking […]
The Crazy Man Value of Billy Hamilton!
A guest post by Brian Jones via FeedCrossing Billy Hamilton won’t see much major league time in 2013, if any. Zack Cozart plays a solid shortstop and Dusty Baker is notorious in his preference for veterans and misuse of rookies. Hamilton is being played in CF, but the reality is that he needs a little more time […]
As Kuroda Returns, Yankees Await Big Decision from Pettitte
Guest post by Dan Benton via FeedCrossing… With Hiroki Kuroda returning for the 2013 season, the New York Yankees will hope to get a key component for their starting rotation as they await the decision of Andy Pettitte. The importance of Pettitte’s decision might be even greater now that Kuroda is back, and it would be […]
Pittsburgh Pirates: Who is to blame? Part 1 of 3
A guest post by Robert White via FeedCrossing… In 2011, the Pittsburgh Pirates set a Major League baseball record for the worst finish by a team that was in 1st place in their Division as late in the season as they were. The club finished 72-90, for their 19th straight losing season. Here in 2012, the Pittsburgh […]
New Zealand announces provisional roster for World Baseball Classic qualifier
AUCKLAND – Baseball New Zealand is pleased to announce the provisional roster for the World Baseball Classic Qualifier being held in Taipei from 15-19 November 2012. The roster features some familiar names and faces to New Zealand baseball fans, including a cross section of the country’s domestic baseball talent and some exciting new Kiwi talent […]
The curse of the Triple Crown title
By Ismael Nunez Miguel Cabrera just won the Baseball Triple Crown: (which means he led the AL) in Home-Runs, RBI, Batting; yet in the 2012 World Series he did not have the same type of production. One Home-Run in Game Four and struck out to end the Series. Yet it’s not the first time a Triple […]
The 1922 New York Giants, 1954 New York Giants and 2012 San Francisco Giants sweeps…see the resemblance?
By Ismael Nunez In 1922, Hall of Famer John McGraw managed the New York Giants, the team’s opponent for the Fall Classic was the New York Yankees who featured Babe Ruth and Hall of Fame manager Miller Huggins. The result was that the Giants swept the Yankees in Four games. Ruth’s batting average in the series was […]
Why Dodger Fans Leave Early
Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on Huffington Post by Baseball Blogger and Novelist Jeff Polman. Adrian Gonzalez, his new home Dodger whites practically glowing against the brilliant green turf, jogged back to the dugout after clubbing a pitch from Miami’s Josh Johnson deep into the right field stands. It was his very first […]
Apps for Baseball Fans
A guest post by Whitney Adams Many people live, eat, and breathe baseball. They go to every home and away game, they track player’s stats, they have their own fantasy leagues, and they are forever faithful to their home team. While there are some people who don’t understand this, there are others who do and […]
The Raiders Win Bronx Borough Prez Cup
The Little League Raiders are the champions of the second annual Borough President’s Cup. The Little League Raiders defeated the Bronx Bombers Little League, winning the title for the second straight year at a Sept. 25th game at Yankee Stadium. The final score was 6-1. To compete for the tournament, both teams had to meet […]
Catching science: The mind behind the mask
Editor’s note (SABR editor): This article was first published in the APS Observer Vol. 25, No. 4, in April 2012 and is reprinted at SABR.org with permission of the authors. BR Editor’s Note: This is being republished with permission from the authors. By James R. Arkin and Robert M. Arkin Home plate was round, something like […]
Mets Visit Braves For Weekend Set
By SBRForum.com The New York Mets have had a rough year but a strong finish would give them some optimism heading into the offseason. They’ll try to accomplish that when they head out on the road to Atlanta for their final weekend series of the year. The Mets haven’t played well against Atlanta […]
11th Annual Wheelchair Softball Tournament Championship Game
The U.S. Open has just ended, and the New York Mets do not having a winning season. Yet on September 15, 2012 in the parking lot of Citi Field, home field of the Mets, every year around this time there’s the Annual Wheelchair Softball Tournament! This year marks the 11th year of the tournament […]
Mets vs. Marlins; pitching preview
By SBRForum.com It has been a second half to forget for the Mets, and although they are out of playoff contention, they can still use the last few games of the season to play young guys, and possibly knock another team out of playoff contention. MLB odds favor the Mets in Game 1 […]
Mets vs. Brewers pitching preview
Written by SBRForum.com The Brewers are slowly climbing out of the basement, and their playoff hopes are still alive. A three games series with the Mets will be basically a win or go home scenario, and the Mets will not role over, despite being basically out of playoff contention. Milwaukee sits just 3 games […]
Weekly MLB Pitching Review
By SBRForum.com Another edition of the weekly MLB pitching report has arrived, where we take a closer look at the best efforts from the past few days. Our breakdown begins on Saturday, when Clayton Kershaw, Justin Masterson and Jeff Karstens really brought their A games. Kershaw, who has to be a legitimate […]
In the spirit of Clemente: Team Puerto Rico wins title
By Ismael Nunez On Aug. 18, 1934, Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente was born. This month, his spirit was with Team Puerto Rico as it won the Senior League Softball Championship defeating Team Delaware in their own backyard by the score of 6-4. The flag of Puerto Rico was put together by women. Top entertainers, poets and […]
Weekly MLB Pitching Review
By SBR Forum With the MLB season winding down, pitching performances for playoff bound teams are getting more and more crucial. We saw some amazing pitching performances over the last week, so let’s take a look at just a few of the better ones. Will these performances affect the MLB Picks for the rest of […]
