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 […]
The Greatest Youngster Around
Hey baseball fans! Let’s get something straight: not all Hall of Famers have a World Series ring. For example, Ernie Banks never got one because he played on the Cubs. Harmon Killebrew almost got a ring in ’65 with the Twins, but never got that close to a championship again in his career. Finally, even the great Ted Williams never […]
My First Trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Hey baseball fans! I am off this week because of spring break, so naturally I took a baseball-related vacation… to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York! If you can believe this, it was actually my first time there and it was AWESOME!!!!!! I had a lot of fun and […]
How To Recognize A Curve Ball Very Quickly!
6 Recognizing a curve ball quickly is not an easy thing to do. Hitting a well located curve is not easy either. That’s why you will hear the expression, “He’s a good fastball hitter” ten times for every one time you will hear, “He’s a good curve ball hitter.” I’m well aware that part of […]
The Kid From Santa Barbara
Hey baseball fans! I’m sure you know who has the most career home runs (Barry Bonds with 762), who has the most career wins (Cy Young with 511), and who has the longest consecutive hitting streak in baseball history (Joe DiMaggio with 56). However, do you know who holds the record for most games played in as a […]
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 […]
Scott Rice’s story and similarities to two other former MLB players
New York Mets LHP Scott Rice made his major league debut Monday against the San Diego Padres. The 31 year old pitched a scoreless 9th inning, striking out two finishing off the Mets 11-2 victory. Rice had signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training and won a job as a […]
One fan’s interpretation on how the Reds can win the division in 2013
No it’s not an April fool’s joke; Opening Day was a few days ago. For many fans it was their first chance to watch the offseason acquisitions make their debut. But for the Reds there are not many new faces on the roster. With the winning ways of last season, the Reds feel confident that […]
Time for fans to get over your frustrations with Johan Santana
Johan Santana did not live up to the expectations of the 6 year, $137.5 million contract he signed with the New York Mets in February of 2008. When he undergoes surgery Tuesday to repair the tear in his anterior capsule muscle for the second time, it will mean the end of his 2013 season. Of […]
Outlook on the Twins after Opening Day 2013
As Opening Day 2013 is wrapping up, I am going to give my impressions on the Twins. First off, they did lose to the Tigers to start the season on the wrong foot, but it wasn’t all bad. I am going to look through the lineup and the pitching to give my impressions. Opening Day Lineup Hicks […]
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 […]
Baseball in Australia 1953 – Bill Reay’s Story
My name is Bill Reay from Melbourne Australia. I’m just starting some reports that hopefully interest people on the way baseball has developed in Australia since I took it up a long time ago. I started playing baseball when I was 19 years of age in 1953. I had never played before and a couple […]
ML”what would”B: What if Tex was a Red Sox Part Two
Hey baseball fans! I just put up another ML”what would”B post on More Than a Fan. In every ML”what would”B alternative history post, I discuss what would have happened if a famous event in baseball history had gone differently than it did in reality. For my latest post, I continued the discussion I started back in February when I […]
Suicide Squeeze Bunt: All You Should Know From A To Z!
A major advantage of the suicide squeeze bunt over the safety squeeze bunt is that the bunter does not have to make an exceptionally good bunt to get the runner in from third base on the suicide squeeze. Many very good baseball authorities will teach their base runner on third base to break for the […]
Chipper Is an Old Braves Chap
Hey baseball fans! Today, you are about to hear about one of the greatest players in Braves history. He recently retired and is one of the greatest switch-hitting power hitters of all time. I think you can all guess who I’m talking about: Chipper Jones! Jones played his entire 19-year career with the Atlanta Braves from […]
An Interview with Marty Appel
Hey baseball fans! Remember how I went to that event and interviewed Ron Blomberg and also met Len Berman, Ira Berkow and Marty Appel? Well, Marty Appel agreed to an interview! He gave some really great answers and I really want you to read them, but let me tell you a little bit about the author of […]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WINS 3-0 OVER TEAM PUERTO RICO & GOES UNDEFEATED IN WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
By ISMAEL NUNEZ The number Three was most likely the lucky number for team Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. 1-This was their third meeting against team Puerto Rico as in their previous two meetings team DR was victorious. 2-Winning the champion game shutting out Puerto Rico 3-0, and then they became the first Latin […]
Wamby Pulls a Dandy
A baseball history blog for kids (and adults too)…written by a kid blogger Hey baseball fans! I’m pretty sure you’ve all heard of a triple play before, but have you also heard of an unassisted triple play? If you haven’t, let me explain: an unassisted triple play is when one player on the field makes […]
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 […]
Getting into “The Game”
My name is Pam Dawkins, known fondly as daughter number five, out of six…..daughters, to Bill and Elsie Reay. As we grew up, Baseball was always a major part of our lives as dad played and coached for the Richmond Tigers, Dandenong Lions and then Springvale Lions Baseball Clubs. The Reay family were a baseball […]
Steve Carlton
Hey baseball fans! I recently thought to myself: “Who was the best pitcher ever on the worst team?” I didn’t want to write something about Walter Johnson, because his name regularly appears in my articles, so I decided to go with the next best person: Steve Carlton. Steve Carlton was a very tough competitor, which is why […]
March Reflections on the Cleveland Indians
One thing is for sure, the Indians are keeping fans and reporters busy this off season with all of their transactions. Not only has the Tribe done what they usually do, which is bring in some young talent to Spring Training and sign some players past their prime to see if they have one more […]
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 […]
The Soft Toss Drill Is Fabulous If You Use It Properly!
The baseball hitting benefits of the soft toss drill are incredible but this drill must be done properly. The soft toss drill is one of the best baseball coaching drills around and please don’t ever sell it short. It is a great time saver to break a bad habit, get into a good habit or […]
Will the Royals Win in 2013?
The Kansas City Royals’ 2012 season began with high hopes. After a 26-year playoff drought and eight consecutive seasons without a winning record, the Royals expected an emerging core of young players in their first full seasons–Eric Hosmer, Salvador Perez, Mike Moustakas, and Lorenzo Cain–to join established stars Alex Gordon and Billy Butler in pushing […]
An Interview with the First DH Ever
Hey baseball fans! I was recently invited to cover the AJHS Baseball Night charity event by Marty Appel, writer of Pinstripe Empire, one of my all time favorite Yankees biographies and baseball books! He also used to be the PR Director for the Yanks, which is really cool. I will be interviewing Marty soon in […]
DRSEA Opening Day
DRSEA INFORMER Volume VI, Issue 1: A Publication For Your Reading Enjoyment The Dominican Republic Sports & Education Academy welcomed its inaugural students in January in the city that has produced many of the Dominican Republic’s most famous baseball stars. “The dream has become reality,” said Harold Mendez, co-founder of the DRSEA, whose mission […]
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 […]
The One and Only Rube Waddell
Hey baseball fans! I recently reached out to Dan O’Brien (see pic below), the screenwriter of a play called Rube the Screenplay, a play that talks about a very famous pitcher in the Deadball Era named Rube Waddell. O’Brien also has a website called rubewaddell.net. Dan is a very nice man and a former Emmy award-winning producer and television […]
