Aug
24
Top Ten Reasons Why I Love Baseball 1 The Ultimate Challenge
Hitting a round ball with a round bat. The feeling I would get
when I hit the ball. Just think of a baby that is crying for
food. When that baby gets her bottle the first thing you hear is
that ahhhhh sound. Oh that ah. When I hit a ball perfectly I
would have that ahhhhh. 2 I call it Contentment at a high level.
I played all the time when I was a kid. Some of my favorite
memories were from the diamond. When I hit two home runs in ...Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
23
Imagine placing two flat screen plasma TV's side by side in your
living room smack dab in front of your couch. You've got beer,
snacks a-plenty and fresh batteries in your clicker.
One TV has an NFL game on and the other has a Major League
Baseball game and they both start at the same time.
Besides this being many sports fans' idea of hog heaven and even
better than clicking back and forth between games with only one
TV, it's fun to watch the differences between these two pro
sports. Watching ...Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
17
DETROIT--In 1986, Roger Clemens was a young fireballer amidst
his first Cy Young season when he struck out 20 Seattle Mariners
and established a Major League Baseball record. That same year,
Clemens won All-Star Game MVP honors as well as the
regular-season MVP while leading the Red Sox to the World
Series. In short, he was baseball's best player. Fast forward to
September 18, 1996, and The Rocket takes the hill in Detroit in
front of a sparse crowd of 8,779 in cavernous Tiger Stadium.
Both ...Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
13
Who Is Our Daddy? - George Steinbrenner, that's who. Thank
goodness the Yankees have him. Big Daddy, George Steinbrenner,
is a Yankee fan's delight. As a Yankee fan I love that so many
other fans hate what George has done and continues to do. He
gets the players that he needs. He pushes forward to get another
championship for his Yankees. I can visualize George sitting in
his office making calls to see if the superstar that he so
highly touts is close to signing a Yankee contract. When ...Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
6
My Top Baseball Teams of All Time (In no particular order) Part
one
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates Record of 103 Wins and 36 Losses Won the
Pennant by 27.5 games Scored 775 runs and allowed 440 runs Five
pitchers with 15 wins and era under 2.55 They were Jack Chesbro,
Deacon Phillippe, Sam Leever, Jesse Tannenbill and Ed Doheny
There was no World Series in 1902
1904 Boston Red Sox Captured the pennant by 14.5 games Won the
World Series over a great Pittsburgh team five games to three.
Had three twenty ...Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
5
Florida is one of the most Southern of all the United States. It
is known as the Sunshine State for it's warm weather and pacific
climate. "Florida" is a Spanish adjective which means "flowery".
Florida was discovered by a Spanish explorer during Easter,
which in spanish is called Pascua Florida.
Major Cities and Towns in Florida are: Jacksonville, Miami,
Orlando, Tallahassee, and Tampa.
Because of Florida's climate it has become the
traditional home for several Major League Baseball teams ...Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
31
Batting cages are enclosed or partially enclosed pieces of
sporting equipment that act as a 'catcher,' in effect, for
batters practicing hitting baseballs or softballs. Batting cages
help to keep balls in a contained space so that the batter can
continue hitting without having to continually retrieve them.
Different types of batting cages can be located outdoors or in a
gym or activity center.
Batting cages are both in professional, school-sponsored, and
recreational baseball and softball. ...Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
30
My Baseball Story
I love this game. It has been half century since I started to
fall in love with baseball. The romance is still going strong.
Playing, coaching, watching, listening, and reading about
baseball has been part of my every day life sine I was 15 years
old. Even in the dead of winter when baseball is on the back
pages of the newspaper I will find out what new development has
occurred or who has been signed or traded.
I want to write and read about all types of baseball stories
that ...Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
29
Don't look now, but here comes the old reliables' (The Yankees
and The Braves). In New York, after all the talk of Torre and
the coaching staff being on the hot seat, and the team needing
to makes this move or that one (this is an all star lineup
already, right?), it is now becoming a two team race again in
the AL East. It'll come down to the Yankees and the Boston Red
Sox, like it always does. In Atlanta, the Braves limped into the
break, losing their last two vs. Milwaukee. But, help is on ...Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
24
It became official on September 29, 2004 - Major League
Baseball's run in Montreal was coming to an end after 36
seasons. On that day, the announcement was made that the
Montreal Expos were moving to Washington, D.C., beginning with
the 2005 season. This came as no surprise to anyone who follows
baseball, as this inevitable move had been in the making for at
least 10 years. Let's take a look back at the history of
baseball's fall from grace in Montreal. The decline began after
the 1994 season. ...Read the rest of this entry »