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Jimmy Dugan: Are you crying? Are you crying? ARE YOU CRYING? There's no crying! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN is one of my all time favorite movies and that line spoken by Tom Hanks character is one of my alltime favorite lines. But in recent…
Since Neal Huntington and Frank Coonelly have been running the Pittsburgh Pirates they have been picking up the castoffs of other teams like they were all stars.
Huntington history
When Coonelly and Huntington took over you would think that they were trying to find their whole pitching staff from what…
When people think of tailgating they remember back to their school days and the rollicking good times that usually accompanied a beautiful afternoon football game. However, tailgating has become so much more and it can be an incredible tool for bonding with family, friends and even the entire community. If…
It is very frustrating to me and possibly others who cannot buy my favorite baseball team's apparel. I would like to dive into some of those frustrations with some detail. Please excuse me if this seems like a rant about poor choice in my region.
Regional Team is Not My…
Learning how to increase bat speed can lead you in many different directions. Everyone seems to have an opinion on what works the best, and frankly, there are clearly some real gimmicky products and techniques that will do more harm than good with your swing.
What I want to share…
Sound the alarm! Ring the church bells! Wake the dead if you have to! All you Seattle Mariner fans that have lived in the closet, hurry and come out of your hiding places! You finally have reason to be fanatical! The near impossible has happened! It only took 2 hours…
This past summer I experienced a horrifying tragedy that I will never forget and I was just watching a baseball game. On July 7, 2011, Shannon Stone a Texas firefighter fell to his death as he attempted to catch a baseball for his son. In the second inning of the…
With the opening of this year’s regular season, we are caught in the drama of predicting who’ll end up the triumph and will bring home the championship! Everyone is betting on the team they support the most.
The American League - East has high hopes of bringing home this year’s…
As I attend the sporting events that my teenage daughter participates in, I have a tendency to observe my surroundings and reflect. I see her friends, how they act and react with each other, with electronic gadgets glued to their hands and ears. They are at one with today's social…
The Pittsburgh Pirates have had 2 pitchers that have translated their quality outings into wins this season and those 2 pitchers are Charlie Morton and Kevin Correia. But there are other members of the staff that have suddenly turned in some outstanding efforts this season. The result is that the…
The Philadelphia Phillies are sitting at the bottom of the cellar in the N.L. East and time is quickly running out for them to make a postseason appearance. I can't believe I am uttering these words, because many sports fans are just as stunned as I am. If I told…
In 2010, the Fresno Grizzlies minor league baseball team, as AAA affiliate of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, reached the pinnacle of professional success when the Giants won the World Series for the first time since the team moved to San Francisco in 1958. It was, in fact, the…
Every year the controversy of expanding instant replay in the sports industry is-discussed considerably. Especially, in the playoffs many fans believe that several critical blown calls in key situations has decided the outcome of the games many times. It has become a very sensitive issue since most people would prefer…
Are you thinking about developing your own pitcher strength training routine, but don’t know quite where to start? You’re not alone.
Strength training for pitchers is one of the most complicated topics in all of athletic training. This is because there is a great deal of misconceptions, and a severe…
Long-time Boston Red Sox Kevin Youkilis was traded earlier this week to the Chicago White Sox for a couple of players that, let’s face it, aren’t really anything special. The fact that he was traded for players that aren’t anything special says a lot. It says they wanted Youkilis out.…
In the game of Baseball there are nine fielding positions. Each position is associated with a scorekeepers’ numerical number (from 1-9) to be used in scoring putouts. Each player has a special job associated with that position to help the team win.
The game’s most important positions are the pitcher…
There is a very simple method that I use to handicap football games without even taking stats from each team into consideration. It's done using power rankings, sagarin ratings or an average of both and the opening Vegas line for the game. What you will be doing is comparing the…
Every pitcher wishes they could throw faster. Even pitchers who are already blessed with extraordinary velocity still dream of throwing faster.
There is an abundance of pitchers looking to increase their velocity, but there are few who truly understand. Throwing faster is a combination of several different elements.
Pitchers must…
Everyone in the country should know who Steve Bartman is and if you don't than what planet have you been on? On October 14, 2003 the Chicago Cubs were playing the Florida Marlins in the postseason. The Cubs were on the brink of winning the game and thought they were…
The New York Yankees began the season against the Tampa Bay Rays and were swept in their first three game series. Sabathia started in-game one and the Rays lit him up. Sabathia was unable to-locate his fastball well and the Ray's hitters took advantage of it. The Yankees were able…
Great American Ballpark….Cincinnati, Ohio…..early June….lazy summer day….breeze flowing through from the Ohio River. You are here with your family. A day at the ballpark. The Cardinals are in town. Great rivalry. Fifteen minutes until ‘first pitch’. Just settled into your seat, hot dog in hand. Ahhh…what a day. Can you…
Sports
Sports are a great thing, even mixed up in all of the lockouts in the NFL and what is to come in the NBA. Hopefully there will not be any strike or lockout in the NBA and hopefully the NFL situation will end quickly. You know what though, there…
This article will explain how to grip and throw a curveball. The curveball is among one of the most popular pitching grips in baseball because of its movement, and potential to strike batters out. Almost every pitcher in the MLB utilizes a curveball in their pitching arsenal.
Some professional pitchers…
In 2011, the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League, the AAA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, honored the World Series championship triumph that their parent organization had enjoyed the previous year, thrilling San Francisco Giants fans everywhere. On every Wednesday home game, the first 2000 fans received limited…
End of the Regular Season 2011
The baseball world was on its head as the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals played a one game playoff as did the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bat Rays. It was an amazing two games that those teams played, it was…
Joe Jackson doesn't have a legacy. The life of Shoeless Joe Jackson actually has two legacies. The first is that of a great baseball player, indisputably one of the best hitters to ever play the game. Babe Ruth made no bones about it, admitting he copied Joe's swing because Jackson…
Hometown Kid and Roberto Clemente
Neil Walker, starting his first full season as the Pirates full time second baseman already shares something with one of the, if not the, greatest Pirate of all time Roberto Clemente.
They are the only 2 Pirates to open the season with a Grand Slam.…
Every pitcher should have baseball pitching strategies that allow them to get out of tough situations, strike batters out, and to stay one step ahead of the opposition. If you want to dominate hitters, then you need to understand how to pitch in specific counts.
Do you know what is…
Many young baseball players have seen the sport played on television or have been around it before they start playing. Coaches should not assume that players know any of the rules at an early age. It is the coach’s responsibility for making sure all players understand the rules of baseball.…
There are a lot of categories and statistics that people don't take into consideration when handicapping a baseball game. One of the most important ones that you probably don't use is the umpire that is calling balls and strikes. There is a reason why stats are kept when it comes…
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