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10 WAYS BASEBALL HAS BEEN DIMINISHED – HuffPost
6. The Wild Card. When you finish playing a 162-game season, you always know who the best team is. It’s the team that finishes on top. Unlike the NFL’s 16-game season, a 162-game grind takes into account everything—winning streaks, losing streaks, injuries, trades, slumps, veterans, rookies, you name it. The Wild Card is just another marketing device.
Chad Holbrook making baseball fun again at College of Charleston – Charleston Post Courier
It’s conditioning day and normally this would be an afternoon that College of Charleston pitcher Evan Sisk and second baseman Dupree Hart would dread. The season opener against Southeast Missouri State is still almost four months away, and running through a series of conditioning drills isn’t the way that any college athlete wants to spend a cloudless fall afternoon in the Lowcountry. But with music playing…
Survey names New York better baseball city for fans than St. Louis … – Belleville News-Democrat
Wallethub may have struck out with its latest “Best Baseball Cities” report. It declared St. Louis the No. 2 baseball city in the country for fan-friendliness. It named New York City – what the what? – the most fan friendly baseball city. Factors other than professional baseball clearly were influential; St. Louis was ranked first for Major League Baseball friendliness, but 159th out of 363 cities for minor league baseball…
Clayton Kershaw Proves He’s Ready to Dominate on Baseball’s Biggest Stage – Bleacher Report
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Clayton Kershaw took the mound for his first World Series start amid every conceivable type of heat. He responded by barely breaking a sweat. This isn’t literally true, mind you. Pitching is hard work, even for three-time Cy Young winners like Kershaw, and the game-time temperature Tuesday at Dodger Stadium for Game 1 of the 2017 World Series between his Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros…
Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….
Best baseball city in America? It’s not St. Louis, this survey says – Belleville News-Democrat
Wallethub may have struck out with its latest “Best Baseball Cities” report. It declared St. Louis the No. 2 baseball city in the country for fan-friendliness. It named New York City – what the what? – the most fan friendly baseball city. Factors other than professional baseball clearly were influential; St. Louis was ranked first for Major League Baseball friendliness, but 159th out of 363 cities for minor league baseball…
Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….
Clayton Kershaw Proves He’s Ready to Dominate on Baseball’s Biggest Stage – Bleacher Report
Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Clayton Kershaw took the mound for his first World Series start amid every conceivable type of heat. He responded by barely breaking a sweat. This isn’t literally true, mind you. Pitching is hard work, even for three-time Cy Young winners like Kershaw, and the game-time temperature Tuesday at Dodger Stadium for Game 1 of the 2017 World Series between his Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros…
Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….
Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….
To Measure Jose Altuve, Just Watch Him Soar – New York Times
Altuve’s all-around skills have made him, in the words of Astros Manager A. J. Hinch, the game’s perfect player. This season, he led the majors in hitting at .346 while delivering 24 homers, 32 stolen bases and his usual stellar defense at second base. Teammates and opponents marvel at his uncanny ability to strike any pitch, anywhere, with the barrel of the bat. “He hit .500 for a whole month…
Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
Courtesy: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images A legend is defined as a person who has become famous as the result of a unique characteristic or skill. John J. Adams of Cleveland, Ohio, has become a legend in the realm of major league baseball and is arguably the most dedicated fan ever. Starting in 1973, at the age of 21, John began consistently attending home games for the major league Cleveland Indians baseball team….
This is why baseball is so white – Vox
Baseball consultant to seek higher-level team for Wichita – Wichita Eagle
Seeking to rekindle baseball fever in Wichita, the City Council voted Tuesday to hire a $50,000 consultant to try to bring Major League affiliated minor-league ball back to the city. Mayor Jeff Longwell has said he expects to announce a deal for an affiliated team around the beginning of next year. The council voted Tuesday to ink a $50,000 contract with Beacon Sports to open formal negotiations with minor-league teams,…
Restaurant employee jailed in fatal baseball bat beating in Oakland’s Uptown district – East Bay Times
OAKLAND — A man was beaten to death Sunday afternoon with a baseball bat in the Uptown district and an employee of the popular Flora restaurant in the area was arrested, authorities said Monday. Police would not say what the suspect, Juan Espino, 29, of Oakland, did at the restaurant. But according to Alameda County jail booking records, Espino said he was a bartender. He was booked on suspicion of murder…
Book excerpt: The 1919 World Series: The Fix Was On – LancasterOnline
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Seven Life Lessons From The World’s Greatest Baseball Fan, John J. Adams – Forbes
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Baseball: Dodgers, Astros brace for scorching start to World Series – Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Baseball’s ‘Fall Classic’ will begin in decidedly summer-like conditions on Tuesday in Los Angeles when temperatures are forecasted to set a new high for a World Series game. Temperatures are expected to reach as high as 101 F (33.3 C) during Game One of the series between the hometown Dodgers and Houston Astros as warm Santa Ana winds sweep into the area. The Dodgers’ Game One…
Oakland: Man killed in Uptown district with baseball bat – East Bay Times
OAKLAND — A man was beaten to death Sunday afternoon with a baseball bat in the Uptown district and an employee of the popular Flora restaurant in the area was arrested, authorities said Monday. Police would not say what the suspect, Juan Espino, 29, of Oakland, did at the restaurant. But according to Alameda County jail booking records, Espino said he was a bartender. He was booked on suspicion of murder…
Restaurant employee jailed in fatal baseball bat beating in Oakland’s Uptown district – East Bay Times
OAKLAND — A man was beaten to death Sunday afternoon with a baseball bat in the Uptown district and an employee of the popular Flora restaurant in the area was arrested, authorities said Monday. Police would not say what the suspect, Juan Espino, 29, of Oakland, did at the restaurant. But according to Alameda County jail booking records, Espino said he was a bartender. He was booked on suspicion of murder…
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