Articles about Baseball

Having lived in the San Francisco Bay area for a couple of years, I grew to appreciate Barry Bonds.  For the past five or six years as I’ve more closely followed his career, what continuously amazes me is how he stands head and shoulders above the rest.   No one is as feared a hitter as Bonds, and no one earns more walks. Despite the chorus of rolling eyes, sighs, and moans which I’m receiving right now, let me briefly explain my point of view, and point you to an excellent piece on Bonds and his greatness. Bonds has never been proven guilty of steroid-use, albeit from the news you’d have thought they already have a jail cell waiting for him.  But can steroids really improve your swing?  Can steroids earn you the batting crown?  Can steroids gain you such a fear among the league’s elite pitchers? Tony Gwynn, a baseball great of unstained reputation, made a comment a few years back.  He claimed Bonds had the purest swing in baseball.  Coming from baseball

Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr told a massive crowd, the biggest ever to attend a Hall of Fame Induction, that the sport of baseball is alive and well. Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr also said that it was everyone’s responsibility to invest in the future of the game. Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr especially said that players need to set and example to the next generation of baseball players and MLB fans. More than 75,000 fans were at the ceremony, an all time record. Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr. are both pound members of the 3000 hit club. Do you argee with Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken Jr? Source Written by Sam for Product ReviewsIn Sections: News, Sports News

This Baseball, Tennis, And Boxing Interactive Television Game is something that will keep your kids entertained for hours. This plug-and-play video game system comes with a baseball bat, tennis racket, and boxing gloves that use motion sensor technology to control game play, allowing you to use lifelike swinging motions to translate into on-screen action. To start playing all you have to do is simply plug it into a television and away you go. This Television game comes with 19 built-in games including baseball, tennis, and boxing, and the 16-bit technology ensures crisp graphics and rapid game play. Written by Kerry for Product ReviewsIn Sections: Toys, Tech & Gadget Toys

Japan does send a fair number of its players into MLB, but there is a wide variety in their performance. Some turn out to be MLB stars, whereas others appear to have never played baseball before. MLB team owners have spent $160 million over the past year on bringing baseball players from Japan to MLB. Japanese baseball players that come into MLB are very different from others. American players are usually selected through the amateur draft and upcoming stars from Latin America often sign contracts with big clubs as teenagers. However Japanese baseball players come to America with long track records of proven success in Japanese baseball – so wouldn’t you think they would be a safer bet? Well that’s just not the case as MLB teams who have gotten baseball players from Japan know too well – Japanese baseball players are a big gamble. What do you think about Japanese Baseball player in MLB? Source Written by Sam for Product ReviewsIn Sections: News, Sports News

Poker Tournament Champion Wins World Series Travel PackageWeekly Free Roll Qualifier: Saturdays at 3:30 pm EST; Final: September 22Playing poker and watching baseball on TV simultaneously could be a multitasking nightmare for some couch potatoes, but the boys at PlayersOnly.com are mastering the art of poker between pitches. The grand prize winner of the Fox Baseball World Series Free Roll Tournaments will win an all expense paid trip to the World Series this fall. Free roll qualifiers began last weekend and continue this Saturday at 3:30 pm EST – just as Fox Television broadcasts Saturday afternoon games.The top ten players in this weekend’s free roll will advance to the Fox Baseball World Series Tournament Final on September 22nd. Those that don’t win their way to the final table can buy into the $50.00 + $5.00 buy-in freeze-out tourney. Tournament details are posted here: http://www.playersonly.com/poker/free-roll.“We’ve always got tournaments happening. Tournaments are a

Ever wondered if you had what it takes to play MLB? Well this game tests your reaction time to a 90mph fastball and tells you how fast you reacted and whether or not you would be able to hit to the ball. You never know, you could be the next A Rod or a future Barry Bonds! Try the simulator Although this simulator does not determine whether you are going to hit the ball, it does tell you if you are fast enough to hit a base run or a home run. Written by Sam for Product ReviewsIn Sections: News, Sports News

Everyone on the team is hot and sweaty. Slugging over to the dugout after a tough loss, we finish our Gatorade's and toss them to the ground. I walk over to the fence to gather my things when I look back. I see a dugout littered with empty bottles and sun flowers seeds.At that moment I come to a cross-roads in my mind. Clean up or run off. Thinking about this blog I decide to show my kindness to Mother Nature, and I clean up. With all this buzz about global warming, I find it to be very important to look after the environment. Not to mention I got a pat on the back from the coach. Maybe he will move me up in the lineup now.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Did you do any random acts of kindness today?

Baseball is one of my obsessions, so it was only a matter of time before I figured out a way to work it into this site. Baseball is the All-American past time. We all know that “Mom, baseball, and Apple Pie” have long been thought of as the three things most closely associated with this country. Baseball, for all of its problems of late, is still a major part of the American psyche. Many of us have fond memories of lazy summer afternoons watching a game at the local park, a professional stadium, or on TV. Probably every boy in America has played at least one season of little league. Ruth, Mantle, Gehrig, Ripkin, and Robinson are still household names, known to every American. That is why, the passion, the drama, and the love of this great game have long been the fodder of another great American institution, Hollywood. Below are what I believe to be the ten best baseball movies of all-time. In selecting these movies, I looked for movies that were first and foremost

The following is the full listing of all of the baseball movies which were considered for Wild Bluff Media’s Top-10 Baseball Movies of All-Time in alphabetical order: 61* Air Bud - Seventh Inning Fetch Angels in the Infield Angels in the Outfield (1951) Angels in the Outfield (1994) The Babe Bad News Bears (1976) Bad News Bears (2006) Bad News Bears - Breaking Training Bad News Bears - Go To Japan Ball of Wax Bang The Drum Slowly Bench Warmers The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings Bull Durham Cobb Damn Yankees (1958) Ed Eight Men Out Everyone’s Hero The Fan Fever Pitch Field of Dreams For Love of the Game Hardball Headin’ Home Here Come the Tigers It’s Good To Be Alive The Jackie Robinson Story Kill the Umpire League of there Own Little Big League Major League Major League II Major League III ? Back to the Minors Mickey - A Family Story by John Grisham Mr. 3000 Mr. Baseball The Natural Pastime Perfect Game The Pitcher and the Pin-Up Pride of the Yan

Why I Love Baseball and Hate Football Yesterday was the Super Bowl, and as I write this I still have no idea who won or what the score was.  Until about a week ago I didn?t even know which teams were playing, a fact which infused me with a certain amount of pride when I realized it.  I haven?t watched a second of a Super Bowl for almost ten years.  The last time was when Mike Lanning invited me over to his house for a Super Bowl party, and I went because most of my friends were going and paid almost no attention to the game.  I remember John Elway crashing head-first into some big brute of a defensive tackle and my buddy Scotty trying to convince me that it was as athletic as a third baseman?s diving stop or as graceful as a homerun swing. All the Super Bowl means to me is that football season is finally fucking over.  There?s still the Pro Bowl, but only the real diehards give a shit about that.  The NFL doesn?t even care about the Pro Bowl ? they schedule it for after the Super Bowl,

Sexy Baseball Player Costume Includes Short Sleeve Mini Dress and Gloves and Baseball Cap and Inflatable Bat One Size in Navy/White

Hat tip to Geoff over at Knuckle Curve. Oregon State has made it again, as the #3 seed in their respective bracket. The Beavers head into the post season tourney as the defending National Champions and look to get back to Omaha and the College World Series. The Bracket in order of seed: Virginia (43-14) Rutgers (41-19) Oregon [...]