Pitcher

bat for the starting pitcher and all subsequent pitchers in any game without otherwise affecting the status of the pitcher(s) in the game. The rule allows for another batter to hit instead of the pitcher in the lineup without having to play in the field. But the rule only applies to the…

Problem: Among three basil plants that will be watered differently, how much water will a basil plant need daily to stay healthy if I pour a quarter of a pitcher in plant A, a half pitcher in plant B, and one pitcher in plant C? Hypothesis: My assumption is that plant B will be the healthiest because it seems that plant A will have an insufficient amount of water, and plant C will have too much water, making the basil plant too turgid, resulting into temporary to permanent wilting, leading to…

There have been many cases of Major League Baseball, MLB, pitchers getting hit in the head with a line drive. Most of these balls are traveling at a speed of over 100 MPH. In the history of the MLB, there has only been one death from getting hit with a ball. That one player was Ray Chapman who got a skull fracture and later died on August 17, 1920. Since then there have been no deaths but many head injuries. Scientists have recently created a hat that has padding on the inside to reduce…

Baseball is not the game that you thought it was. It has not been since 1973 when the first designated hitter was used. A designated hitter does not play defense, their one and only job is to hit for the pitcher. It has made the game stray away from its roots. Many say the designated hitter has improved baseball by making it more entertaining but in reality these players are ruining the sanctity of the game because they do not follow the same rules that all of the other players have to follow.…

Misfortunes of the Dead”, American philosopher George Pitcher argued the ante-mortem person could be harmed, but not the post-mortem. The goal of this paper is to show that Pitcher’s argument, that only the ante-mortem person can be harmed, is flawed. It is flawed because…

Does the frequency of the bright red blotches of the Nepenthes Gracilis affect it’s ability to lure prey? Introduction: The Nepenthes gracilis belongs to the Nepenthaceae family, a group of monotypic carnivorous plants who use their specialized pitcher-shaped leaves to capture their prey through passive pitfall traps (Bauer, Di Giusto, Skepper, Grafe, Federle, 2012). The adaptation of carnivory in plants is as a result of nutrient-poor habitats in which the fitness of the plants depends on the…

merit the risk to the players health and the integrity of the game? Many baseball fans would appreciate taking those 30 minutes to watch the spontaneity of the game unfold. Eliminating the pitch clock would allow the pitchers and batters to recover in between pitches and permit the pitcher to set his own rhythm and pace. This is how baseball is meant to be…

Major League Baseball player one day. Little League pitchers dreams get crushed when they believe they throw to slow to pitch the the major leagues. In order to make it to the major leagues, pitchers don't have to throw 90 miles per hour (mph) or harder, some pitchers in the past had success without throwing hard. One of those pitchers is Greg Maddux. Greg is a Hall Of Famer now because of his success as a pitcher. When he started off as a pitcher in the minor league (level below Major…

Tommy John surgery mends a damaged elbow ligament (1). Tommy John injuries are also known as ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). Tommy John injuries happen when a patient, frequently a baseball player, has recurring stress to the elbow. Baseball pitchers are more apt to get Tommy John injuries because of the repetitive motion of pitching the ball. Consequently, to become more informed on Tommy John surgery, there is a need to become familiar with the procedures, prognosis, risk factors, and…

Competition, and Reinjury After Tommy John Surgery in Major League Baseball Pitchers: A Review of 147 Cases, was written by six authors. Eric C. Makhni, Randall W. Lee, Zachary S. Morrow, Anthony P. Gualtieri, Prakash Gorroochurn and Christopher S. Ahmad, whom are all respected Doctors in the Sports Medicine field co- authored this paper and preformed all of the research needed first hand. This article is a research study of 147 MLB pitchers after they had reconstruction surgery of the Ulnar…