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clearly still the culprit, but it was enough to place doubt in the juror’s minds. If the evidence had been collected and handled correctly, Simpson would have gone to jail for his misdeeds. Orenthal James Simpson, or OJ for short, was born in San Francisco, California. In his youth he joined a gang, before getting detained at a youth guidance center. When he graduated high school his athletic prowess shone out, earning him an athletic scholarship to University of Southern…

If you picked the Denver Broncos over the Green Bay Packers from a list of NFL best bets, you surely reaped the benefits. While the Broncos may not have been NFL consensus picks, they certainly had its fair share of prognosticators and gamblers lining up to bet that side and surprisingly, it wasn't even close. On a cool night at Sports Authority Field in Denver, Colorado, the biggest game of this young NFL season was played between two undefeated titans with designs on representing its…

Because of the higher ups in the MLB organization the sport is being ruined. Have you ever looked at the official rules? If not, let me tell you they are getting extremely confusing. I Have to say if they keep this up they will ruin the game of baseball. I like the game of baseball because it oldschool, now there’s all these rules that are changing sides of the game as a whole. The MLB rules are getting too confusing. In 2016 alone the MLB has amended 21 of the existing rules and added 3…

"I'm benching myself, Joe-- for the good of the team," Gehrig told Joe McCarthy, his manager. Lou Gehrig never played baseball again. On July 4, 1939, between the doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, nearly 62,000 fans sat in the stands waiting for Gehrig to address the crowd according to New York Daily News. It was known as "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day", but something that is named "appreciation day" usually should be on a happy occasion. But not in this situation. A few weeks prior to this day,…

manger Matt Williams. Certainly, losing as many players as Washington has creates great voids, but the Nationals set out in the offseason with the goal of finding replacements.

The Nationals biggest haul was bringing in new manager and former San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds skipper Dusty Baker. On the field, Washington signed second baseman Daniel Murphy who is fresh off a historic playoff performance. To replace Span in the outfield, the Nationals acquired Ben Revere…

The Sandlot is a coming-of-age comedy film about young baseball players in the summer of 1962. Scotty Smalls moves to a new town in California, wants to be friends w the 8 boys on the neighborhood sandlot baseball team. They all take baseball really seriously. Scotty gets to play but is humiliated because he can’t catch or throw. With the help of his teammate Benny, he learns. He and his teammates get into all sorts of shenanigans, like getting kicked out of the pool and throwing up on an…

Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest individual achievement in baseball. Each player strives to have his career recognized as one of the best of his era. Unfortunately, the sport of baseball has had many players who are willing to cheat the game in order to achieve this prestigious honor. Recently, the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs have distorted both the records and individual statistics of the game. This era, known as the Steroid Era, has come to an end with recent improvements…

Jackie Robinson was one of the best baseball players of his time, and he helped promote the integration of blacks into professional leagues of all sports. Many people know Jackie because of his skills on the field, but few know about his hardships and his impact on ending segregation. Robinson was an athlete since he was in high school, and he excelled at football, basketball, baseball, and track. He later became the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Along with his impressive…

Directed by Chapman and Maclain Way “The Battered Bastards of Baseball” tells the story of a diverse group of players from who found common ground in the love for America's greatest past time. Grown men traveled for days to get a chance to be part of what became much more than just a team, a brotherhood. The Portland Mavericks, a class “A” minor league team constructed by a former professional baseball player and actor, Bing Russell. Russell grew up playing the game under Lefty Gomez and Joe…

Sixty miles per hour is the speed at which the average softball player throws the ball; so I guess you could say I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but I believe I was exactly where I was supposed to be. You know how some people say there was a certain moment that changed their life completely? Well, this was that moment for me, and it all was caused by a miscommunication. Miscommunications happen all of the time, but with a softball that isn't actually soft, and someone standing only…