San Francisco Giants

Throughout the baseball regular season there are a 100 plus games played. In the first image is a regular season San Francisco Giants game. The photographer is defiantly capturing this image from across the stadium and about same level. As you can see some fans are jumping for joy, others are seating in excitement, and most not even paying attention. The angle and area which…

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…

Additionally, in 1947, the Saint Louis Browns signed Hank Thompson as a right fielder. Mr. Thompson later went on to win a World Series Championship with the New York Giants in 1954. Willie Mays was a centerfielder. He played a twenty-two season career and spent most of that career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants. He ended his career playing for the New York Mets. Willie Mays was a 24 time recipient of Major League Baseball All-Star along with several other important awards. Mr…

they are harder, so it make a loud crack noise that people like to hear. They are also built to have more power in them. In the picture to the above, the bat on the top, is ash wood, and the one on the bottom is maple wood. (Stamp). In 2001 a San Francisco Giants player named Barry Bonds set the record for the most home runs hit in a single season. This was a record that no one thought was beatable. When the word got out that the bat Bonds was using was made of maple everyone wanted a maple bat,…

relate it to our siblings, parents, cousins; it’s a family event. It’s a family tradition that is passed down from generation to generation. Essentially, you inherit your family’s team when you’re born. I was born into a San Diego Padres family; then married into a San Francisco Giants family. Baseball is a staple of our childhood; getting together with our friends and playing on our makeshift baseball diamond; throwing pop-ups and trying to hit grand slams. Not to mention it’s an affordable…

The legends of the New York Yankees, such as Babe Ruth, Lou Gehric and Joe DiMaggio, are too numerous to enumerate. As a recent topic, Derek Jeter has put an end to his brilliant playing days last year and I believe that the number 2 on his back will also be retired number in Major League Baseball in the near future for sure. However, I do not intend to introduce the story of the heroes like them this time because, needless to say over again, their biography have been already well known for many…

Picture a world where the U.S. had only 45 states, where women could not vote, where the television and the radio did not exist. It is hard to imagine such a place, but it did exist. It existed 108 years ago when the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series (Cooper). Since then fans have looked near and far for an explanation as to why their beloved team could not win the World Championship. The most common and widely accepted cause for the Cubs’ failure is the Curse of the Billy Goat.…

The antitrust exemption has been around for decades and keeping it only allows for the further evolution of the game, using fans, agents, and certain laws to further how the game will be played in the future. First off, agents are being very influential in the decisions each player makes. They help make financial decisions for players to ensure their success in the league to stay preserved. They allow them to stay with the team the player may like for a little pay cut, to help fans keep the love…

People are often overly focused on injuries in football that they forget injuries in other sports for example baseball. Baseball for the most part is considered a non-contact sport and therefore people overlook the amount of injuries that occur. There are three major injuries which have been a cause for concern for baseball in America, the amount of Tommy John surgeries for pitchers, the neighborhood play, and protecting the catcher. With the increase participation in single sport…

Branch Rickey was fired and replaced with Walter O’Malley who was less tolerant of his behavior. By late 1951 Robinson’s glory years were winding down and in December of 1956, because of a bad relationship with him, O’Malley sold Jackie to the San Francisco Giants. In the January 1957 issue of Look Magazine, Jackie announced his retirement stating that his body has passed his prime and he can no longer perform. He finished his major league career with an overall average of .311 and a record…