Strike series

Advancement of the Bat: Changing the Game “It’s a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.”(Pete Rose) The evolution of the bat has changed the game dramatically from the wood bat to the medal. Baseball is one of America’s greatest past times since 1846, because of all of the drama and excitement. There have been a lot of changes since the first game from the awkward shaped wood bats, to the metal bats that fall apart, to the perfected bats. (The Evolution of Baseball Bats)…

If you were alive in the 1920s the chance of you knowing who Billy Sunday was is very high. Billy Sunday played Major League Baseball for 8 years. Sunday's personality, outlook, and athleticism made him popular with the fans, as well as with his teammates. Sunday got recruited because of his speed and his energetic outfield play. Billy could run the bases in 14 seconds, and often was top in the League for stolen bases. He was captain of Pittsburgh Alleghenys for the 1888 season and gained a…

Yes, the 27-year-old right hander finally looks like the pitcher everyone envisioned when he was a highly touted prospect six years ago. But the dominance he's displayed since mid-2015 doesn't — and shouldn't — erase the other five years of his injury-riddled career, which makes the Nats' extension a puzzling gamble that seems based on wishful thinking and a way-too-small sample size. Anything but a reliable rotation presence during his six-year career, Strasburg already has had five separate…

that he still strikes out a lot, but made small strides with his plate discipline last season. The writer argues that Davis’ BB/K ratio of .4 may not be ideal but is progress. People generally seem to agree…

Babe Ruth was very significant to baseball. Babe Ruths real name is George Herman Ruth, Jr.Professional star Babe Ruth was very popular he had one sibling and was married to two people. When Babe Ruth was at a younger age he started to do bad things like chewing tobacco, drinking and a lot of other things that kids did not do and his parents did not like the things that he was doing. His parents sent him to St. Mary's Industrial School, he went there for 12 years. Learned a lot and he really…

Holliday is listed 6-foot-4 and weighs 240 pounds, has never been the most graceful outfielder and, late in his stay in St. Louis, he began to play sporadically at first base. He dropped a soft line drive in Game 2 of the 2009 National League Division Series against the Dodgers. Holliday also previously played for the team of the Colorado Rockies from 2004 to 2008 before being traded to the Oakland Athletics on November of 2008. He had a short stint with the A’s and was later on traded to the…

Now that the season is over, I can talk to guys a bit about my early experiences with Yankees. My first vivid memories of the Yankees, was the 96 Championship. That was a heck of year. It was the beginning of a new era and new dynasty. I remember saying to myself, "Joe Torre, are you kidding me"? "That guy has never won anything." Doesn’t he have a losing track record, I said oh my gosh, come on guys, you could do better than that." Boy was I wrong, he brought the winning way back to Yankees…

flood of emotion will consume the nation. It was Game 5 of the 2016 World Series and there can only be one! Which team will ultimately break the curse? Will the Indians be able to hold onto series after losing close and emotional game or will the Cubs rally to overcome and go on to finally give the fans a title? The Cubs are known for struggling with the Fall Classic and had yet to win even a single game during the World Series at Wrigley…

“Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth,” The beloved baseball star Lou Gehrig once said. Lou Gehrig was an amazing baseball player. He was known for his hard work and iron will. Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse of the New York Yankees, he became one of the best in baseball at a young age, and sadly, he retired young from a deadly disease, that later killed him. Lou Gehrig was born June 19, 1903 in New York, at an early age He helped his mom run errands while she was…

to assembling a successful baseball team, fixated on overcoming serious budget deficiencies when compared to other teams. Former professional baseball player and Oakland A’s General Manager (GM) Billy Beane, takes assembling and developing a World Series winning worthy team personally upon himself to complete. By competing with teams like the New York Yankees, where resources are much more plentiful, GM Billy Beane decides to think pragmatically outside the box, adopting unfamiliar industry…