The Clique series

It's the dog days of summer. Football is right around the corner, moves are still to be made on the NBA front and we are smack dab in the middle of All-Star break. Days are long, sun is hot, BBQ's are blazing and summer love is in full swing. Turning on the news is a mistake, the hatred, ignorance, and negativity are consuming. No one televises the positive stories anymore. Yesterday, I attended my first HR derby, first of many. Not since the days of Sosa and McGwire have things been so…

American baseball icon Hank Aaron, nicknamed "Hammerin' Hank," is widely regarded as one of the greatest hitters in the history of the sport. He spent 21 years as an outfielder for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves and two final years as a DH for the Milwaukee Brewers, setting several records and winning a number of honors along the way. Aron continues to hold many of baseball's most distinguished records today, including runs batted in (2,297), extra-base hits (1,477), total bases (6,856) and…

teammates and competitors to show them that he wanted to win. Derek Jeter, also known as “The Captain” or “Mr. November” is arguably one of the greatest players baseball has ever seen. He played 20 seasons with the New York Yankees and won 5 World Series rings. The way he carried himself, on and off the field is why he has been a role model for so many kids across the nation. Above all other major league teams, the New York Yankees are the team that everyone dreams to play for, and growing up…

the Atlanta Braves won their division each year. It is the longest record of any North American professional sport. In addition, the Atlanta Braves have the distinction of having won over a dozen divisional titles, nine pennants, and three World Series. The history of the Braves dates back to the year 1871 when a charter National Association team, the Boston Red Stockings, was founded. In 1876, it became a charter of the National League. It has remained a part of the league ever since, thus…

baseball wonder how this bat hits way farther than different bats, like wood bats. The question is, how do these bats do that? A Mako is a powerful high tech bat that is still used in travel ball leagues to this day. Kids in the Little League World Series, that happens every year, use these Makos (usually the newest version). The first piece of evidence is that Makos are hollow so there’s more pop, which means…

Chad Simpson Composition 10 Jose Bolivar June 3, 2016 MLB Hall Of Fame Process Major League Baseball, also known as the MLB which was first inducted in 1936. The national baseball hall of fame is located in New York. More specifically in the city of Cooperstown. Over the past eighty years there has been over three hundred and ten players, managers, umpires, executives inducted into the MLB hall of fame. An average amount of 4 people have been inducted into the hall of fame…

five players they selected, while St. Louis was the only team to receive just one player, probably because all the players they picked were from the Cubs, who were considered the best team going into the 2016 season and ended up winning the World Series this year. If communication between GMs were allowed, a slew of problems, such as Prisoner’s Dilemma, difficulty of coordination, Mixed Strategies, and First Move Advantage, would have affected the results. Unfortunately, that would be well…

Games. His career with the Cubs spanned 19 years, from 1922 to 1940. He is the 1935 National League MVP and has 1,867 hits, 231 home runs, and 1,153 RBI. Gabby was the catcher when Babe Ruth infamously called his shot in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series. First Base-Mark Grace For first base, it’s Mark Grace hands down. During the ‘steroid era’ of the 1990’s, went unscathed, quietly putting up impressive numbers with 2201 base hits, 308 batting average, four Gold Glove awards and three All-Star…

It was a hot May night in Denver Colorado,when Troy Tulowitzki stepped to the plate. Regarded as one of the most prolific hitters in the MLB, Tulowitzki was already 3 for 3 with a home run. It was a 2-1 count with one out in the 8th, when Tulowitz made contact. The ball soared into the right field stands at Coors Field. On a hot day more than a mile above sea level, Tulowitzki had one of the beds gsmes for an MLB player all year. Thid poses the question of how does Weather affect baseball?…

No one thought that Chad Bradford would make his high school team. Bradford did. No one thought that Bradford would do well in a hitters ballpark. Bradford did. No one thought that Bradford would become a reliable reliever in the big leagues. Bradford became one. I found out about Chad Bradford in July of 2005 when the Boston Red Sox acquired him from the Oakland Athletics for an outfielder by the name of Jay Payton. I found out more about him from the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an…