Baseball

Roberto Clemente, Thurman Munson, Cory Lidle, Ken Hubbs ...

As of 2009 Manny Ramirez hit 546 career home runs.

They became the Twins in 1961.

Before that they were originaly the Washington Senators.

A baseball player makes more money then a basketball player... most money payed for a baseball player right now is 30.5 mill for Alex Rodriguez. Most for a basketball player this year(2007-08) is 21 mill for Kevin Garnet!

You can learn to be a team player, learn discipline, learn that you should never give up on yourself, because even if you strike out 3 times in a game the 4th time up you can get a hit that helps win a game. Life is like a baseball season, you can have your good days and your bad days, but it is the long run that matters.

http://gustavus.edu/orgs/saab/ncaabanned.php a) Stimulants:

amiphenazole methylenedioxymethamphetamine

amphetamine (MDMA, ecstasy)

bemigride methylphenidate

benzphetamine nikethamide

bromantan pemoline

caffeine1 (guarana) pentetrazol

chlorphentermine phendimetrazine

cocaine phenmetrazine

cropropamide phentermine

crothetamide

diethylpropion phenylpropanolamine (ppa)

dimethylamphetamine picrotoxine

doxapram pipradol

ephedrine prolintane

(ephedra, ma huang) strychnine

ethamivan synephrine

ethylamphetamine (citrus aurantium, zhi shi, bitter

fencamfamine orange)

meclofenoxate and related compounds

methamphetamine

(b) Anabolic Agents:

anabolic steroids

androstenediol methyltestosterone

androstenedione nandrolone

boldenone norandrostenediol

clostebol norandrostenedione

dehydrochlormethyl- norethandrolone

testosterone oxandrolone

dehydroepiandro- oxymesterone

sterone (DHEA) oxymetholone

dihydrotestosterone stanozolol

(DHT) testosterone2

dromostanolone tetrahydrogestrinone (THG)

epitrenbolone trenbolone

fluoxymesterone and related compounds

gestrinone

mesterolone

methandienone other anabolic agents

methenolone clenbuterol

(c) Substances Banned for Specific Sports:

Rifle:

alcohol pindolol

atenolol propranolol

metoprolol timolol

nadolol and related compounds

(d) Diuretics:

acetazolamide hydrochlorothiazide

bendroflumethiazide hydroflumethiazide

benzhiazide methyclothiazide

bumetanide metolazone

chlorothiazide polythiazide

chlorthalidone quinethazone

ethacrynic acid spironolactone

flumethiazide triamterene

furosemide trichlormethiazide

and related compounds

(e) Street Drugs:

heroin tetrahydrocannabinol

marijuana3 (THC)3

(f) Peptide Hormones and Analogues:

corticotrophin (ACTH)

human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG)

leutenizing hormone (LH)

growth hormone(HGH, somatotrophin)

insulin like growth hormone (IGF-1)

All the respective releasing factors of the above-mentioned

substances also are banned:

erythropoietin (EPO) sermorelin

darbypoetin

(g) Definitions of positive depends on the following:

1. for caffeine - if the concentration in urine exceeds 15

micrograms/ml.

2. for testosterone - if the administration of testosterone or use

of any other manipulation has the result of increasing the ratio

of the total concentration of testosterone to that of

epitestosterone in the urine to greater than 6:1, unless there is

evidence that this ratio is due to a physiological or

pathological condition.

3. for marijuana and THC - if the concentration in the urine of

THC metabolite exceeds 15 nanograms/ml.

In 1901 Connie Mack and his Philadelphia Athletics became one of the original founders of the American League. In 1902 New York Giants Manager John McGraw dismissed the A's with contempt, by calling them "The White Elephants." He meant to imply that Mack shouldn't be allowed to spend money without supervision. Well, Connie Mack took up the gauntlet and defiantly adopted the White Elephant as the team insignia. That year, 1902, the A's won the American League pennant -- much to the unvoiced chagrin of John McGraw. This is from the A's history page.... To be simple... It's the Oakland Athletics' oldest logo.

Hanscom Field in Bedford, MA

I am a bloke but, I recall hearing somewhere that is was 5 to 3. But I have no more authority than that. ---- In the 2007 season, the average runs scored by a National League team was 471.78 and an American League team was 122.87. In 2006, the NL average was 4.76 and the AL average was 4.97.

When the New York Yankees visit Chicago to play against the White Sox, they stay at the Hilton Chicago. It is located at 720 South Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago.

A redshirt freshman is a player who sits out their first year of attendance at a college. In NCAA rules you can only play four years. So if a team has a position already filled a player will redshirt for a year in order to maintain the full four years of eligibility for when the position opens up. When a player redshirts they are able to practice with the team and even play a minimal number of plays during the season.

Click on the 'Yankees Numbers' link on this page to see the players who wore #45 for the Yankees.

There are three 90 degree angles. (Looking at home plate from a "pitcher's viewpoint), the wide "front" of home plate has 90 degree angles on both sides. The back point, e.g. "the heart of the plate," is a 90 degree angle. The two angles closest to the batter's back foot are both 135 degrees. This is because these angles are the sum of a 90 degree angle and a 45 degree angle. The back "triangle" of home plate is a 45-45-90 triangle.

Some possible reasons for a baseball game to be suspended are either a curfew imposed by a law, artificial light failure, severe weather, a preset time limit, or the game has ended with a tied score. Before artificial lighting was available games the major reason games were suspended was based on severe weather.

Because a baseball is smaller you could hit it farther. This is because with less surface area, there is less friction action on the ball. With less friction acting on the ball, it means less "stuff" is holding the ball back from traveling farther, the baseball can physical travel farther than a softball.

No. A runner can only advance on a fly ball after it is caught. Since there are two outs and the catch of the fly ball would make the third out. A runner cannot score before a fly ball is caught at any time.

As of the 2008 season, the last Cubs player to win the NL MVP award was Sammy Sosa in 1998.

Joe Blong debuted on May 4, 1875 and played his final game on October 6, 1877.

Jackie Robinson's first year in professional ball was 1946 when he played for the Montreal Royals, the Brooklyn Dodgers Triple-A minor league team. He played one year for Montreal and then played for the Dodgers between 1947-1956. He retired after the 1956 season.

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New Mexico has no major league professional sports teams. However the Albuquerque Isotopes is a minor league baseball team in the Class-AAA Pacific Coast League since 2003.

If the ball lands in the dirt and the batter swings at it, I believe that is a strike, even if he hits it into fair territory. This is another one that may have to be improved by somebody else if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am on this one.

Richard Arndt, a Milwaukee Brewers groundskeeper, came up with the ball when Hank Aaron hit his 755th and final home run over the left field fence on July 20, 1976. He supposedly offered to return the ball to Aaron under the condition that he could hand it over in person, but this request was denied. Arndt was subsequently fired for refusing to surrender the baseball. In 1999 he auctioned it with a starting price of 850,000 dollars but cancelled the auction due to low bids. Andrew Knuth of Connecticut later bought the ball for 650,000 dollars and now keeps it in a "very safe place," according to Knuth.