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Baseball
Take me out to the ballgame, the baseball game, that is! The baseball category is all about the game of baseball, America's pastime. Questions include what a baseball is made of, what bats are the best to use, what the bullpen is, and much more!
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What is a good baseball limerick poem?
Pitcher > twitcher
Catcher > scratcher
1st, 2nd, 3rd Base > chase, race, ace, face
Shortstop > nonstop, belly flop
Left, centre, right fielder > yielder
Tim Leary played in 31 games at pitcher for the New York Yankees in 1990, starting in all of them. He played for a total of 624 outs, equivalent to 23.11 9-inning games.
He made 14 putouts, had 36 assists, and committed 4 errors, equivalent to .173 errors per 9-inning game. He had 4 double plays.
What baseball team has the most road wins in a season?
For the 2009 season, through games played on September 22 that is the Chicago Cubs who draw an average of 34,964 per game on the road. The New York Yankees are second at 34,743 and the Los Angeles Dodgers are third at 34,604.
A base hit is a statistic credited to a batter when such batter reaches base safely, as set forth in this Rule 10.05.
(a) The official scorer shall credit a batter with a base hit when:
(6) a fielder unsuccessfully attempts to put out a preceding runner and, in the official scorer's judgment, the batter-runner would not have been put out at first base by ordinary effort.
(b)The official scorer shall not credit a base hit when a:
(4) fielder fails in an attempt to put out a preceding runner and, in the scorer's judgment, the batter-runner could have been put out at first base;
It all depends on what the official scorer thinks the possibility of a put out at 1st is. If they think the batter would have been out if they went directly to first then the batter doesnt get credit for a hit, if the score keeper feels he would have been safe, then it is a hit.
**If any lead runner is thrown out, then it is no hit, and scored as a fielder's choice
Can you name all of the Philadelphia Phillies mascots?
#PitchersB/THtWtDOB58Antonio BastardoR-L5'11"195Sep 21, 198556Joe BlantonR-R6'3"245Dec 11, 198052Jose ContrerasR-R6'4"255Dec 6, 197137Chad DurbinR-R6'2"225Dec 3, 197734Roy HalladayR-R6'6"230May 14, 197735Cole HamelsL-L6'3"190Dec 27, 198354Brad LidgeR-R6'5"210Dec 23, 197646Ryan MadsonL-R6'6"200Aug 28, 198044Roy OswaltR-R6'0"190Aug 29, 197716J.C. RomeroS-L5'11"215Jun 4, 1976#CatchersB/THtWtDOB51Carlos RuizR-R5'10"215Jan 22, 197923Brian SchneiderL-R6'1"210Nov 26, 1976#InfieldersB/THtWtDOB19Greg DobbsL-R6'1"205Jul 2, 19786Ryan HowardL-L6'4"255Nov 19, 197927Placido PolancoR-R5'10"190Oct 10, 197511Jimmy RollinsS-R5'8"170Nov 27, 19785Mike SweeneyR-R6'3"225Jul 22, 197326Chase UtleyL-R6'1"190Dec 17, 197821Wilson ValdezR-R5'11"170May 20, 1978#OutfieldersB/THtWtDOB9Domonic BrownL-L6'5"200Sep 3, 198710Ben FranciscoR-R6'1"190Oct 23, 19813Ross GloadL-L6'1"190Apr 5, 197629Raul IbanezL-R6'2"225Jun 2, 19728Shane VictorinoS-R5'9"190Nov 30, 198028Jayson Werth
When did baseball player Chappy Charles play?
Charlie Bates debuted on September 22, 1927 and played his final game on October 2, 1927.
Who holds major league basball s record for the most stolen bases in a single season?
Some highlights:
Paul Molitor (10; the most recent player as far as I can tell)
Babe Ruth (10; the most surprising member)
Jackie Robinson (19; everyone remembers this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XY-XshGhMU but JR did it 18 other times)
Max Carrey (33; Number 2 all-time)
Ty Cobb (54; the undisputed home-stealing champ)
It used to be much more common than it is today, since the game used to be more speed and less power-oriented.
Some recent players to do it include Carl Crawford and Jacoby Ellsbury (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alwm_JHAURQ&NR=1).
"Steals of home" isn't an official stat and is ambiguous. Typically people mean a "pure" steal of home like what you see in the Robinson or Ellsbury vids, but people might also include "impure" steals (e.g. the second half of a double steal or a steal when another runner is caught in a rundown.) So far as I can tell the BA list includes only pure steals, but I could be mistaken.
What percentage of baseball players make it to the majors?
I do not believe the 10% answer is correct. There are 286 Div I Schools, 236 Div II Schools, and 362 Div III schools. Assuming ALL of these have baseball teams and assuming all of the teams have 35 players on their rosters, there are over 30,000 NCAA baseball players in any given year. There are 30 MLB teams which have 25 players each, or 750 MLB player. (The teams can expand to 40 at the end of each season if desired, so there may be as many as 1,000 MLB players.) 30,000 divided by 750 would yield 40:1 odds of being drafted if EVERY team in MLB started over and had NOTHING BUT ROOKIES. A preposterous proposition at best! Therefore, the highest mathematical possibility would be 2.5%. Let's assume that each MLB team drafts 10 rookies a year. 30,000 divided by 300 would equal 1%. Still not a realistic number.
When is the next New York Yankees game?
The New York Yankees' 2011 season ended on Thursday, October 6, as the Detroit Tigers defeated them 3 to 2 in Game 5 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium. The Tigers won the best-of-five series, 3-2, and advanced to the American League Championship Series to play the Texas Rangers.
What were the last five teams to win the World Series?
Through 2008:
2008 - Philadelphia Phillies
2007 - Boston Red Sox
2006 - St. Louis Cardinals
2005 - Chicago White Sox
2004 - Boston Red Sox
Through 2010:
2010 - San Francisco Giants
2009 - New York Yankees
2008 - Philadelphia Phillies
2007 - Boston Red Sox
2006 - St. Louis Cardinals
it is scored a wp the batter doesn't get RBI
How far is it from home plate to the pitcher's mound for 12-year-olds?
Wrong. There is seniors, which is several feet less than regulation. Also, in middle school, the distance is not quite regulation either. It starts in highschool, usually age 14.
Name of the person who created baseball?
The gutta-percha ball was invented in 1848 by Reverend Adam Paterson. Made from the sap of the Gutta tree, this ball could be hit a maximum distance of 225 yards and was very similar to its modern counterpart.
In 1898, Coburn Haskell introduced the first one-piece rubber cored, when professionally hit these balls reached distances approaching 430 yards.
According to "The Dimpled Golf Ball" by Vincent Mallette during the early days of golf the balls were smooth. Players noticed that as balls became old and scarred, they traveled farther. After a while players would take new balls and intentionally pit them.
In 1905, golf ball manufacturer William Taylor was the first to add the dimple pattern using the Coburn Haskell ball. Golf balls had now taken on their modern form.
A walk-off RBI is when a batter in the bottom half of the last inning of the game (either the ninth or in extra innings) drives in a runner that gives his team the lead. Since the opposing team does not get to bat again (having batted in the top half of the inning) the player's team "walks off" without having made three outs. Further play is no longer necessary.
Was Johnny Damon a high school football star?
I do not know about being a football star. He did play football in high school though. I believe baseball was his game. In his senior year, Johnny was rated the top high school prospect in the country by Baseball America.
How do you figure slugging percentage in baseball?
Slugging Percentage is a mathematical equation. A HR is four points, triple 3 points, a double is two, and a single is one. take the number of points added up, then divide by the number of at bats. For example, a batter goes 1 for 4 and hits a home run, which is four points. Four points divided into 4 at bats equals 1.000 slugging percentage.
What year was the shortest baseball game in history played?
If you're talking about how short a baseball game can be "out of" 9 innings, then a complete game is recorded at the end of the 5th inning.
If you're talking about what is the shortest 9 inning game to be played in length of time, I don't know. =-(
How many innings are in a iron pigs baseball game?
MLB consists of 9 innings, more if needed to determine a winner, less if non post season game and inclement weather delays the game.
Does Mississippi have a pro baseball team?
This is due to lack of interest and money. A smaller state that is not focused on football can not sustain a team. Also all the teams are "owned" so it would take a person with money to start up a team.
The rotation of a thrown baseball, or any other ball, compounded by the stitching on a ball, creates lift/drag as it moves through the air, accomplishing each type of pitch- fastball, curve ball, change-up, etc. As an aside, the "knuckleball" is thrown with as little rotation as possible, which causes the more erratic movement as it passes through the air towards home plate.
Who is the first manager born outside the US to win the World Series?
Cito Gaston of the 1992 Toronto Blue Jays.
