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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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Does size matter for playing baseball?
Depending on the position you are playing size normally does not matter as long as you can play well.
How many innings are in a single A baseball game?
If the score is tied after 9 innings, it is played until one team has a lead after a full inning. Games are suspended, per baseball rules, at 2am local time and continued later that day.
There is no rule that addresses a batter throwing the bat. It's a safety issue that the umpire must use his judgment on.
What injuries might a baseball player develop from swinging at The ball too hard?
a baseball player trains ever day. one day,he unjured himself.what injuries might the player hard from swinging th bat too hard
How much did baseball players in the 1930s make?
According to USA Today, the average 2009 salary of a ball player in the two North American major leagues is $3.26 million, representing a 4% increase from the year-ago period.
Since the question is "pro baseball player," a really complete answer would have to include everyone everywhere is is paid to play baseball. Minor leagues, Japan, Korea, Taiwan--a lengthy list. And the figure also doesn't include sponsorship or other income players make on account of their celebrity status as athletes.
What is the call when a batter who just walked picks up the loose ball with runners on base?
Assuming the catcher is near home plate, the runner has to slide. If he doesn't and knocks the catcher down he is out. If the catcher is up the baseline and is waiting to make the tag the runner would be called out for crashing into him. If the slide knocks the catcher down, the outcome of the play would depend on whether the catcher maintained control of the ball during the tag and whether the runner touched home plate.
What does Poff stand for in baseball?
In baseball, it represents the % chance that a team will make the playoffs.
What happened to Tampa Bay rays tv announcer Brian Anderson?
Following his 2008 retirement, Anderson served as the pitching coach assistant in 08-09 and worked in the front office. In 09 and 2010, Anderson began working part-time as a TV analyst for the Rays (he called about 50 games). In October 2010, it was announced that he will be a full time analyst in 2011 onward
Who has the Most strikeouts for a left handed pitcher?
Tom Cheney, pitching for the Washington Senators. He struck out 21 Baltimore Orioles in a 16 inning complete game victory September 12th 1962.
Since then, Roger Clemens and Kerry Wood are currently tied. Clemens struck out 20 in a game in both 1986 and 1996. Wood struck out 20 in a game in 1998. Randy Johnson struck out 20 over nine innings in a game during the 2001 season, but is not recognized as a record-holder because he was removed from the game which took 11 innings to complete.
Which will require a greater force to move bowling ball or a baseball?
A bowling ball. An official NBA basketball weighs 22 ounces, which is less than two pounds. The bowling balls little kids play with weigh 6 to 8 pounds, and adults play with balls weighing from 12 to 16 pounds.
How many pitchers are on a major league team?
You still have your 40 man roster that you use for swapping players game to game, however, your actual game roster is still only 25 men. During the playoffs you cannot bring players up from the minor leagues, that is why teams and managers will put guys on the 40-man roster. The entire 40 man roster travels with the team during the playoffs as well, which is why the dugouts are a little more full
Who was the greatest baseball player of all time?
Many people would argue about who is or who isn't the greatest baseball player of all time but i would say Babe Ruth. He was the best baseball player that i know. I didnt know him, but i know who he is. :D
How many people make the Major League Baseball?
The active roster of a major league team may contain a maximum of 25 players. There are 30 teams in MLB. That would make a maximum of 750 players on major league rosters at any one time during a season.
What year did the St. Louis Cardinals start playing baseball?
The St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 18 World Series and won 11 world championships (victories listed in bold): 1926,1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006 and 2011.
Why is the strike K sometimes backwards in baseball?
The "K" is placed backwards in cases where the batter strikes out looking.
How much are the New York Yankees worth?
An article on Forbes.com placed the value of the Yankees at $2.3 billion as of March 2013. Click on the link below for more information.
In April 2010, Forbes.com had the team at $1.6 billion.
Why do they change pitchers to pitch to a right hand or left hand batter?
right handed pitchers throw breaking balls that break AWAY from right handed hitters and vice versa, thus it is generally considered more difficult for a right handed batter to hit righties. There are exceptions, the 'screwball' is an example. Generally a right hander wants to throw it only to a lefthander. Its not that common of a pitch. Recently the most notable example was Fernando Valenzuela and lesser known Jim Mecir.
Is the new Yankee Stadiums field grass or turf?
The Cleveland Browns Stadium uses grass, not synthetic turf.
"The field is a Kentucky Bluegrass irrigated field with a sand-soil root zone and an underground heating system containing nine boilers and 40 miles of underground piping. The heating system helps to keep the field from freezing and extends the growing season of the turf. Field has been designed to accommodate international soccer as well, with dimensions of 69 yards by 114 yards."
Why is a K used to designate a strike out?
The use of the last letter of Struck instead of the first to denote a strikeout dates back to when Henry Chadwick developed the box score in the late 1850's. Chadwick often used the last letter instead of the first, especially if he considered that letter to be the more prominent one in the word. Chadwick said "the letter K in struck is easier to remember in connection with the word, than S." He also used L for Foul and D for Catch on Bound. Only the K survived into the 20th Century. Source: Paul Dickson's The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary and Alan Schwarz's The Numbers Game. The common view that the K was used because the S was taken (by Sacrifice, Stolen Base, or Single) appears to be erroneous.
Other answers from the community:
- 'K' was chosen to represent Struck, because S was already taken to mean Stolen base. The K and S are both still used today.
- 'K' is a Strike
- The symbol "K" is used because it is made with 3 strokes of the pencil, symbolizing the 3 strikes for the strikeout. Scorekeepers use a backward K (or a KL, or Kc) when a batter strikes out looking/called 3rd strike.
- K stands for 'struck'. Back in the old days, scorekeepers used letters for symbols, K is the only one that we still use today.
- Fyi, to help keep things clear in record keeping, a backwards k is used if the player struck out looking.
- I always thought that K was short for K.O. like knock out.
- Back in the day, score keeping was done entirely with letters, no numbers (Double was D, not 2B). When "strikeout" became an official statistic, "K" was the first letter not already being used (S- Single, T- Triple, R-Run, I-Inning, then K) So K became strikeout, and it was one of the few from that era that actually stuck.
- We owe the "K" to an early sportswriter named Henry Chadwick. In fact, Chadwick and another writer named M.J. Kelly are largely responsible for the scoring system baseball uses today. Chadwick already had "S" slated for "sacrifice." So a strikeout became a "K", after the last letter of the word "struck." The reason a strikeout isn't a "T" is because "struck" was the preferred term of the day.
- The symbol "K" in baseball scorecards represents "Strikeout." Why? Well, baseball pioneer Henry Chadwick, the NY Herald's first baseball editor, first used the symbol in 1868. As far as he was concerned, the letter "K" was the "prominent letter of the word strike," adding that "the letter K in struck is easier to remember, than S."
- While the above answer may have some basis in fact, there is another explanation. There are two ways to strike out. (In fact, there are two ways in which a player can strike out, and reach first base safely, if the third strike is not caught in the air by the catcher. How do you score that? I'm not telling. ;-)) A player can strike out swinging, or be called out on strikes. To make the distinction, the letters SOS and KOS are used. Try to shorten it. KS? COS? CS? It is an important statistic to the manager, that wants to know who will let the third strike go by, and who will swing. A "K" merely denotes a generic strikeout.
- This might be a myth but I was taught it was a simple way of counting strikes. First strike, line one "|" second strike line two "/", third strike line three "". That makes your K. The reverse or "backwards" K indicates the third strike was a called strike.
- I think it might be short for K.O. or knock/strike out. sort of a link to boxing.
- A "k" means a strike out but you can be more specific than that. if it is forwards than that means that they struck out swinging if it is backwards it means that they didn't swing at the third strike
What is the pitching distance for 9 year old baseball players?
Obviously I am on here because I have a 8U son who pitches well. He is actually 8 turning 9 in mid September and throws strikes consistantly at 43mph. Yes, he hits 44-46 here and there but 8 times out of 10 the bushnell gun reads 43. He practices his mechanics every day and works with a pro which leads me to my point. There are not too many 8U pitchers in any one league who actually "pitch." There are kids who are just throwing and achieve both faster and slower speeds than my son. However, they have not learned to pitch so it's pointless to compare them. If I see a kid who pitches with at least halfway decent mechanics and he seems to repeat his motion while throwing strikes 75% of the time, I may make a comparison. This is why it's so hard to come up with an avg. pitching speed for this age group. With that said, my best guess would be that 40 for a kid who just turned 9 is average based on what I have seen. On his 9th birthday he throws 44 and can increase to 50 by the time he turns 10 while still throwing strikes, I think he would be considered tp 2%
Who was the first professional black baseball player?
Charles Follis, a.k.a "The Black Cyclone," (ca. 1879-1910) signed a contract to play football for money on September 16, 1904, becoming the sport's first black professional. In 1899, Follis helped organize the varsity football team at his high school in Wooster, Ohio. He was elected captain by his white schoolmates, and he led them to an undefeated season. After graduation, Follis played with an amateur Wooster team before being lured to the Shelby Blues of the American Professional Football Association. Injury ended Follis' football career a couple of years later. He played professional baseball for a while. In 1910, Follis died of pneumonia. He was 31. Reference: Akron Beacon Journal,"Wooster man was first black in pro football" - Sept. 16, 2003
