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It's a bright yellow sunburst that represents the Sunshine State of Florida. (Wikipedia)

Carl Yastrzemski wore #8 for the Boston Red Sox.

Willy Miranda died September 7, 1996, in Baltimore, MD, USA.

Turner Field in Atlanta opened in 1997. Before that, the Atlanta Braves played at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium from 1966-1996. Part of the parking lot for the new Turner Field, is the outline of the old stadium, because turner field was built right next to the old stadium.

His nationality is American he was born the usa.

It's called an intentional walk.

There is no information online that states Mark and Tim Sweeney are related. Tim is a well known video game programmer.

Because of its weight and density, it's clear that the air-filled tennis ball cannot be thrown anywhere near the distance of a baseball. This is even more so in modern day baseball which is super-hard, and designed that way, some people say to allow for more home runs.

Yes as long as you dry yourself before you play baseball to avoid slipping over

no, thethe gravity of a baseball is bigger than a softball's. so baseball has more friction than softball. hence, if you hit both of them from the same speed ,baseball will go further than softball.

An outfielder should use a glove sized 12.5 - 13 inches. 13 inches is the largest allowed in baseball.

I believe the orange base is a safety base for when you run thru the bag you don't run over the first baseman

Satchel Paige debuted in Major League Baseball (MLB) on July 9, 1948 for the Cleveland Indians. Paige played for the Cleveland Indians from 1948-1949, the St. Louis Browns from 1951-1953, and the Kansas City Athletics in 1965.

Jurickson Profar Willemstad, Curacao 1993-02-20 Jonathan Schoop Willemstad, Curacao 1991-10-16 Andrelton Simmons Mundo-Novo, Curacao 1989-09-04

There was, briefly, a candy bar named the "Reggie Bar" named after Reggie Jackson. The Baby Ruth was NOT named after Babe Ruth.

Theoretically, a polished amateur player could be drafted, sign a $10 million + signing bonus, then never play well enough to make the majors. I believe that if he is signed to a major league contract (which can be done even if he plays in the minors) that he'd be paid the league minimum of $400kish while in the minors.

Also, it is possible for someone like Barry Zito to be assigned to the minors (if he accepted the demotion) and still collect his major league salary.

A baseball will curve better down on a flat plain (at lower elevation above sea level). This is because the curving is caused by the ball contacting the air and pushing the ball in a particular direction. A ball's particular spin, speed, how the ball's stitches meet the air, etc will determine specifically how it will change direction when the air pushes against it. Imagine a baseball thrown in a vacuum where there is no air. The ball would not curve at all because there is no air to push on it. The ball would continue on a straight path, influenced only by gravity pulling it downwards. On a mountaintop, there is less air in a given volume of space than there is on a flat plain (at a lower elevation). Therefore, there will be less air to push on a thrown baseball when it is thrown on a mountaintop. Since there is less air to push on it, it will curve less well when thrown on the mountaintop. So it will curve better when thrown down on a flat plain.

Generally yes...if a pitcher walks a batter and he comes around to score, that is an earned run against the pitcher, unless he scores on an error Bases loaded walks that score a run also count as an earned run against the pitcher that allowed the man on third to reach base, unless he reached base on an error

This is a match problem which is easily solved with the match formula of a2 + b2 = c2.

65 ft2 + 65 ft2 = 8450 ft2

The square root of 8450 ft2 is 91.92 ft

So, 2nd base is 92.92 ft from the back of home plate on a field with 65 ft bases paths.

1) Stan Musial, Cardinals - won the NL MVP as an outfielder in 1943 and 1948 and as a first baseman in 1946.

2) Hank Greenberg, Tigers - won the AL MVP as a first baseman in 1935 and as an outfielder in 1940.

3) Alex Rodriguez, Rangers and Yankees - won the AL MVP with the Rangers as a shortstop in 2003 and with the Yankees as a third baseman in 2005 and 2007.

4) Robin Yount, Brewers - won the AL MVP as a shortstop in 1982 and as an outfielder in 1989.

No...David Ross is from Bainbridge, GA and Cody is from Carlsbad, NM...though they look alike...

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