Baseball

Nolan Ryan's Fastest Fastball was 106.07 Miles per hour. He trained everyday and threw his arm out more than a dozen times.

John Olerude - Actually, Olerud (no 'e') had a rehab stint in his last year or two. While I know there are more than this, the ones I know are: Bob Feller , Al Kaline, Dave Winfield, and Bob Horner

Moses Fleetwood Walker, a college graduate who attended law school at Ann Arbor, played for Toledo of the American Association -- then a major league -- in 1884. He was later joined by his brother. At the time there were also several African-American players in the minor leagues.

Pirates On Longest Losing Streak In History Buccos Lose 12 Games In Row

POSTED: 2:39 pm EDT June 28, 2006

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Pirates are on their longest losing streak in modern history.

The record-tying loss came Tuesday night at home against the World Series champion Chicago White Sox.

They lost 4-2, which is the Bucs� 12th losing game in a row.

It ties the team's longest losing streak in the modern era.

The Pirates also lost 12 games in a row in 1914 and in 1939.

The longest losing streak in franchise history is 23 games.

That was in 1889 when the team was known as the Alleghenies.

So how much has changed since the last time the Pirates lost 12 games in a row?

In 1939, there were only 16 teams in the majors. Today there are 30.

And in 1939, people saw the first televised Major League Baseball game.

And the Pittsburgh Steelers were still known as the Pittsburgh Pirates

The longest losing streak in franchise history, (23 games) actually happened in 1890.

Began with a loss on August 12, 1890 ... and the twenty-third loss came on September 2, 1890. Losses number 20-21-22 all came on September 1, of 1890 -- that's right ... a triple-header!

After the real live birds named Baltimore oriole. The male Baltimore oriole has the same colors as Lord Baltimore wore, black and orange. Lord Baltimore is the founder of Maryland. The Baltimore oriole is also Maryland's state bird.

Hughie Jennings, whose career ended in 1918 with the Detroit Tigers, was hit by a pitch 287 times. As of August 17, 2007, into the final games of his career, Craig Biggiohas been hit 285 times(plus twice in the post-season and once in an all-star game!). Hughie Jennings was hit 51 times in 1896 for the National League/Major League record for a single season (he was also hit 46 times in each of the next two seasons). Only Ron Hunt for the 1971 Montreal Expos comes close - 50!! Don Baylor, in 1986, set the American League record by being plunked 35 times while with the Boston Red Sox. The following year he set the AL's number two mark with 28 while playing with the Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins. MANY players in both leagues have been hit 3 times in a single game. On May 23, 1999, Brady Andersonbecame the most recent (and only AL player) to be hit twice in an inning (it happened in the first). Willard Schmidt of the Cincinnati Reds, Frank Thomas (not The Big Hurt, this one played for the early Mets) and Andres Galarraga have "accomplished" the feat in the National League.

Babe Ruth Oct. 6, 1926 hit (3) home runs in one world series game, then amazingly repeated this feat, hitting three more homers on October 9, 1928!

Reggie Jackson Oct.18, 1977 also hit (3) home runs in one world series game.

Ruth two feats came in the same place, St. Louis' Sportman's Park, a field that was the site of Mickey Mantle's second ever MLB homer on May 4, 1951. Apparently, this field wasn't built to hold Yankee batters because Mantle's homer (vs the St. Louis Browns) left the stadium entirely and landed across the street in a car dealer's lot!

Paul Butler is the inventor of the baseball cleat.

Batter 1 (B1) hits a triple and is thrown out at the plate. B2 does the same. B3 safetly hits a triple. B4 hits an infield single yet B3 is unable to score. B5 also hits an infield single but is unable to score. Bases loaded, 2 outs, 3 triples hit and 2 singles thus far. B6 hits a ground ball (or line drive) that strikes a baserunner. Baserunner is called out whereas batter is automatically credited with a single.

I won't say he was the best in history but Ed Kranepool of the New York Mets had a five year run as a pinch hitter that was a good as anybody in the game. Between 1974-1978, Kranepool went 57-144 for a pinch hitting batting average of .396.

Click on the 'Lena Blackburne' link on this page to go to the Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud website. Follow the links there to see their products.

Here is a list of San Francisco Giants pitchers who have worn No. 50 since 1958:

1. John Montefusco (1974).

2. Jeff Stember (1980)

3. Scott Garrelts (1983-91).

4. Greg Brummett (1993).

5. William Van Landingham (1994-97).

6. Julian Taverez (1998-99).

7. Manny Aybar (2002-2003).

8. Kevin Correia (2003).

9. Brett Tomko (2004-2005).

10. Matt Palmer (2008).

11. Jose Mijares (2012-2013).

The Major League Baseball season begins in April with Opening Day and ends in October with the World Series. Opening Day for the upcoming 2010 season is on April 4th.

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Through the 2011 season, the Yankees all time win loss record is 9767-7426.

Three major-leaguers have played for the Mets, Yankees, Dodgers and Giants: Ricky Ledee, Darryl Strawberry and Jose Vizcaino. However, both Ledee and Vizcaino played for other teams as well; only Strawberry played for just those four.

When the inaugural Hall of Fame ballots were counted in 1936, five players had received at least 75% of the votes cast - the standard set for election by the Baseball Writers' Association of America that still exists today. Those players were the first five men elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The five players were, in order of votes: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson.

Because it is Americas pastime.

1. It's America's pasttime

2. They have fun

3. They can only play it if there's a thunderstorm, if they play without a thunderstorm the humans might wonder what the noise is and expose the vampires of their immorallity, then the vampires will have to kill the human (humans) becase the humans might tell more humans and soon they would overrule the vampires.

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The above is about Twilight. If you like fiction, then that's okay, by all means believe it.

But vampires play baseball for one reason: because it's fun.

And maybe as a competitive thing.

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was named the National League ViP in 1949.

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A hole in the wall of a trench soldiers sleep in them.