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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!
14,315 Questions
What pitcher or pitchers stopped joe dimmagio's 56 game hitting streak?
Joe's 56 game hitting streak was ended by the Cleveland Indians and pitchers Al Smith and Jim Bagby.
What position is the bullpen in baseball?
A bullpen is one the side of the fence where a pitcher can normally warm up to pitch.
What happened to Joe Adcock the day after he hit 4 home runs against Brooklyn?
Brooklyn pitcher Clem Labine threw at Adcock in the 4th inning and hit him in the helmet. Adcock left the game but returned to the starting lineup the next game.
Who is the oldest player to play in an All-Star game?
Satchel Paige was the oldest baseball player to compete in an all-star game. He was 47 years old when he was picked for the 1953 AL all star team.
How many division Championships have the White Sox won?
The White Sox have won five division championships:
1983, 1993, 2000, 2005, 2008
When did Ty Cobb start playing baseball?
Ty Cobb's first year in the major leagues was 1905. He played with the Tigers through 1926, and then played two seasons with the Philadelphia Athletics. During his last six years with the Tigers he was a player-manager.
1948 what major league team got lights to play night baseball?
That would be the Detroit Tigers. They were playing in Briggs/Tiger Stadium
Who is the only Expo to ever hit a natural cycle?
Actually, two have done it... Brad Wilkerson did it on July 24, 2003 and Tim Foli did it on April 22, 1976... Interesting that only 13 players have hit a natural cycle (that they know of :-) in history, and 2 of them are Expos. Oh and source is: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/06/24/pirates_expos_ap/
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Orel Hershiser is 52 years old (birthdate: September 16, 1958).
What was the New York Yankees record in the 1980s?
From 1980 through 1989, the Yankees had a record of 854-708.
Barry Bonds is not officially retired currently. He is on the free agents list but nobody wants him currently.
Actually he isn't on the free-agents list because he doesn't play baseball anymore but
he can though :)
A ground rule double is when a batted ball is ruled fair by the umpires and the ball bounces and goes over or is touched by a player and goes over an outfield wall. In this case, the umpires rule that the batter will be awarded a double.
AnswerWhen the ball hits the ground in fair territory, then bounces over the wall.It cannot be a homerun, and the fielder cannot get to the ball, so it is a "Ground Rule Double"- the runner goes to second base, and all base runners can advance two bases.
Correction.What is described above is actually an example of an Automatic Double. People who do not know the rules of baseball have mistakenly called this a ground rule double. A ground rule double would be an award of a double that only applies to a specific ball park based on that park's quirky field. Currently there is no park in the MLB that has a ground rule double.How many feet farther do you need to run for a triple than a single in baseball?
The bases are 90 feet apart.
From home plate to first base is 90 feet. From home plate to second base is 180 feet. From home plate to third base is 270 feet. From home plate around the bases and back to home plate is 360 feet. (That's farther than from goal line to goal line in football.)
From first base to third base is 180 feet.
Why is it do hard to hit a home run?
The ball is small and fast. Less than a 3 inches in diameter and moving at around 80mph or more in most cases. You have to have a good eye just to be able to make contact. If you can make contact, then you have to be able to have enough power in your swing to send the ball flying at least 320 ft at the foul line or as much as 400 ft at center field to make it over the wall. This means that you have to swing hard on the ball in order to get enough force to send it out of the park.
You also have to hit the ball at the sweet spot of the bat.
Hitting a home run is very tough. You have to make perfect contact, right swing, great bat swing, and right circumstances. Many people don't have the physical strengh or fundamentals to hit a home run. The circumstances have to be perfect.
Who owned the New York Highlanders?
William S. Devery and Frank J. Farrell. They were co-owners of the team. They purchased the Baltimore Orioles (later re-named New York Highlanders) in 1901 for $18,000.
On September 8, 1990 the Texas Rangers hosted the Kansas City Royals at Arlington Stadium before a crowd of 34,412.
As the second inning lead off hitter for the Royals, Bo Jackson hit Nolan Ryan's first pitch back to the mound. Ryan misplayed it and the baseball hit him in the mouth. Nolan Ryan refused to leave the game and went on to pitch through the seventh inning.
Game stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX199009080.shtml
Nolan Ryan Stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ryanno01.shtml
In baseball how many inning are there?
9, unless it goes into extras, then they play until the team with the most runs after how ever many innings wins!
What year did baseball legend Mickey Mantle sign his first one hundred thousand dollar contract?
Yankee manager Casey Stengel helped Mickey Mantle to receive a higher salary contract then what Yankee management originally offered. The later to be baseball super star signed a contract for $7,500 in his rookie year of 1951.
