Baseball

There were no hurricanes in May of 2008. The first hurricane would not occur until July with Category 3 Hurricane Bertha. There would be eight more hurricanes by the end of the season.

Steroids of all form are banned in the NCAA.

My (and now my son's) favorite tape-job is done like this:

Start by wrapping several times just above the knob to your desired thickness (provides a good padded base).
Once that's done, spool out a couple of feet of tape and spin it while letting it hang freely from the bat handle. Keep spinning it until it's wound tightly like a small rope.
Spiral wrap the "rope" as high as you'd like then come back down with full unfolded tape to cover the "rope", overlapping each wrap, until you're back at the bottom where you wrap a couple of times then cut the tape.

You could use any number of rope-like objects under the wrap to provide a different feel on the grip, but the tape-alone method can be done in the dugout if necessary.

Also, you might want to use a shoelace or something to temporarily wrap up the handle (as the rope-like object) just to get a feel for which way you prefer it wound (with or against the fingers).

After the tape job is complete, you can always give a quick once-over with "real" (commercial) padded bat tape to make it pretty, but just covering the tape in pine-tar works fine, too.

John Rocker

Yes, Rodney Lange was a 15 year old 2nd baseman playing in the old 3&2 league when he was killed in a freak accident. Ball was hit between first and second base and was scooped up by first baseman. Ball was tossed low and the runners knee smahed into Rodney's temple as he tried to cover first base. He died a few days later of traumatic brain injury

Nobody baseball retired it.

Ritz Carlton in the Water Tower building

The Rookie of the Year award was introduced in 1947. The first person to win it was Jackie Robinson, for reasons unrelated to the color of his skin.

No. 17 players have hit 4 hr's in one game. The last to do so Carlos Gonzalez(Colorado Rockies) on May 31, 2012. Josh Hamilton(Texas Rangers) also hit 4 hr's on May 8, 2012

No, if a player goes on the Restricted List then he does not count against the team's 25-man Major League roster.

Koufax started 20 games against the Mets and the Mets record in those 20 games was 2-18. Koufax had a record of 17-2 with 1 no decision.

1962: 3-0
1963: 4-0
1964: 2-0 (1 no decision)
1965: 4-1
1966: 4-1

Koufax lost to the Mets, 5-2, on August 26, 1965 at Shea Stadium. Tug McGraw got the win for the Mets and Jack Fisher got the save.

He also lost, 10-4, on August 30, 1966 at Shea. Tug McGraw started for the Mets but only pitched 1 1/3 innings. Bob Friend came on in relief and pitched the final 7 2/3 innings to get the win.

The no decision came on July 30, 1964 at Shea. The Dodgers wound up winning the game, 5-3, with Bob Miller getting the win for the Dodgers.

Koufax threw 14 complete games and 5 shutouts against the Mets in his career.

They are wearing JK on their sleeves honor of the late John Kibler. Kibler was an umpire from 1963 until 1989. He was the umpire at first base in game 6 or the 1986 world series. He was 81 at the time of his death.

It is a stand which is used to support a stationary baseball, so the player can hit it.

i don't think its coming out. the game releases this up coming Tuesday. and last year the demo came out February 21 when the game was released on march 8th. if it comes out it would be this Saturday or Sunday but don't count on it coming out. i know it sucks because i want to play it bad.

The perimeter around a baseball field varies depending on the field, however, around the infield, it is always 360 feet; as all the bases are exactly 90 feet from one another.

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I play softball so i should know ! The fastest pitch ever thrown by a woman was 80 something mph.

Daniel Dale

Wally Pipp, a first baseman with the Tigers, Yankees, and Reds between 1913-1928, was the player Lou Gehrig replaced at first base. Legend had it that Pipp reported to the ballpark on June 2, 1925 with a headache and the Yankees manager, Miller Huggins, told him to take two aspirin and get some rest. Gehrig replaced Pipp that day and never relinquished the position. A great story, maybe, but not exactly accurate. The Yankees were playing poorly at the start of the 1925 season. There was dissention among the players. While Pipp was not part of the dissention his play was poor. He was hitting just .244 and for the three weeks prior to June 2 was batting .181. So manager Huggins decided to shake things up by benching Pipp for Gehrig. Huggins also benched catcher Wally Schang and second baseman Aaron Ward in hopes of setting a fire under the team. While the Yankees played better, they wound up missing the World Series for the second straight season as the Washington Nationals won the AL pennant. Pipp had been the Yankees first baseman for ten years and while he certainly was unhappy to lose his starting job, he worked with Gehrig to make him a better ball player. He was sold to the Cincinnati Reds prior to the 1926 season for $7,500.

NL you have to hit to be good at it

Bill Sorrell - baseball - died on 2008-07-22.

You will look like a better player when you become a better player. You do that by practicing. The more you practice the better you will get. You can look like a great player but as soon as you step on the field the charade is over. The people in the crowd will know you just look good and have no real skill unless you actually do. Want to look good or actually be good? Your choice.

If a batter hits a home run, he can automatically run around all the bases and the team gets a point. If there are any runners already on the bases, then they count as points too. This is why you can have two-run home runs and 3-run home runs. If the bases are loaded, and the player at bat hits a home run, then the team gets four points. This is called a grand slam.