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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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How many innings are there in MLB?
There are two rosters in Baseball; the 25-man roster and the 40-man roster
What type of belt do pro baseball players wear?
there just called baseball belts they sell em at dicks but if you play for little league theyll give u one w/ ur uniform
What famed New York Yankees pitcher was part Native American?
New York Yankee pitcher Allie Reynolds was part Native American and he was proud of it. His home in Oklahoma was filled with American Indian art & decor.
Is there anyone alive from the 1927 New York Yankees?
No ... the last living member of the 1927 Yankees was shortstop Mark Koenig who passed away in 1993.
"Roidger" is a term commonly used to refer to MLB pitcher Roger Clemens, after the latter was named in the Mitchell Report for allegedly using steroids. It is a contraction of steROID and roGER.
What is the record album recorded by the 1969 amazing New York Mets?
Team had planned to record an album of baseball songs. Recording session had been scheduled and it just happened to be the morning after they had clinched playoff spot, so they were in "high spirits" for the recording session!!!
"The ball shall be a sphere formed by yarn wound around a small core of cork, rubber or similar material, covered with two stripes of white horsehide or cowhide, tightly stitched together. It shall weigh not less than five nor more than 5 1/4 ounces avoirdupois and measure not less than nine nor more than 9 1/4 inches in circumference. "
To summarize, in actual practice, an official major league baseball is 5 ounces and 9 inches in circumference.
Additionally, major league baseballs have 108 stitches. They are also stamped with the signature of the current commissioner of Baseball, Bud Selig.
What does WHIP mean in baseball?
It is a statistic called Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched and is calculated like it sounds - add up all of the hits a pitcher has allowed and all of the walks allowed, then divide that number by the innings pitched. The best ever was 0.737 by Pedro Martinez in 2000. League average is usually around 1.4.
Why does baseball have 7 game playoff and football has one?
Teams can't go undefeated in baseball, so you have to play many games to see who is truly the best. Since you can go undefeated in football, the best team almost always wins, so you only need to play one game to see who's better,
Who plays second base for the New York Yankees?
Some players who have played second base for the New York Yankees include:
Robinson Cano
Stephen Drew
Brian Roberts
When did Joe DiMaggio hit against pitcher Guy Bush?
I know nothing about baseball history. It all started, as I assume this question did as well, with the factoid that is going around "confirming" that....Babe Ruth hit his last home run, and Joe DiMaggio hit his first home run, off the same pitcher. A quick search reveals that Dimaggio hit his first (MLB) homer against George Turbeville of the Philadelphia Athletics on May 10th, 1936. Fine, but Babe Ruth and the Boston Braves were not playing the Athletics or Turbeville the year before, on may 25th, 1935, when he hit his final 3 home runs, all 3 of which came off of Guy Bush of the Pittsburgh Pirates (that last fact was a little tricky to dig up).
So in New York style I says to myself, I says "eh, maybe they didn't mean DiMaggio's first MLB homer, maybe they meant his first minor league?" Nope, Guy Bush had been in the majors since 1923, when he started with the Cubs, so there's no WAY he was pitchin against DiMaggio before Joe was even 10 years old.
So, I debunked the simple fact that Dimmagio did not hit his first MLB homer in '36, or any other homer, off of the same Guy Bush who pitched for the Bambino's last 3 homers the year before.
Then, in my pursuit to get fired, I keep this research up long enough to find this yahoo here asking, "did DiMaggio EVER hit against Guy Bush?" God help me. The short answer is "no". And if you don't believe me, huh, ....
Dimagio's career stats:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=dimagjo01
Bush's career stats:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=bushgu01
The only years they both played in the majors were 36-38 (Bush came back after 7 years and played in 45, but Dimaggio was just getting back from the war and suffered ulcers....so he didn't start back up with the Yankees until '46).
The '36 - '38 years are out because Bush's Bees never faced the Yanks in 1936 or '37 regular or post season, and neither did Bush's Cincinatti Reds in '38.
P.S. I'd like to send this out to Mr Newstead, who indirectly started me down this road. I hope it saves another foolish soul the time and satisfaction that came with the answer.
Randy Winn played in 12 games at right field for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1998, starting in 5 of them. He played for a total of 179 outs, equivalent to 6.63 9-inning games.
He made 9 putouts, had one assist, and committed one error, equivalent to .151 errors per 9-inning game. He had one double play.
Earliest known reference of Baseball from England is in a 1744 publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book by John Newbery. It contains a wood-cut illustration of boys playing "baseball" (showing a similar set-up to the modern game) and a rhymed description of the game. Also, a British letter dating from 1748 by Lady Hervey describes how the then Prince of Wales diverted his time playing baseball. The English author Jane Austen specifically mentions the game of baseball in her novel, Northanger Abbey, being played by the protagonist, Catherine Moreland.
The English lawyer William Bray recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guidlford, Surrey, England; Bray's diary was verified authentic in September 2008.
By 1796 the rules of the English game were well enough established to earn a mention in German scholar Johann Gutmuts book on popular pastimes, that described "Englische Base-ball" involving a contest between two teams, in which "the batter has three attempts to hit the ball while at the home plate"; only one out was required to retire a side. These rules pre-date any American by over 50 years.
The first recorded baseball contest took place in 1846. Cartwright's Knickerbockers lost to the New York Baseball Club in a game at the Elysian Fields, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
The first openly professional team suited up in 1869 but men were being paid under the table or by other methods long before that. The first successful professional league, National Association, began in 1871. The first widely recognized major league was the National League in 1876.
Why do you pitch from a mound and not from a flat surface?
The pitching mound serves a clear purpose, even if its origin is not clear. When the pitcher strides not only forward but slightly downward (away from the highest point of the mound) as the ball is released, more energy is transferred to the ball, and it attains a greater speed. In 1969, when the National League (this writer ignores that other league), lowered the height of the mound by five inches, the purpose was clear. Along with the simultaneous decrease in the size of the strike zone this rule change benefitted hitters at the expense of pitchers. Whether the league admits it or not, these moves were intended to make the game more exciting for those fans who liked to watch high-scoring games rather than the so-called "pitcher's duel". One may infer that the mound was instituted originally for the opposite purpose: to make things easier for the pitcher and harder for the hitter.
Did Mantle sign 1961 team baseballs?
Yes, baseballs were commonly signed by Mickey Mantle and the entire Yankees team throughout Mantle's playing career. However, facsimile team-signed baseballs (with the signatures "stamped" on the ball) were and still are commonly sold.
It can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between a vintage stamped ball and one that is actually autographed. Considering that a real signed 61 Yankees ball is worth more than $1,000 and a stamped ball is worth about $75, it's important to always do your homework on the item and the seller.
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