Baseball

Sandy Koufax currently lives in Vero Beach, Florida. Koufax, a retired left-handed pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Los Angeles Dodgers, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

No Yankee has ever worn uniforn number 0

MLB player Preston Claiborne throws right.

IBB = Intentional Bases on Balls which is also known as an intentional walk

A 12-6 curveball is a breaking ball that has only downwards movement. However, it's unlike a sinker in that a sinker breaks at a sort of right angle while a 12-6 is in more of an arc and generally breaks harder and more. It's a very effective pitch to throw.

The Commisioner of Baseball can impose a fine for conduct deterimental to the game. Players have been throwing helmets out of anger for decades with no fine that I can think of. However, if a player did so while aiming at another player, a fan, or an umpire; I'm sure that would draw a fine and/or suspension.

the oldest rookie ever in major league history was satchell paige in 1948 who was officially recorded as 43 years old.

Arturo Lopez was born February 22, 1983, in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico.

tom seaver

Seaver is correct, but "votes" is not the factor because more votes are added every year with previos winners being able to vote.

"Percentage" is what they go by and if your in weak year, like Seaver was. That can help you, cause voters will always vote 1 in at least, most likely. Seaver leads with 98.8. Cobb held the record at 98.2 till Seaver. Since then Ryan received 98.79 and Ripken 98.53. So Cobb has fallen to 4th. Example of your class determining your percentage could not be proven anymore, with Ruth going in with Cobb (1st Class in the HOF) But Ruth should have been the highest ever or at least tied with Cobb. And im a Detroiter. So the highest votes or percentage really don't mean anything. Half of the voters are senile by now anyway!

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In Center Field And It's Nearly 500 ft. Hit It Hard!

A 1969 New York Mets Team Signed Baseball with the key signatures: Hodges, Kranepool, Swoboda, Harrelson, Ryan, Seaver, and Koosman is worth about $850.-$2,000. Value is based on average prices of recently closed auctions. Prices may vary based on condition, and the type of authenticity that accompanies the baseball. Prices may also vary based on the amount of signatures, and key signatures acquired. The more complete the baseball with key signatures the more valuable. In a recent auction a 1969 New York Mets Team Signed ONL (Giles) baseball sold for $518. Low price but nothing to worry about. It happens. This will always be a special season for Met fans when the underdog "Amazin Mets" won the series. The ball should hold it's value for years to come. If the signatures are not properly authenticated the baseball could sell at half the market value or less. For more information on team signed baseballs, links to full team rosters, key signatures, and price guide visit the following page from the link I left below.

Baseball was at it's height of popularity in 1941. The outbreak of WW2 change all that when over 500 Major League players enlisted. But the games were played using minor league players and attendance suffered very little. After the war baseball soon became just as popular as it is today.

According to The Tallahasee Online, an average ball only last 6 pitches and the average game runs 250-300 pitches for 40-50 balls per game. The Baseball Propectus web site quoting Keith Wolley states the average game has 77 batters so that tells us the average ball last for 1-2 batters.

Andy Cavazos was born January 5, 1981, in Freeport, TX, USA.

I'm sure it's 1, but I can't think of any particular instances of that.

One strange instance that sticks out in my mind was during the 2011 World Series, when Tony LaRussa made a pitching change and called Lance Lynn in from the bullpen. Lynn faced one batter, intentionally walked him, and then another pitching change was made.

If you're talking about complete games by starting pitchers, Charley "Red" Barrett of the Boston Braves only needed 58 pitches to go all 9 innings on August 10, 1944.

Bill Drescher died May 15, 1968, in Haverstraw, NY, USA.

I belive that baseballs in the early days were made from horse hide.Perhaps they still are.

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Rookie League is the lowest level of minor leagues in MLB. The players in rookie league are usually very young, just out of high school or coming from foreign countries.

They hang ks upside down in baseball to show that the batter was struck out without swinging the bat

A single out is enough to get a save. To get a save a pitcher has to record the game ending out, and has to have entered with a lead of 3 runs or fewer, or with the tying run at the plate or on deck. If a pitcher throws the game's final 3 innings he can get the save regardless of how big a lead his team had when he entered.

65 - 80 mph. This can vary alot. You could have the next Roger Clemens or the next Bill Gates throwing. In general 65 - 80 mph. would be about it.

The Yankees use several different television announcers during the season.

Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, Bob Lorenz, David Cone, Paul O'Neill, John Flaherty, Al Leiter and Lou Piniella.