Baseball

There are two aspects of education that would benefit a pro baseball player - education on how to play effectively and education to manage your career.

Just about any school with a reputation for fielding competitive teams can teach you how to play effectively. Those with a high number of players going into the pro draft may be a little more effective. To figure out which schools that would be, get copies of the pro draft for the past 5 years and add up the number of players for each school. You also would want to look at turnover in the coaching staff. If the coaching staff that racked up all the wins is no longer there, then the past performance is a much weaker indicator as to how well you will be taught.

To find a school that can help manage a pro baseball player's career, you should look at schools with well regarded business programs, accounting programs, law programs, or management programs. Any one of those could be a good major that will give a future pro player skills that will help them manage their career and the money they make.

A quick review of some of the teams that played in the college world series recently might be a good illustration:

South Carolina - outstanding baseball reputation - average academic reputation

Florida - outstanding baseball reputation - a little above average for academics

LSU - very good baseball reputation - a little above average for academics

Texas - outstanding baseball reputation - high academic reputation

Fresno State - very good baseball reputation - average academic reputation

Georgia - very good baseball reputation - average to above average academics

Oregon State - good baseball reputation - average to above average academics

North Carolina - good baseball reputation - outstanding academic reputation

Miami (FL) - outstanding baseball reputation - average academic reputation

Arizona State - outstanding baseball reputation - very good academic reputation

Southern Cal - very good baseball reputation - outstanding academic reputation

Florida State - very good baseball reputation - above average academic reputation

The list is certainly not exhaustive, but it illustrates that no one school is best. It depends on your priorities. None of them guarantee success - that part depends on the talent and commitment of the player.

When playing baseball, the home base is the shape of a pentagon. Meaning that it has a total of five sides.

rounders

Rule 8.01 Legal Pitching Delivery goes into detail about the only two legal pitching positions (the set position and the wind-up) but the short answer is yes, not only must the pitcher be touching the mound, his foot must be touching the pitcher's plate (or rubber) until the ball is delivered to the batter.

They count in the teams overall won-loss record just like all in-league games.

In Atlanta Braves history, Dan Uggla has had hits in 33 consecutive games, surpassing Rico Carty's previous record of 31. In the history of the Braves' franchise, Uggla is second to Tommy Holmes, who had a 37-game hitting streak in 1945, when the team was in Boston.

The positions in baseball are 1st base which the players stands to the right of the base and behind the baseline. 2nd baseman stands in the middle of 1st base and 2nd base. Short stop plays in between 2nd and 3rd base. The 3rd baseman plays to the left of the bag and behind the baseline. Then the outfielders play right, center, and left field. As for the pitcher he stands on the mound in the middle of the infield while the catcher sits behind home plate.

the reds

Through the 2011 regular season, Alfonso Soriano has 927 career runs batted in.

Here are some movies about baseball players: Bad News Bears

Bad News Bears Break Training

Bad News Bears Go to Japan

Eight Men Out

The Natural

Field of Dreams

Bull Durham

Brewsters Millions

Cobb

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Ed

A League of Their Own

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Major League

Major League II

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Still We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie (Documentary)

Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (Documentary)

When it was a Game (Documentary)

There are 21 current MLB players wearing the number 22. They are: Eric Byrnes (Arizona), Adam LaRoche (Atlanta), Nick Green (Boston), Tom Gorzelanny (Chicago Cubs), Scott Podsednik (Chicago White Sox), Matt Lindstrom (Florida), LaTroy Hawkins (Houston), Scott Kazmir (Los Angeles Angels), Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers), Jody Gerut (Milwaukee), Carlos Gomez (Minnesota), J. J. Putz (New York Mets), Xavier Nady (New York Yankees), Andrew McCutchen (Pittsburgh), David Eckstein (San Diego), Eli Whiteside (San Francisco), Joe Thurston (St. Louis), Matt Garza (Tampa Bay), Marlon Byrd (Texas), Brandon League (Toronto) and Willie Harris (Washington).

Additionally, three managers wear the number 22: Eric Wedge (Cleveland), Trey Hillman (Kansas City) and Don Wakamatsu (Seattle).

The only retired number 22 belongs to pitcher Jim Palmer. The Baltimore Orioles retired his number in 1985.

Joe Krakauskas was born March 28, 1915, in Montreal, QC, CAN.

A Walk-Off hit is any hit that occurs at the bottom of the 9th inning (or beyond the 9th if game goes into extra innings) which results in a run or runs scored that will give the lead (and thus the win) to the hitting team. In other words, it's a hit that ends the game and thus the players can walk-off the field.

This is extremely dependent on which player your talking about. For instance Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees makes about $173,000 every single game and about $43,000 for every at-bat even if he does end up striking out or hitting a homerun. On the other hand a less prestigious player such as Mark Loretta of the Los Angeles Dodgers makes about $7,500 a game and $2,000 an at-bat, which is still a ridiculous amount of money don't get me wrong!!

The average length of a spring training baseball game is nine innings. Most baseball games do not go over nine innings regardless of a tie.

the one who runs fast hits a ball scored a run or 2 weighted the end of his bat and took steroids.

Children the age of twelve and under may participate in 12U classified athletic events.

Baseballs are more aerodynamic, while T-balls are made generally to lower speed in the air.

Jackie Robinson

Most Major League Baseball teams have Minor League Departments, where the Scouts are. Scouts will visit Triple A teams and High Schools. They take note of talented young players, and meet with other decision making front office personnel. The final decision usually comes from the team Manager, and President/Vice=President of the team. If a team has a 'single' owner, who wants the last say, then of course, this is the final decision.

The answer depends on the person who is answering it. In my honest opinion, I believe that track & field is a better sport because you get more exercise. But baseball is more entertaining for me.

Hope that helps!

The TC on the Twins helmet stands for Twin Cities. The original Twins uniforms also had 2 players signifying Minneapolis and Saint Paul) on the shoulder shaking hand across a river.

On-base Plus Slugging (OPS)

Definition

OPS adds on-base percentage and slugging percentage to get one number that unites the two. It's meant to combine how well a hitter can reach base, with how well he can hit for average and for power.

It can also be used in evaluating pitchers; when used in that context, it is referred to as OPS against.

Yes, Joe DiMaggio was in the military. Though he never saw combat, he did serve as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces from February 1943 to September 1945.