Posted on: April 29, 2010 by admin
The fast ball, if it is thrown hard enough could be the most elite pitch in the majors today. Sure someone could have a nasty slider or an amazing curveball, but it is the fastball that can deliver consistent and often great results time after time. You cannot throw other pitches as often as you do a fastball and get away with it. Sure, pitchers must mix their pitches up, but in the end it will be the fast ball that is thrown a majority of the time. Nolan Ryan is probably the most famous pitcher in history when it comes to the fast ball. So how hard can you throw?
Posted on: April 24, 2010 by admin
Whether it’s a pack of Big League Chew bubble gum or a box of Cracker Jacks, for some old and young baseball has its own set of memories special to just them. Maybe you remember the ballpark hot dog you had at your first MLB game. It could be that you were one of the lucky fans that actually caught a homerun ball.
It could be that many of your memories are more tied to Little League or watching your kids play ball. You remember the excitement of winning your first game, hitting your first homerun or for the parent watching their young soon to be MLB pitcher strike out the side. Everyone has their own memories, what are yours?
Posted on: April 23, 2010 by admin
It seems that when a team really has a poor year, the manager is the first person to get the blame. Often time managers are the captain of the ship. If it goes down, they go down with it. There is no bailing out, there are no excuses. Sure, the team could have had plenty of injuries or they just really played poorly, but sometimes that doesn’t matter.
More than in the past, lately it seems that managers of some teams are given very little time to turn a team around. If they do not, they get fired and the team is off to the next guy. So if you think it’s fair or not, it really seems to matter very little. If a team slumps, you might be saying good-bye to that manager.
Posted on: April 21, 2010 by admin
We all know ball players make tons of money. The average player salary climbs annually. When the salaries climb, so do the prices of tickets, parking, food, merchandise and other things. Overall the MLB and the Players Association are wealthy organizations as well. They make millions of dollars and continue to do so even during a tougher economy. But what happens when a player gets out of line. It happens all of the time it seems lately whether off or on the field. Well, for players there are rules they must follow on and off the field. These rules are sometimes adhered to by the MLB. We all know they tend to look the other way sometimes. But other times they do try and step in and punish wrong doers. Yet sometimes the fines seem silly. Sure, nobody wants to be fined a few thousand dollars. To a player making millions it can tend to not sway them towards reform. Certainly the crime must fit the punishment. For the admitted steroids users, and the issues they have caused for the entire league, they were not fined at all in most cases. So who knows why the MLB does what they do. It is no matter really. The players will continue to do what they want when they want to.