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23 hours ago ago from What Then Is This Child Going To Be?
(Photo from Sports Illustrated) Our varsity baseball team played its first game today. I haven't heard any results yet but our kids were really excited! One of the hazards of high school and college athletics is the travel involved. Below is the heartbreaking story of a college baseball squad, from March 20, 2007. It was the nightmare school administrators and athletic directors dread. Early in March, the Bluffton (Ohio) University ...
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14 hours ago ago from I Own Baseball
Shouldnt the pitcher try and help the batter get more hits so they can score more runs? Why does the pitcher keep trying to stop the batter from hitting the ball if the batter is trying to hit the ball? Isnt the object of the game in baseball to score runs? Why does the pitcher keep trying to stop the team from doing that? Why do pitchers try and do the opposite of what the game was meant to be? How are you going to be winning the game if ...
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9 hours ago ago from TYU
Assume you're Brian Cashman for a minute. You've filled your 40 man roster by this point with plenty of able candidates to assume various roles. You know that you'll carry your 5-man starting rotation, starting positional 9, a backup Catcher, backup infielder and a 4th Outfielder. Most of your bullpen is set with Mo, either Joba/Hughes, Marte, D-Rob, Aceves and a long man in Gaudin. On a team like the Yanks, most of the roster spots are set ...
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The most basic requirement of every team sport is a good team spirit. Players who are part of a team should have a great bonding with their team mates and be able to get along with them as good friends. The players themselves should have the feeling of being part of a family. The right approach for every team sport is “play as a team and win as a team”. It’s always the team that comes ahead of individuals, even the crowds coming to watch the ...
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55 minutes ago ago from WaitingForNextYear
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10 hours ago ago from Hardball Times
by Joshua Fisher February 09, 2010 The 2010 Kansas City Royals are going to be a mostly terrible baseball team. As such deformed beasts go, however, fans have good reasons to pay attention. Alex Gordon still has a chance, I suppose, and Billy Butler is one of the brightest young stars in the game. And, of course, Royals fans get Mozart on the mound every fifth day. So while the team won't be competing for a playoff spot, it won't be ...
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1 hour, 45 minutes ago ago from CNN - Sports Illustrated
SI.com's NBA writers analyze the latest news and address hot topics from around the league each week. (All stats and records are through Feb. 8.) 1. Western Conference All-Star coach George Karl wants the NBA to expand All-Star rosters from 12 to 15 players. Good idea? Ian Thomsen: I don't like it. What's so wrong with keeping high standards? If a few qualified players have to be left off the West's 12-man roster, then that gives more ...
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Now that the Super Bowl is over, the next big sports event is the NBA All Star Game. We believe that selection to the All Star team should be based on how a player helps his team win. In 2000 my colleague Jeff Sagarin and I developed the Adjusted +/- Rating system for basketball players. Basically for every minute of the season we look at who is on the court and how the score of the game changes. After adjusting for who you play with and ...
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2 hours ago ago from ESPN.com - MLB
PHOENIX -- An Arizona lawmaker has introduced a bill to raise money for a new spring training facility for the Chicago Cubs . Phoenix Republican Rep. John McComish introduced the measure late Monday. It would increase car-rental taxes and levy a surcharge on all tickets for spring-training baseball games in Arizona. The bill does not specify an amount for the tax or surcharge. McComish has said those details will be worked out later. ...
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