“The Talk of the Town” made light of MayorJimmy Walker’splan to “rid the city of graft.” Ironically, Jimmy himself would be drummed out of office two years later for accepting bribes… WHAT ME WORRY? Yes maybe. MayorJimmy Walkerin 1930. (nymag.com) * * * From Our Advertisers We...
Just last week, he said on the Jonah Keri Podcast, "my curveball was a very good pitch for me, but it’s my fastball that set it up. Establishing the fastball on both sides of the plate set up my curveball." Carpenter pitches to both sides of the plate with his fastball. Pretty ...
Baseball isn’t the whole story at Rosenblatt. Through the ’70s it hosted high school (as Creighton Prep’s home field), college (Omaha University-University of Nebraska at Omaha) and pro football (Omaha Mustangs and NFL exhibition) games as well as pro wrestling cards, boxing matches and ...
The irony is that Test matches remain the yardstick by which international crickets measure their greatness. It’s called Test cricket because it remains the ultimate challenge for a cricketer: the discipline, concentration, stamina, skill level, and tactical nous are—so cricketers say—an order ...
Third greatest moment: Yet to come...I hope it matches the first and it is played from the heart to benefit the team as a whole, or just someone special that deserves it. Greatest moments are driven by the intentions and character of the individual behind them as a selfless act. 2009...
See how the pink oval of the pitch’s actual shape matches up almost perfectly with the light blue ovals that indicate the shape that a batter would expect? That’s no good. If the Rays are going to turn Orze into their next star, they’ll need to help him with his command, and ...
During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes (英雄). At the end of the season, the two top(顶尖) teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go together to watch the game. Millions of(数百万的) others ...
But then our son, Isaac, turned out to be “all ball,” and I became a legitimate groupie. For years, I cheered at the top of my lungs at his soccer, softball, and basketball matches. (This was also a form of primal screaming, and much cheaper than therapy.) ...
While leagues such as ESL/ESEA Pro League have adopted the longer round time and 40-second bomb detonation time as have DreamHack tournaments, the change could absolutely affect rounds and thus matches. For example, imagine if the NBA changed a similar 10-percent increase in the shot clock, ...
WWE’s The Undertaker won 21 consecutive matches at Wrestlemania—the industry’s Super Bowl event—and put his streak on the line at Wrestlemania XXX against MMA star Brock Lesnar. Some betting sites had The Undertaker as a huge favorite, but Lesnar shockingly pinned The Undertaker, giving...