Although these are not very original, they do imply an intimacy and closeness lacking with given names. And sometimes they stick, such as "Bags" for Bagwell and "A-Rod" for Alex Rodriguez. Some rookies ret...
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While Acuña does lead the Syracuse Mets with 36 stolen bases, his 73% success rate is below what most evaluators consider constructive. (Reyes had an 87% success rate in the Minors.) And the opportunity cost these days is greater. Earlier this decade, Major League Baseball stopped allowing...
Tampa Bay Rays Send One of Baseball's Best Prospects Down to Triple-A / One of baseball's top prospects, Junior Caminero, has been sent down to Triple-A at spring training and won't crack the Opening Day roster. TheTampa Bay Raysannounced the move on Monday...
This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is pre
Young girls and their dads made their way to Durham Bulls Athletic Park, but they weren’t there to watch the Rays’ Triple-A affiliate play ball. They arrived at the stadium to watch the All-American Women’s Baseball Classic over the weekend of Oct
摘要: The article reports that the South Central district Catholic Youth Council (CYC) baseball team, Saint Gerard Majelle was awarded the Cardinal's Team of the Week honor due to the team's three consecutive district championships and three archdiocesan championship wins....
At the University of Cincinnati he became a walk-on freshman basketball player. He was a good- size kid, standing at 6-foot-2 and weighing about 200-pounds. By the spring of 1954 he was also pitching for the college baseball team, and doing quite well. Koufax attracted the notice of ...
2011 Topps Triple Threads Baseball will have an added touch this year, giving collectors an extra Jersey and Autograph per full box. All new packaging and different names on the autograph checklist should keep box prices high – especially during the initial days after it’s release. Triple Thr...
Baseball Between the Wars: A Pictorial Tribute to the Men Who Made the Game in Chicago from 1909 to 1947. Lincolnwood IL: Contemporary Books, 2001. 292 pp. Cloth, $29.95. One of the democratic qualities of baseball is that every team starts out even at spring training. The winter is ...