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| | | |  | Maple bats recommendations presentedPosted 12/4/2008 - 12:21 AM : Viewed 9753 times.
From Source : Msn |
| | | Experts presented recommendations to baseball Friday that they hope will decrease the frequency of broken bats in major league games.
The recommendations will be reviewed by Major League Baseball's safety and health advisory committee, which includes players' union officials.
"We'll be announc...... | | | Maple bats recommendations presented | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Major League Baseball likely to change, not ban, maple batsPosted 11/21/2008 - 1:30 AM : Viewed 14968 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Major League Baseball's Safety and Health Advisory Committee is scheduled meet in New York on Friday to discuss the routine shattering and exploding of bats during the 2008 season. For those who have condemned the use of maple wood and blamed it for the epidemic of broken bats, it might be time to r...... | | | Major League Baseball likely to change, not ban, maple bats | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Ruth's uniform fetches $270,000 at Louisville Slugger Museum auction (Louisville Courier-Journal)Posted 11/14/2008 - 10:20 PM : Viewed 11243 times.
From Source : Yahoo |
| | | A 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers uniform, the last baseball road uniform worn by Babe Ruth, sold for $270,000.
The uniform, which was purchased by and anonymous bidder, was among nearly 900 items of sports memorabilia up for auction today at the Louisville Slugger Museum on Main Street.
Hunt Auctions, ...... | | | Ruth's uniform fetches $270,000 at Louisville Slugger Museum auction (Louisville Courier-Journal) | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | A-Turf touts its Louisville Slugger surface for baseball Posted 10/22/2008 - 5:17 PM : Viewed 12854 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Synthetic turf company A-Turf says it has developed a surface ideally suited for baseball and softball. By slightly modifying the rubber and sand infill ratio and fiber pile height, the A-Turf Louisville Slugger surface delivers a high performance field that matches the unique ball roll and bounce o...... | | | A-Turf touts its Louisville Slugger surface for baseball | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Grove resident in a league of her ownPosted 10/21/2008 - 4:12 PM : Viewed 13614 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Rain meant Gina, who played fast-pitch softball for the Riverside Townies, couldn't tag a runner out at second, or hit a line drive past the shortstop.
So for fear of bad news, Gina hid from her home telephone in Providence, R.I.
"I would go outside so I wouldn't hear the phone ring saying t...... | | | Grove resident in a league of her own | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Wisconsin student selected as grand-prize winner of Step Up to the Plate @ your libraryPosted 10/15/2008 - 3:53 AM : Viewed 16815 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Thanks to a trip to his local library, 11-year-old Oscar Youngquist is about to take another journey – this time to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith drew Youngquist’s name as the grand-prize winner of the Step Up to the Plate @ your library® program.
De...... | | | Wisconsin student selected as grand-prize winner of Step Up to the Plate @ your library | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Americans pick as passions collide: politics vs. baseballPosted 10/3/2008 - 4:04 PM : Viewed 10555 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Two American passions collide tonight -- baseball and presidential politics -- as the playoffs and the eagerly anticipated vice presidential debate go head-to-head.
They have a lot in common, according to Northwestern professor Jerry Goldman, who helped create prezbaseball.org, which compares the...... | | | Americans pick as passions collide: politics vs. baseball | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Critics cite the dangers of maple batsPosted 10/2/2008 - 1:40 PM : Viewed 7822 times.
From Source : Yahoo |
| | | It was just a normal day in June for major league umpire Brian O'Nora. Eat lunch at noon with the crew. Relax. Get to the ballpark in Kansas City at 5:45 p.m.. Walk out to the field. Play ball. Ordinary, until the shards of a broken maple bat hit him — twice.
In the second inning, Kansas City Roy...... | | | Critics cite the dangers of maple bats | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Big-league players are into their bats big time Posted 9/29/2008 - 6:34 PM : Viewed 11944 times.
From Source : Google |
| | | Ty Cobb once called his bat "a wondrous weapon," and the sentiment has hardly diminished through the years.
Players still treat their old hickory stick (to use a dated term; hickory hasn't been used in bat-making for decades) with respect, devotion and tender, loving care rarely bestowed upon an...... | | | Big-league players are into their bats big time | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | The Art of Baseball: Bat TalkPosted 9/24/2008 - 4:32 PM : Viewed 10335 times.
From Source : Other |
| | | Ty Cobb once called his bat "a wondrous weapon," and the sentiment has hardly diminished over the years.
Players still treat their old hickory stick (to use a dated term; hickory hasn't been used in bat-making for decades) with respect, devotion and tender, loving care rarely bestowed upon an ina...... | | | The Art of Baseball: Bat Talk | | | | | | | | |
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