Not exact matches
To have this type of incident
happen at any time or place in
baseball is unacceptable, but to have it
happen on as big a stage as the World Series should have the league even more concerned and diligent about recourse.
Yet besides Yu Darvish's collapse (which itself was the Hangover 2 of the series since basically the same thing
happened four games prior) and Springer's dirt -
on - the - grave home run (which was the second season of Stranger Things of the series because it had all
happened before but not in quite the same way) there weren't any events that
baseball had never seen before to actually merit the anxiety that seeped from this game.
From here
on out every
baseball thrown his way is a record waiting to
happen.
A lot of
baseball can
happen in two weeks — six - game losing streaks, seven - game winning streaks, and injuries could ruin / improve the hopes of a team that felt differently
on July 31 — so the idea is that with more teams deciding to sell, the trade deadline would be more exciting.
He's a fish in a very big sport pond over here in the US of A. NBA and NHL playoffs in full - swing, wall - to - wall ESPN coverage of the NFL draft (has been going
on for weeks and I don't even know when it
happens), and
baseball supposedly started (although the weather has something to say).
This is the site of the most knowledgeable, intellectual A's fans, but I question any A's fan's understanding of the business side of
baseball when they knock Beane and, unfortunately, it
happens all the time, especially
on other A's sites.
Depending
on what
happens this season, we could end up seeing the humidor coming to a
baseball stadium near you.
What
happened when the bulldozers appeared and the old lady who was the last holdout
on land that would be a future
baseball park refused to budge?
It would create a condensed version of the McGwire - Sosa mania, in which people who didn't care about
baseball stopped what they were doing every day to check in
on what's
happening with
baseball.
Listen, we know it's tough to catch up
on everything
happening in the
baseball world each morning.
I enjoy watching major league
baseball on TV because I know the stories and statistics so that when something unusual
happens — like Denard Span hitting a 425 - foot home run — it's pretty exciting.
Roach says a simplistic analogy is comparing this to what
happens when
baseball players loosen their grip
on a mitt.
Burns and Novick know that what
happens on the field makes
baseball interesting — and what
happens in the hearts and minds of its followers is what makes it great.
The plot interweaves the story of what
happens in the aftermath of a police shooting in Brooklyn's Bed - Stuy neighborhood told through the eyes of the bystander who filmed the act, a black police officer and a high school
baseball phenom inspired to take a stand, showing the impact of racism and violence
on a community.
The story concerns passive gas station attendant and
baseball team benchwarmer Masaki (Masahiko Ono) whose one moment of action is a badly timed attack
on a rude customer who just
happens to be Yakuza.
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Just as he did with the Civil War and
baseball, Burns was making an often overlooked feature of American heritage come alive by focusing not just
on incredible visual images, but by breathing real life into the people who made it all
happen.
As with xkcd itself, the beauty of the book is the depth of thought and extrapolation beyond the facile that goes in to answering such questions as «what would
happen if everybody
on earth jumped at the same time» or «what would
happen if a
baseball pitcher threw the ball at 9/10 the speed of light»?
PBS NewsHour has Joe Biden
on their list, which seems a little like a fantasy
baseball pick, but hey, stranger things have
happened.