Sentences with phrase «history of baseball»

The alternate histories of the baseball draft The best part about my stupid fan - fiction is making stuff up.

Clearly Lincoln's rich history of baseball is weaved into the community and the excitement surrounding the return of the Potters is palpable.

There will never be another George and he gave us some of the greatest moments in the history of baseball.

Sirs: Either the Orioles are the greatest team in the history of baseball or the National League simply is not as good as some people would have us believe.

there has never been a rotation in the history of baseball filled with five pitchers better than Hamels is right now

The rotation is not full of pitchers who are better than Hamels, probably because there has never been a rotation in the history of baseball filled with five pitchers better than Hamels is right now.

And then you would look behind you, and the history of baseball would stretch out, littered with the bones of pitchers who just needed to throw strikes.

I'm 93 -98-1 (48.6 percent) on the year, which would be a good enough average to make me by far the best hitter in the history of baseball or get elected president, so you could say I'm having a great season by any real measure.

Five of the eight total homers in the game came in extra innings, and as Jayson Stark points out before this game there had only been 17 extra inning home runs in the World Series in the history of baseball.

It would be the most star - crossed no - hitter in the history of baseball.

According to Baseball Reference's Play Index tool, Stanton is one of just 12 players in the history of baseball to have at least 250 career homers during their age - 27 season.

Allow me to recount the history of baseball teams down 0 - 3 in a best - of - seven series.

It flapped its wings and soared to new heights in September when the Indians steadily racked up 22 straight wins, more than any other team in the history of baseball.

The history of baseball isn't just decades of Tony Batista - like cautionary tales.

Is that a few years ago Houston had the worst defensive team probably in the history of baseball.

There's still no Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens in a museum that purports to tell the history of baseball and celebrate the players who made fans cheer the most, but that's a technicality.

One of the classes he teaches, History 350P, is the history of baseball.

Sosa, statistically, is a bit borderline, but you also can't tell the history of baseball without him — you're going to have to, though, because there's just no room to vote for him without omitting someone else.

Only 24 players in the history of baseball have played more games for just one franchise in their careers.

This is Chris Young, World Series champion and one of the tallest players in the history of baseball:

It doesn't help when you have one of the worst defenses in the history of baseball and have so many pitchers throwing extra, high stress pitches and innings... the promotion of strong defenders like Chapman and Brugman will help that.

MILEPOSTS — AWARDED: To New York Yankee first baseman DON MATTINGLY, 25, a one - year contract worth $ 1.975 million, the largest in the history of baseball salary arbitration, by arbitrator Arvid Anderson.

But he can't afford to forgo on what may be the next big fan base to open up in the history of baseball.

Technology Grades 3 - 5, 6 - 8 Cheryl Sexstella - Wright] Students learn about the history of baseball while incorporating computer skills, reading skills, and writing abilities.

Students learn about the history of baseball while incorporating computer skills, reading skills, and writing abilities.

Baseball Fact or Fiction Submitted by Cheryl Sexstella - Wright Students learn about the history of baseball while incorporating computer skills, reading skills, and writing abilities.

With its fascinating details about life as a black person in America, from Jim Crow through the current baseball era, this book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of baseball, African Americans and race.

The editors also give you their takes on 90 of the greatest games ever played and a fresh look at the history of baseball's amateur draft.

One of the greatest players in the history of baseball, Cy Young, won more games than any other pitcher in the history of the game.